What is Green Building - Regency Ballroom A
The buildings in which we live, work, and play can have an impact on resources, health and the environment. The new construction technique that is gaining momentum in California is "Building Green." This workshop will educate you about Green Building and how architects incorporate green building into their designs. The new Climate & Resource Calculator which will be presented is intended to support public sector policy initiatives for climate change and green building, stimulate market demand for green homes, and increase awareness of the link between waste and CO2.

Further discussions will address The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, the Build It Green Green Point Rater certification processes.

• The Green Building Climate & Resource Calculator, Wes Sullens, Stopwaste.org
• "Green Building for Dummies", Eric Corey Freed, organicArchitect
• Moderator: Jeffery Liang, RecycleWorks.org

The Basics of Zero Waste - Regency Ballroom B
The goal is proper displacement of carbon and the protection of our biosphere. The endgame is to avoid entropy, to reduce your global footprint, and preserve our ecosystems. Learn the rules to the game of sustainability. See why zero waste approaches to sustainability and managing resources are being put into play. This introduction will frame the issues and introduce the new rules.

• Why Zero Waste? Stephanie Barger, Earth Resource Foundation
• Zero Waste Communities 101/ Cool2012- Compostable Organics Out of Landfill by 2012, Linda Christopher, Grassroots Recycling Network (GRRN)
• The Visionary Overview of Zero Waste, Dan Knapp, Ph.D., Urban Ore, Inc
• Moderator: Rick Anthony, Richard Anthony & Associates

Recycler's Primer on Climate Change - Regency Ballroom C
Come play the Climate Change Game: Recycling Industry Edition! WARM? CARB? ICLIE? AB 32? Cap & Trade? CO2? CO2e? CH4? NOX? VOC's? GHG Inventories? Carbon Credits, Offsets, Sequestration? RES? RPS? Anyone? Beuler? Anyone? If Carbonopoly is a game we can lose, then how can recyclers get in the game when most of us don't understand the language let alone the rules, obstacles, and opportunities? It can be overwhelming, confusing, convoluted, and seemingly irrelevant to our historical work on AB 939 diversion programs. Get the terminology and roadmap that will help you play the game at this basic primer session.

• Speaker: Scott Smithline, Californians Against Waste
• Speaker: Timonie Hood, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
• Speaker: John Davis, Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority
• Moderator: Mark Gagliardi, City of Oakland

ADC Toolbox for Municipal Compost Marketing Plans - Harbour Room A
Do you have the tools to develop your Organics Management Plan? Attend this session to get updates on new reporting requirements, and get the tools you need to help your agency succeed in creating and implementing an Organics Plan tailored to your local area.  Speakers will discuss development of a Municipal Compost Marketing Plan, and provide case studies including compost demonstration, specifications, and support from State and National compost agencies.

• Developing a Municipal Compost Marketing Plan, Michele Young, City of San Jose
• Specification Ordinance for Compost, Peter Shultz Allen, City of Emeryville
• Cal Trans Compost Specifications and Workshops, Ken Decio, CIWMB

Product Stewardship, California and Beyond - Harbour Room B
It's an amazing race as we look at what is happening, not only in California, but also around the world, to implement product stewardship programs. Who will be the first to come up with the perfect product stewardship program?

• Product Stewardship in Europe, Karen Strandoo, Suffolk County Council, England
• California Product Stewardship, Kathy Frevert, CIWMB
• Product Stewardship at the Lowest Level, Bill Worrell, SLO County IWMA
• Moderator: Bob Gedert, City of Fresno

Deconstruction and the Role it plays in diversion and reuse - Regency Ballroom A
Are you treating demolition projects in your jurisdictions by knocking down structures with one swing of a wrecking ball and hauling the debris off to a landfill? There are alternatives for clearing sites that yield environmental and economic benefits to communities. Deconstruction is one option for demolition-phase, source-separated material recovery that can help a project achieve recycling rates, as well as encouraging new construction projects to be carbon neutral. The three presenters for this workshop will enlighten you with their vast knowledge and expertise on training, policy, and steps to finding markets for the materials you have deconstructed.

• Deconstruction on Institutional, Industrial and Commercial Projects- Deconstruction Materials, Methods and Markets, Matthew McKinney, Institution Recycling Network
• Deconstruction and the California Conservation Corps, Ted Reiff, The Reuse People of America
• Re-use v. Recycling in Construction/ Demolition: The Real Differences, Jim Steinmetz, Reusable Lumber Company
• Moderator: Danielle Lee, RecycleWorks.org

Construction and Demolition Recycling - Regency Ballroom B
After you build your hotel on Park Place, you need to do something with your C&D materials. Come and find out what your options are. Find out what you're missing at this informative C&D session. This session will cover how to handle post-disaster debris, whether you're getting all the diversion from commercial Interior construction and demolition debris, and how to delve through the paperwork to find out if your mixed demolition numbers really say what they mean. Learn how to manage your debris now, before it's too late!

• Post-Disaster Debris Management, Michael Sabagghian, California OES
• C&D Debris, What Are We Missing? Richard Ludt, Interior Removal Specialist, Inc.
• Town of Hillsborough's Construction & Demolition Recycling Program: Monitoring & Tracking Projects, Ed Cooney, CSG Consultants Inc.
• San Luis Obispo County C&D Program, Mary Whittlesey, County of San Luis Obispo
• Moderator: Bob Douthitt, Imperial Valley Waste Management

Waste Reduction and Recycling and the Mitigation of Climate Change - Regency Ballroom C
Waste Reduction and Recycling are proving to be an ace in the hole for mitigating climate change. Recycling is not just about landfill diversion, it is about replacing virgin material production, which will significantly reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Come learn about how recycling programs can mitigate climate change.

• The Role of the Local Collector in Managing Carbon, John Elam, Tamalpais Community Services District
• What Provides The Biggest Bang?  Comparison Of Carbon Footprint Effects And Costs From Recycling / Diversion Vs. Energy Efficiency Programs, Lisa Skumatz, Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Inc.
• California Climate Change Action: Solid Waste Management Programs for GHG emission reduction, Kaoru Cruz, CIWMB
• Moderator: Rod Muir, Sierra Club of Canada

From Plate to Field — Food Discard Programs - Harbour Room A
If your jurisdiction is considering the addition of a food discards diversion component to your program then this session will give you a lot to chew on. Hear what it takes to set up a curbside residential food scrap recycling program, increase participation, and meet the quality standards for material going to your compost facility. Anaerobic food digestion will top off this interesting program that is truly an example of a Field to Table to Field food discards diversion system.

• Investigating the Anaerobic Digestion Process to Recycle Post-Consumer Food Waste, Cara Peck, Environmental Protection Agency Region 9
• Success in Green and Food Waste Programs, Robin Plutchok, StopWaste.Org
• Collaborative Food Diversion Program, William OToole, EcoNomics Inc
• Moderator: Steve Sherman, ESA

Reaching Into the Schools - Harbour Room B
Take your school program to the next level. Speakers will offer ideas on marketing, designing, and presenting pertinent information to your students and teachers. Presenters will offer a range of curriculum materials and activities that will boost your school programs. See how a successful model works for delivering sustainable conservation education in an urban and suburban setting. This program will leave you feeling educated, motivated and ready to expand your recycling education program.

• Creating a Sustainable Environmental Education Program for Schools, Mark Spencer & Lillian Clark from San Mateo County Recycle Works
• Local Conservation Corps in the Schools, Teresa Guzman , Tulare County Youth Corps
• Moving Your Recycling Education Programs Into High Gear, Mike di Milo, Science Discovery
• Moderator: Jennifer Caldwell, CIWMB

MRF Operations and Revenue - Regency Ballroom A
This panel session highlights how you can recover additional resource value from your Material Recovery Facilities. The panel will discuss processing enhancements driven by strong materials values to increase recycling rates and benefit the public. Included are operational details in the expansion and restructuring of the Santa Monica, Sunnyvale, and the Victor Valley Material Recovery Facilities.

• Recovering Resource Value Panel:
• John Davis, Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority;
• Harvey Gersham, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc;
• Mark Bowers, City of Sunnyvale Solid Waste
• Moderator: Diana McKeen, Town of Apple Valley

Programs to Zero - Regency Ballroom B
From the 'Community Chest' of programs working towards Zero Waste by initiating recovery of 'hard to divert' materials, such as plastic toys and construction and demolition materials) we will draw on some of the best program cards who have taken their turn getting these materials out of the disposal jail in their communities. Your community's turn to address these materials may be coming sooner than you think.

• San Jose's Green Vision - Implementing an Aggressive Zero Waste Agenda With Dueling Priorities, Shrinking Resources, and Nation-wide Competition, Jo Zientek, City of San Jose
• Pushing The Edge - Hard To Divert Materials, Robert Haley, SF Environment
• Fresno Green: Zero Waste and Sustainability, Robert Gedert, City of Fresno
• Moderator: Tedd Ward, Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority

New Developments in Plastic Recycling - Regency Ballroom C
How often have you heard the question "Can I recycle this plastic?" That is the question. Take a look into the amazing and often confusing world of plastics. Speakers will share differing viewpoints on various plastic types, and various issues related to the collection and processing of plastics including film plastic, containers, polystyrene, and polylactic acid (PLA) or bio-based plastics as well as rigid plastics.

• Plastic Recycling, David Langer, DAL Dimensions
• Responsible Launch of a New Biobased Plastic, Daniel J. Sawyer, NatureWorks LLC
• Closed Loop Solution for Waste Polystyrene, Steve Lacy, Timbron International
• Moderator: Susan Collins, R3 Consulting Group Inc

Compostable Organics Back to the Farm - Harbour Room A
The game is carbon and the strategy is to keep carbon out of the atmosphere and get it back to the soil. What are elements, the tools, the farmers and the impacts? This is a panel on the need to manage our organic resources and the rewards that will come if we do it right. 

• Composting Capacity and COOL 2012, Nora Goldstein, Biocycle
• Soil conditions in Southern Europe and the need for carbon, Paolo Guarnaccia, Dept of Agronomy University of Catania Italy
• Creating markets for organics by working with local government planners to assist in getting compostable organic resources back to the farms, Richard Flammer, Hidden Resources
• Global impact of compost vs. burning or landfill, Jeff Morris PhD, Sound Resources
• Why Organics, Why Now Cool, 2012, Moderator and speaker: Richard Anthony, GRRN

Economics for a Purpose - Harbour Room B
As jurisdictions throughout begin to meet higher diversion goals, they face a significant shift in how they fund their programs. Disposal surcharges and other refuse-based fees may no longer provide a sustainable revenue base. As disposal decreases, jurisdictions will need to find alternative funding methods for funding infrastructure and programs, which may increase as they get closer to zero waste. This presentation will identify several strategies for shifting from disposal-based system economics to alternative sustainable funding strategies.

• Shifting Funding Strategies to Achieve Zero Waste, Rob Hilton, HF&H Consultants
• Napa's Innovated Diversion Incentive Based Contract - an Update, Tim Dewey-Mattia, Napa Recycling & Waste Services
• Designing City RFPs and Contracts for Zero Waste, Gary Liss, Gary Liss & Associates,
• Moderator: Rosalie Mulé, CIWMB