Agenda: Tuesday, October 17
Updated 7.21

The Power Of Organics

21st Century Infrastructure

Sustainable Infrastructure Deployment

Rhys Roth, Center for Sustainable Solutions, The Evergreen State College

Food Scraps Processing Procurement

Lisa Heigh, Metro

Business Of Feeding The Soil

Pierce Louis and Tyler Miller, Dirt Hugger (Invited)

Federal Biogas Policies: Paths Forward, Panel Discussion

Maureen Walsh, American Biogas Council

Cheryl Coleman, Resource Conservation & Sustainability Division, U.S. EPA

David Babson, U.S. Department of Energy (Invited)

Jim Lemon, BTR Energy

Substrate Treatment

Thermal Pretreatment Of High Cellusoic AD Feedstocks

Wilton McVoitte, McGill University

Biogas Production Rates Using Variable Food And Brewery Waste

Kim Miller, Ohio University

AD Effluent As Innoculum In Digestion Of Corn Stover

Fuqing Xu, The Ohio State University

Food Waste Prevention

Oregon DEQ's Wasted Food Prevention Strategy

Elaine Blatt, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)

Wasted Food Measurement And Messaging Study

Ashley Zannoli, Oregon DEQ

Prevention Tools And Practices

Andrew Shakman, LeanPath

The Bigger Picture

Managing Biogenic Materials: Store Carbon, Burn It Or Both?

Jeffrey Morris, Sound Resource Management Group

Entering The Anthropocene With Power Of Organics

Evan Edgar, California Compost Coalition

Biogas Market In China

Yifeng Shou, Hangzhou Energy & Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.

Organic Certification Of Digestate Products

Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) Process And Policies

Daniel Nguyen, OMRI

Commercial Opportunities With OMRI Listing

Ron Alexander, R. Alexander Associates

Status Of Anaerobic Digestate Petition To NOSB

Robert Joblin, Cenergy USA and Magic Dirt Horticultural Products

Feedstock Procurement, Preprocessing

Municipal Fats, Oils And Grease Collection Cooperative

David McNeil, City of Tempe (AZ)

Design Feedstock Contracts For Project Success

Jeffrey Burnham, Anuvia Plant Nutrients

Pretreatment Options For Low Solids AD Systems

Joerg Blischke, Black & Veatch

Food Waste Depackaging Trials

Bob Spencer, Windham (VT) Solid Waste Management District

Food Scraps Recovery Journeys

Challenges And Opportunities Of Wasted Food: Alameda County Case Study

Susan Blachman, Blachman Consulting

Growing Portland's Food Scrap Collection Programs

Arianne Sperry, City of Portland (OR)

Transitioning From Public To Private Food Scraps Collection

Bruce Westcott, Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District

Public/Private Partnership Launches Correctional Facility Composting

Angel Arroyo-Rodriguez, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

Contamination Management

Cost Of Contamination — A Composter's Reality

Fran San Diego, Agri Service

Implementing A "Food Waste Only" Policy

Paul Ehinger, Metro

Contaminant Reduction In Commercial Food Waste Stream

Tracie Onstad Bills, SCS Engineers

States Advance Digester Development
Sponsored by U.S. EPA AgSTAR

Biomethane Roadmap For Washington State

Jim Jensen, Washington State University Energy Program

Oregon Inventory Of Biogas And Renewable Natural Gas Resources

Daniel Avery, Oregon Department of Energy

Low Carbon Fuel Standard Update

21st Century Water Resource Recovery Facilities

Surpassing Energy Net Zero At Oregon WRRF

Alan Johnston, City of Gresham

Upgrading Plant Assets To Build Utility Of The Future

Jim Shaw, Lucas County (OH)
Alan Johnson, quasar energy group

Roadmap To Successful Codigestion

Brian Meek, Avant Energy

Project Development Tools And Realities

Adapting And Growing With Market Opportunities

Robert Zdebski, Xergi A/S

What Do Investors Seek?

Kathy Parker, Rodman CPAs

Organics Law:  Defending  Digesters, Digestate, and Compost

James Slaughter, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.

Fire Planning And Prevention At Organics Recycling Facilities

Kurt Schoppe, SA Recycling Organics