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Day 1 - Wednesday, March 28, 2012
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.	Exhibitor Set Up
9 - 12:30 a.m.	CEU Morning Courses
• 9 - 10:30 a.m.	CEU Course 150 - Recycling Program Economics
• 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	CEU Course 435 - Waste Reduction
12 p.m.	Buses depart for Greenstar Recycling Facility tour
1 p.m.	Buses arrive at Greenstar Recycling Facility
1:30 - 5 p.m.	CEU Afternoon Courses
• 1:30 - 3 p.m.	CEU Course 150 - Recycling Program Economics
• 3:30 - 5 p.m.	CEU Course 435 - Waste Reduction
1 - 4 p.m.	Greenstar Recycling Facility Tour
4 p.m.	Buses depart Greenstar Recycling Facility to return to Gaylord Texan
5 p.m.	Buses arrive back at Gaylord Texan from Greenstar Recycling Facility tour
6 - 8 p.m.	Welcome Reception
Day 2 - Thursday, March 29, 2012
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.	Networking breakfast, Exhibit hall
8:30 a.m.	Exhibit hall closes
8:30 - 8:45 a.m.	Opening Remarks / Introductions Kurt Blascoe, Director, Materials Marketing, Republic Services
8:45 - 10 a.m.	Panel: Multi-Family Recycling: It Can Be Done! Neha Patel, Manager Recycling Relations, Coca Cola Maite Quinn, Manager, Business Development and Marketing, Sims, New York City Josephine Valencia, Asst. Director, Solid Waste Management, City of San Antonio
10 - 11 a.m.	Session: Educating the Community: Residential Responsibility Heather McNamara, SVP, Hill and Knowlton Strategies, Curbside Value Partnership
11 - 11:15 a.m.	Refreshment break
11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Exhibit hall open
12 - 1 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 pm	Exhibit hall closes
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.	Session: Begin with the End in Mind: The Commodity Market Peter Wang, CEO, America Chung Nam, OCC Bob Tucker, Managing Director, Reparco USA, A Norske Skog - ONP
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.	Session: E-waste Collection: E-Gads - There's a right way? Kevin Dillon, Chief Marketing Officer, ERI - Electronics Recyclers Bob Landmesser, CEO, AERC Recycling Solutions
3:30 - 3:45 p.m.	Refreshment break
3:45 - 4:15 p.m.	Session: Recycling & Product Stewardship: Know the Laws Chaz Miller, Director, NSWMA
4:15 - 5:15 p.m.	Panel: Organics: From Curbside to Consumer Mike Huycke, Area President, Republic Services, Northwest Mark Rose, President/CEO, Living Earth
6 - 8 pm	Networking reception
Day 3 - Friday, March 30, 2012
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.	Networking Breakfast, Exhibit hall
8:30 - 9:15 a.m.	Session: Innovations: The Latest & Greatest in Collection & Processing Sean Duffy, ReCommunity Chris Melocik, SVP Integration Process Improvement, Republic Services
9:15 - 10:30 a.m.	Panel: Municipal Recycling: Options, Decisions & Solutions - From planning to implementation of a curbside program Mark Anderson, Key Account Manager, Otto Environmental Dawn Steph, Environmental Manager, City of Sugar Land - Texas Scott Sellers, City Manager, City of Kilgore - Texas
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.	Refreshment break
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.	Session: Making Safety a Priority Susan Epps, CSP, ARM - President, EST Solutions David Biderman, General Counsel and Safety Directory, NSWMA
11:45 a.m. - 2 p.m.	Exhibit hall open
12 - 1 p.m.	Lunch
12:30 - 12:45 p.m.	Green City Awards ceremony
12:45 - 1 p.m.	Closing Remarks Kurt Blascoe, Director, Materials Marketing, Republic Services
2 p.m.	Exhibit hall closes Conference adjourns