8:30 a.m. | Registration check-in (in-person attendees) and exhibit hall opens |
9:30 a.m. | Congress Welcome (in-person and virtual attendees) - Leslie Lukacs – President of the NRC Board of Directors
- Gary Carrel – President of the NYSAR3 Board of Directors
- Charles Kamenides – Vice President of the NRC Board of Directors and Congress Chair
- Richard V. Anthony – Chair of the NRC Board of Directors
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9:45 a.m. | Opening Plenary - Federal Legislation
- Kristen Hildreth – AVP Government Relations & Strategic Partnerships, ReMA
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10:25 a.m. | First Concurrent Sessions - Outreach – Engaging the Next Generation
- Moderator: Justin Canelas or Kristine Kubat
- Dennis Uyat – Environmental Educator, Zero Waste Youth
- Justin Canelas – Program Director, Recycle Hawaii
- Zero Waste Advocates from the Hawaiʻi Youth Clean Stream
- EPR
- Peter Blair – Policy & Advocacy Director, Just Zero
- Megan Daum – VP Sustainability, American Beverage Association
- Jordan Wells – Director of Advocacy & Communications, National Stewardship Action Council
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11:50 a.m. | Second Concurrent Sessions - Composting
- Moderator: Neil Seldman – Director, Cornucopia Recycling Project
- Julia Spector – Policy & Advocacy Specialist, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)
- Alyson Schill – CEO, Careit
- Kate Worley – Vice President Sustainability and Business Solutions, Denali
- Support for Zero Waste Businesses
- Moderator: Gena McKinley – Assistant Director, City of Austin, TX
- Patrick Owens – Chief Sustainability & Innovation Officer, EcoTrax
- Esther Houari – Senior Project Manager, City of Austin, TX
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12:50 p.m. | Lunch Break and Exhibit Hall |
2:00 p.m. | Third Concurrent Sessions - Global Policies on Plastics and Climate
- Moderator: Teresa Bradley – Founder and CEO, Race to Zero Waste
- Chris Burger – National Zero Waste Team Chair, Sierra Club
- Shruti Bhatnagar – VP Conservation, Sierra Club
- Kristine Kubat – Executive Director, Recycle Hawai’i
- Equitable Funding for Zero Waste
- Moderator: Sophia Huda – NRC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council
- Nena Shaw – Director of the Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division, US EPA
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3:20 p.m. | Closing Plenary - EPA Updates: Grants, Chemical Recycling, Updates on Climate Change, Materials Management and Q&A
- Nena Shaw – Director of the Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division, US EPA
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5:15 p.m. | NRC Reception at the National Baseball Hall of Fame – Cooperstown, NY - Networking/social hour, hors d’oeuvres and beverages
- Murray J. Fox Fund Scholarships – Presented by Jack DeBell, NRC Campus Council Chair
- NRC Awards – Presented by NRC Board
- Activity tables
- Magic of Recycling – Cyril May
- Sustainability in the Beauty Industry – Hannah Craik
- Baseball Hall of Fame Museum self-tour
- BBHOF ticket will also be valid the following day
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