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SWANA REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Alabama - Arkansas - Georgia - Mississippi
Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi
April 29 - May 1, 2025
CONFERENCE AGENDA
JOINT GROUP
TRACK 1 - LANDFILL
TRACK 2 - HAULER/RECYCLE/COMPOST
Tuesday, April 29
11:00 AM
1:00 PM
1:15 PM
1:30 PM
2:30 PM
3:30 PM
Registration Open / Exhibitor setup
Welcome to Biloxi, Mayor or Ari with Coastal Mississippi
AB Delegates from all states welcome
Opening Keynote Amy Lestition Burke Executive Director/CEO SWANA
PFAS Panel Patrick Stanford, Principal Coviana LLC; Robert Bailey, PG, Labella Associates; Lindsey Boone, PACE
Break
YPs collect break materials and retire to separate area for a YP meet and greet, and Q&A session with several older members on the Industry
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Groundwater Investigation and Management at Landfills: Insights and Best Practices, Fauve Herron, EI, SCS Engineers
Maintenance & Lifecycle Cost: Most Efficient Way to Run a Fleet , Mason Lee, J.M. Wood Auction Company
Improving Recycling Participation and Material Capture, TBD, The Recycling Partnership
An Engineered Approach to Landfill Stormwater Management, Chris Timpson, Watershed Geo
Meet & Greet Reception - Shucker's Stadium
Wednesday, April 30
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 - 3:30 PM
6:00 - 11:00 PM
Registration Open / Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
Permitting a Carbon Sequestration Site under Solid Waste Regulation in Arkansas, Dan McCullough PG,SCS Engineers; Hannah Murnen PhD, Graphyte Inc.
Federal Regulatory update, Jennifer Sloan-Ziegler PE, PhD, ENV SP, CECP Environmental Senior Project Manager, Neel-Schaffer Engineers
ETHICS Laura D. Heusel, Butler Snow
Break
PFAS in Leachate – What Are My Options? – There Were None, Now There Are Too Many? I’m Confused, Brad Granley, P.E., Leachate Management Specialists
The Cost of Inaccuracy in Waste & Recycling, Jay Hays, Michelli Weighing & Measurement
Developing an RNG Project , Corina Sheridan, Waga Energy
Panel Discussion - All things SWIFR/Recycling, Jennifer Wells, MDEQ; Cherie O'Mary, ARK Recycling Coalition; Suki Janssen, Athens-Clark GA, Blake Pruitt, ADEM
Modern GCCS Design and Lessons Learned, Vinuta Sheshappanavar, SCS Engineers
Networking Options
Luau- Beau Rivage Pool Patio Deck & YP Corn Hole Tournament
Reception featuring Karaoke
Thursday, May 1
7:00 AM
Registration Open / Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
Landfill Monitoring for the 21st Century, David Petty, Integrated Environmental Technology / IETLink
The Perils of Underestimating Cart Management Cost & Complexity, David Piejak, National Cart Services
Landfill GCCS CQA: Is it needed? Tim Eaves, PE and Norm Cornell, PE, Nexus EcoServices, Inc.
Future of Refuse Collections, John Osterkamp, Heil Environmental
From Foam to Flubber, lessons learned in pumping leachate in these challenging conditions., Bob Beyer, Jeneer Group
The State of Material Recovery Processing, David Henry, P.E., Harbin Engineering. P.C.
Exposed Temp Caps: Why they are becoming more popular, Jeffrey J. Breedlove, PE, Promus Engineering, LLC
Smart Solutions, Sustainable Systems: Transforming Waste Management with Rehrig Pacific’s Technology and Innovation, Nicole Riley, S.C., Territory Sales Manager; Brandon Meyers, National Sales Manager, Rehrig Pacific Company
Break
Operation Challenges Jeff Blevins, LaBella Associates
Operator-Powered Progress, from Collaboration to Transformation , Crystal Stapley, Labella Associates
Technology that is changing the Waste Industry, Fearghal Murphy, WIS
Adjournment & Door Prizes
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