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Agenda and Topics

Tuesday, November 2, 2010
5:00 - 7:00 pm Attendee, Speaker, Exhibitor Registration
Hotel Room Number TBA
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
7:30 - 8:30 am Attendee Registration, Arkansas Ballroom
8:30 - 8:45 am Welcoming Remarks
Roger Lawrence, Solid Waste Division Chief, Arkansas DEQ;
Jim Goble, Director, Pulaski Inter-District Waste Tire Program
8:45 - 9:20 am Ground Rubber Markets and Supply
  Andrew Horsman, Ontario Tire Stewardship Board
9:20 - 10:20 am Improving the Quality of Ground Rubber
  Rick Colyar, Columbus McKinnon Corporation
Mike Hinsey, Granutech Saturn
10:20 - 10:55 am Evolution of the Carbon Markets and Potential Opportunities for the Scrap Tire Industry
  Tony Georgis, Halcrow
10:55 - 11:15 am Morning Networking Break with Exhibitors
11:15 - 11:50 am The New ASTM Specifications for Infill and Industry Outlook
  John Amato, JJA Sports
11:50 - 12:30 pm The New ASTM Specifications for Playground and Mulch and Industry Outlook
  Walt Henderson, Henderson Consulting Service, Inc.
12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch, Riverview Room
1:30 - 2:00 pm Understanding LEEDS Certification and Its Impact on Scrap Tire Products
  Danielle Shafer, Tinsley-Mullen Engineers
2:00 - 2:40 pm Update on Human & Environmental Health Impacts of Ground Rubber
  Speaker TBA, Chemrisk
2:40 - 3:15 pm State Market Development Programs
  Jim Gilbert, Empire Development (NYS), Chair of RCC Subcommittee on Ground Rubber
3:15 - 3:45 pm New Horizons From Ultra Fine Ground Rubber
  Sam Kauffman, Edge Rubber
3:45 to 4:10 pm Afternoon Networking Break with Exhibitors
  Ed Boisson, RW Beck
4:10 - 4:45 pm CASE STUDY: Use of State Grants to Develop a New Product: The California Experience
  Ed Boisson
4:45 - 5:15 pm Changes to Tire Construction
  Michael Blumenthal, Rubber Manufacturers Association
5:30 - 7:00 pm Networking Reception
Sponsored by Columbus McKinnon Corporation
   
Thursday, November 4, 2010
8:00 - 8:15 am Ground Rubber Markets: Looking Forward
  Michael Blumenthal, Rubber Manufacturers Association
8:15 - 8:50 am Sustainable Composite Materials Made of Rubber
  Willie Lau, Dow Advanced Materials
8:50 - 9:50 am Equipment Issues Related to Manufacturing Composites with Crumb Rubber and Plastics
  Renzo Taffarello, Taffarello Engineering & Associates, Italy and Barry Hunter, American Starlinger-Sahm, Inc., Greenville, SC
9:50 - 10:20 am CASE Study: Selling Ground Rubber Into a New Market
  Alan Barton, Lehigh Technologies
10:20 - 10:40 am Morning Networking Break with Exhibitors
10:40 - 11:15 am Selling Green Products from a Big Box Store
  Gary Vernon, Wal-Mart
11:15 - 11:45 am Scrap Tire Management in Rural Areas
  Michael Blumenthal, Rubber Manufacturers Association
11:45 - 12:00 pm Conclusions: What are the Issues You are Dealing With?
Preparation for Scrap to Profit 5
  End of Conference