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 |
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| 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 | |




