Skip to navigation3rd Annual Symposium on Recycled Rubber in Plastics and Rubber Products

Agenda and Topics
Please refer to the list of speakers to see who will be speaking on each topic.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009
5:00 - 7:00pm Attendee Registration
  Speaker Registration
  Exhibitor Registration and Set Up
 5:30 - 7:00 pm Wine Tasting and Reception, Sponsored by: MA Associates and Innovative Waste Recovery
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
7:30 - 8:00am Attendee Registration
7:00 - 8:30am Breakfast, Sponsored by Granutech Saturn
8:00 - 8:30am Recap from Scrap to Profit I and II Symposiums (2007 in Charleston, SC and 2008 in San Diego)
8:30 - 9:00am Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Serji Amirkhanian, Professor, Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC and Amy Schoch, Senior Vice President, Empire State Development, Albany, NY
TOPICS SPECIFIC TO MULCH
9:00 - 10:00am Selling to Big Box Stores
Gary Vernon, District Manager, Walmart, Bentonville, AR

Production Quality in Mulch Markets
Mark Rannie, Vice President, Emanuel Tire, Baltimore, MD
10:00 - 10:15am Break in Exhibitor Area
TOPICS SPECIFIC TO LOOSE FILL
10:15 - 12:00pm ASTM Standard for Loose Fill Playground Material
Walt Henderson, Consultant, Henderson Consulting Service, Inc., Middletown, PA

Issues Associated with Colorizing Rubber
Doug Barr, President, Barr Formulated Products, Supply, NC

The Role of Tire Rubber in the Equestrian Footing Market
Peter Kyle, President, North Brook Farms, LLC, Auburn, NY
12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch, Sponsored by: Liberty Tire
TOPICS SPECIFIC TO INFILL
1:00 - 2:45pm Market Issues for Infill Material in Synthetic Surfaces
Darren Gill, Director of Marketing, FieldTurf, Tarkett, Montreal, QC

New York State's Crumb Rubber Study
Ly Lim, Ph.D., Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Div. of Solid and Hazardous Materials, Albany, NY

The Synthetic Turf Industry's Effort to Develop ASTM Specifications for Ground Tire Rubber
John Amato, President, JJA Sports, Westford, MA
2:45 - 3:00pm Break in Exhibitor Area
TOPICS SPECIFIC TO CANADIAN ISSUES
3:00 - 5:30pm The Ontario Tire Stewardship Plan
Glenn Maidment, President, Rubber Association of Canada and Andrew Horsman, Executive Director, Ontario Tire Stewardship Board
5:30 - 5:45pm Day Wrap-up / Adjourn
6:00 - 8:00pm Networking Reception Sponsored by: Columbus-McKinnon
   
Thursday, June 4, 2009
7:00 - 8:00am Breakfast
TOPICS SPECIFIC TO GROUND RUBBER SUPPLY/DEMAND
8:00 - 9:00am Welcome
Michael Blumenthal, Rubber Manufacturers Association

North American Ground Rubber Supply/Demand Picture
Michael Blumenthal, Senior Technical Director, Rubber Manufacturers Association, Buffalo, NY

Status of Tire Recycling Markets in New York State
Jim Gilbert, Tire Recycling Market Development Specialist, Empire State Development, Rochester, NY

Carbon Credits and Recycling Products
Tony Georgis, Analyst, RW Beck, Seattle, WA
TOPICS SPECIFIC TO TECHNOLOGY
9:00 - 10:45am The Use of Recycled Rubber in Molded and Extruded Technology
Marvin Myhre, Consultant and Research and Development, Fonthill, Ontario, Canada

Choosing the Right Equipment for Your Molding Application
Greg Bavington, P. Eng., President and CEO, KN Rubber, LLC and National Rubber Technologies Corp.

Use of New Technologies in Adhesives
Dr. Willie Lau, Research Fellow, Dow Chemical Company, Spring House, PA
10:45 - 11:00am Break in Exhibitor Area
CASE STUDIES
11:00 - 12:30pm Ground Tire Rubber Used to Improve Concrete Highway Sound Barriers
Steve McCowin, President, Concrete Innovations Services, Chantilly, VA

Custom Processing, Compounding, and Injection Molding of Scrap Rubber and Scrap Plastic Composite Materials
Miro Staroba, President and General Manager, Staroba Group, Holland, NY

Starting a Brand new Compression Molding Company
Bill Robbins, President, RubberForm Recycled Products, LLC, Lockport, NY
12:30 - 12:45pm Closing Remarks / Adjourn