Skip to navigation2nd 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.

Monday, May 5, 2008 - Solstice Ballroom, First Floor
5:00 - 7:00pm Attendee Registration
  Speaker Registration
  Exhibitor Registration
   
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - Solstice Ballroom, First Floor
7:00 - 8:30am Attendee Registration
7:00 - 8:30am Breakfast
8:00 - 8:30am Recap from Scrap to Profit I Symposium in 2007 in Charleston, SC (briefly cover: Different Types of Rubber, Tire Processing, Different Types of Products, Business Development, etc.)
8:30 - 9:00am Welcoming Remarks
9:00 - 9:30am Industry Overview
 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAKING TIRE-DERIVED PRODUCTS
9:30 - 10:15am Making Products from Rubber-Plastic Compounds
10:15 - 10:45am Break in Exhibitor Area
10:45 - 11:30am Analytical & Physical Property Tests for Marketing Ground Rubber
11:30 - 12:15pm Range of Opportunities and Equipment for Molding/Extruding Recycled Rubber Products
12:15 - 1:30pm Lunch
BUSINESS CASE STUDIES
1:30 - 2:15pm How One Firm Systematically Considered Ground Rubber Feedstock for a Diverse Product Line
2:15 - 3:00pm Growth Through Diversification: Expanding a Long-Standing Business through Development of a New Rubber- Plastic Product
3:00 - 3:30pm Break in Exhibitor Area
 INTERNATIONAL SCRAP TIRE INDUSTRY TRENDS
3:30 - 4:30pm Waste Rubber: Characterization, Properties, and Utilization in Virgin Rubbers and Plastics
OPEN FORUM
4:30 -5:00pm Discussion on Future Market Opportunities
5:00pm Adjourn
   
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - Solstice Ballroom, First Floor
7:00 - 8:00am Breakfast
HEALTH IMPACT CONCERNS
8:00 - 8:45am Environmental and Human Health Hot Topics
MARKETING TIRE-DERIVED PRODUCTS
8:45 - 9:30am Strategies for Marketing Tire-Derived Products
9:30 - 10:00am Break in Exhibitor Area
MARKETING CASE STUDIES
10:00 - 10:45am Green Building Marketing
10:45 - 11:30am Selling Tire-Derived Products to Government
OPEN FORUM
11:30 - 12:00 Input and Exchange of Ideas
12:00pm 2nd Annual from Scrap to Profit Symposium Adjourned