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

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

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