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SWANA REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Alabama - Arkansas - Georgia - Mississippi
Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi
April 29 - May 1, 2025
CONFERENCE AGENDA
JOINT GROUP
TRACK 1 - LANDFILL
TRACK 2 - HAULER/RECYCLE/COMPOST
Tuesday, April 29
11:00 AM
Registration Open / Exhibitor setup
1:00 PM
1:15 PM
1:30 PM
2:30 PM
3:30 PM
Welcome to Biloxi, Mayor with Coastal Mississippi
AB Delegates from all states welcome
Opening Keynote
- Amy Lestition Burke Executive Director/CEO SWANA
PFAS Panel Patrick Stanford, Principal Coviana LLC; Robert Bailey, PG, Labella Associates; Lindsey Boone, PACE
Break
YPs collect break materials and retire to separate area for a YP meet and greet, and Q&A session with several older members on the Industry
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Groundwater Investigation and Management at Landfills: Insights and Best Practices, - - Fauve Herron, EI, SCS Engineers
Maintenance & Lifecycle Cost: Most Efficient Way to Run a Fleet , Mason Lee, J.M. Wood Auction Company
Improving Recycling Participation and Material Capture, TBD, The Recycling Partnership
An Engineered Approach to Landfill Stormwater Management
- Chris Timpson, Watershed Geo
Meet & Greet Reception - Shucker's Stadium
Wednesday, April 30
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Registration Open / Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
Permitting a Carbon Sequestration Site under Solid Waste Regulation in Arkansas
- Dan McCullough PG,SCS Engineers; Hannah Murnen PhD, Graphyte Inc.
Federal Regulatory update
- Jennifer Sloan-Ziegler PE, PhD, ENV SP, CECP Environmental Senior Project Manager, Neel-Schaffer Engineers
ETHICS
- Laura D. Heusel
- Butler Snow
Break
PFAS in Leachate – What Are My Options? – There Were None, Now There Are Too Many? I’m Confused
- Brad Granley, P.E., Leachate Management Specialists
The Cost of Inaccuracy in Waste & Recycling
- Jay Hays, Michelli Weighing & Measurement
11:00 AM
Developing an RNG Project
- Corina Sheridan, Waga Energy
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 - 3:30 PM
6:00 - 11:00 PM
Panel Discussion - All things SWIFR/Recycling
- Blake Pruitt, Alabama Department ofEnvironmental Management
- Colbie Jones, Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment
- Suki Janssen, Athens Clarke County GA
- Jennifer Wells, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Modern GCCS Design and Lessons Learned
- Vinuta Sheshappanavar, SCS Engineers
Networking Options
Luau- Beau Rivage Pool Patio Deck & YP Corn Hole Tournament
Reception featuring Karaoke
Thursday, May 1
7:00 AM
Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
Landfill Monitoring for the 21st Century
- David Petty, Integrated Environmental Technology / IETLink
The Perils of Underestimating Cart Management Cost & Complexity
- David Piejak, National Cart Services
Landfill GCCS CQA: Is it needed?
- Tim Eaves, PE
- Norm Cornell, PE, Nexus EcoServices, Inc.
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
From Foam to Flubber, lessons learned in pumping leachate in these challenging conditions.
- Bob Beyer, Jeneer Group
The State of Material Recovery Processing
- David Henry, P.E., Harbin Engineering. P.C.
Exposed Temp Caps: Why they are becoming more popular
- Jeffrey J. Breedlove, PE, Promus Engineering, LLC
Smart Solutions, Sustainable Systems: Transforming Waste Management with Rehrig Pacific’s Technology and Innovation, Nicole Riley, S.C., Territory Sales Manager; Brandon Meyers, National Sales Manager, Rehrig Pacific Company
Break
Operation Challenges
-Jeff Blevins, LaBella Associates
Operator-Powered Progress, from Collaboration to Transformation
- Crystal Stapley, Labella Associates
Technology that is changing the Waste Industry
- Fearghal Murphy, WIS
12:00 PM
Adjournment & Door Prizes
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