NYCWaste - Program

Session 1: Setting the Stage for Sustainable Waste Management:
A Global Overview  

• Marco J. Castaldi, Director, EEC|CCNY 
• "Economic Development with Sustainable Waste Management" - Nickolas J. Themelis, WTERT, Columbia University
• "Plastics: Too Valuable to Waste" - Craig Cookson, Director of Sustainability and Recycling, American Chemistry Council

Session 2: Megacity Waste Management

• Bettina Kamuk, Head of Department, Waste to Energy, Ramboll
• "Zero Waste in New York City" - Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, The New York City Department of Sanitation
• "Developing an Integrated Solid Waste Management System in the City of Edmonton" - Christian Felske, General Supervisor - Engineering Innovation,
  Utility Services, City of Edmonton

Session 3: The Hierarchy in Practice: Waste Management Processes and Technologies

• "Sustainability as a Driver for the Waste Industry" - Jamie Bohan, Senior Director of Recycling and Technology Development, Republic Services
• "The Waste Treatment Hierarchy and Quality vs. Quota Recycling" - Peter Chromec, former CEO, Hitachi Zosen Inova, USA LLC
• Demetra Tsiamis, Associate Director, EEC|CCNY

Session 4: Risk Assessment and Environmental Impact

• "Human Health Assessment of Waste Management Practices” - Sarah Foster, Principal, CPF Associates Inc.
• "Materials Management and Associated Impacts" - Dale J. Carpenter, Chief of Sustainable Materials Management Section, EPA Region 2
• “Sustainable Waste Management: Low Hanging Fruit for Climate Change Mitigation” - Paul Gilman, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Covanta

Session 5: Social Implications and Public Opinion

• "MSW Management without Harm:  Social Movements and Sustainable Technologies in a Changing World" - Samantha MacBride, Baruch College School of Public Affairs, CUNY
• "The Politics of Zero Waste" - Cole Rosengren, Freelance Reporter, Graduate of CUNY School of Journalism
• "Public Perception of Waste to Energy in NYC" - Casey Cullen, Sustainability Coordinator, Cosentini Associates, former CCNY Capstone student
• Charles J. Vörösmarty, Director, Environmental Sciences Initiative, CUNY ASRC, Distinguished Scientist, NOAA-CREST

Session 6: Research at the Forefront of Waste Conversion

• "Assessment of MSW Generation and Management in the U.S. via Facility-Based Methodology" - Debra Kantner, Internal Research Program Manager, Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF)
• “Research & Development at Covanta Energy” - Steve Goff, Vice President of R&D, Covanta
• Marco J. Castaldi, Director, EEC|CCNY 

Session 7: Policy and Market Drivers for Sustainable Waste Management

• Mark Schwartz, Senior Manager of Business Development, Wheelabrator
• James Van Woert, Area Director of Diversion Strategies Greater Mid-Atlantic Market Area, Waste Management
• “Taking WTE Ash Recycling to the Next Level in the U.S.” - Joost Boggemann, VP of Business Development, Inashco