SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EMERGING WASTE TECHNOLOGIES FORUM

 

Thursday, July 27^th, 2006 – UCLA Covel Commons Ballroom

 

8:00-9:00 am              Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

 

9:00-9:30 am              WELCOME

                                    UCLA Vice Chancellor for Research Roberto Peccei

                                    City of Los Angeles Councilman Greig Smith

                                    State Senator Richard Alarcon

                                    Assembly Member Cindy Montanez

                                    Los Angeles Deputy Mayor for Energy and the Environment
                                         Nancy Sutley

                                    UCLA  School of Engineering Dean Vijay Dhir

 

9:30 am                       Overview of CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY

                                    Coby Skye, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
                                        PRESENTATION (PPT)

 

9:40-10:30 am            SESSION I: PANEL “CONVERSION 101”

                                    Moderator: Coby Skye

Panel                           Professor James Liao, Vice Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular
                                          Engineering, UCLA

                                          PRESENTATION (PPT)

                                    Professor Vasilios Manousiouthakis, Chair of Chemical and
                                          Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA
                                          PRESENTATION (PPT)

                                    Fernando Berton –California Integrated Waste Management Board
                                         PRESENTATION (PPT)

                                    Eugene Tseng – UCLA Extension, Recycling and MSW
                                        Management Certificate Program, Local Enforcement Agency
                                       (LEA), City of Los Angeles
                                       PRESENTATION (PPT)

 

10:30-10:45 am          Q & A

 

10:45-11:00 am          BREAK

 

11:00 am-12:15 pm    SESSION II: PANEL “WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW”

                                    Moderator: Karen Coca, L.A. City Bureau of Sanitation

Panel                           Susan Brown – California Energy Commission
                                          PRESENTATION (PPT)

                                    Greig Smith -    Los Angeles City Councilman
                                          PRESENTATION (PPT)

                                    Cheryl Peace – Board Member, California Integrated Waste
                                         Management Board

                                    Randall Neudeck – Board of Directors, Valley Industry and
                                         Commerce Association
                                         PRESENTATION (PDF)

                                    Yair Zadik – Arrow Ecology
                                         PRESENTATION (PDF)

                                   

                                   

12:15-12:30 pm          Q & A

 

12:30-1:45 pm            LUNCH

Speaker:                     UCLA Vice Chancellor for Research,
                                          Roberto Peccei

 

2:00-3:30 pm              SESSION III: ROUNDTABLE “L. A. STAKEHOLDER
                                        PERSPECTIVE”

                                    Moderators: Romel Pascual and Nicole Bernson

Participants                Professor Vasilios Manousiouthakis – Chair, UCLA Chemical and
                                          Biomolecular Engineering

                                    Rhonda Mills – Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable
                                         Technologies

                                    Brendan Huffman – Valley Industry and Commerce Association

                                    William Welch – University of California, Riverside

                                    Mark Murray – Californians Against Waste

                                    Jane Williams – California Communities Against
                                       Toxics 

                                    Cynthia Babich – Del Amo Action Committee

                                    Charles Tupac– Southern California Air Quality Management  
                                        District

                                    Dr. Kay Martin – BioEnergy Producers’ Association

                                    Rita Robinson – Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation

                                    Evan Edgar – California Refuse Removal Council

                                    Ron Saldana – Los Angeles County Disposal Association

                                    Ellen Mackey – East Valley Coalition

                                    Dan Jacobson – Environment California

                                    Julie Butcher – General Manager, SEIU Local 347

                                    Senator David Roberti, Ret. – BioEnergy Producers’ Association

                                    Lee Wallach – The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
                                        of Southern California; Los Angeles League of Conservation
                                        Voters; Interfaith Environmental Council

 

3:30-4:15 pm              AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION – RESPONSE/REACTION

 

4:15-4:30 pm              WRAP-UP