Sunday, September 7, 2008

Registration Opens
Table Top and Poster Set-Up

Monday, September 8, 2008

Registration Opens
7:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast and Networking with Sponsors
7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Location: Copper Pavilion

Session One
8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Location: Bighorn Ballroom

Welcome
Mort Barlaz, North Carolina State University
Craig Benson, University of Washington
Greg Cekander, Waste Management, Inc.
Rita Ugianskis-Fishman, Penton Media, Inc.

• Chemical Partitioning of Zinc in a Coastal Ladfill Site with MSW Incinerator Ash (Hermelinda Plata, Kyoto University)
• Assessing Metal Speciation and Release from Coal Combustion Residues (Gautham Jegadeesan, Pegasus Technical Services)
• Comparison of Organic Matter Rich Wastes, Predominantly Inorganic Waste and Cement Stabilised Waste Based on Chemical Speciation Calculations Following Leach Testing (Hans van der Sloot, Netherlands Energy Research Center)
• Evaluating the Fate from the Management of Coal Combustion Residues from Implementation of Multi-Pollutant Control Technologies at Coal-Fired Power Plants (Susan Thorneloe, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Track B: Leachate Treatment
Location: Bighorn Ballroom C

• Leachate Treatment: A Case Study of Grand Central Sanitary Landfill (Thomas Pullar, EarthRes Group, Inc.)
• The Use of Constructed Wetlands for Long-Term Sustainable Leachate Management (Herwig Goldemund, Geosyntec Consultants)
• Electricity Production from the Management of Leachate with Microbial Fuel Cells (Lisa Damiano, University of New Hampshire)
• Treatment of Leachate from Landfills - Examples from Europe and Asia (Gregor Streif, Wehrle Unwelt GMBH) 

Track C: Bioreactor Performance
Location: Bighorn Ballroom C

• Progress on the La Vergne Landfill Project (Vassilia Vigneron, Veolia Environmental Services)
• Performance of the Outer Loop Landfill Bioreactor (Thabet Tolaymat, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
• Temperature Inside the Landfill: Effects of Liquid Injection (Debra Reinhart, University of Central Florida)
• Application of Bioreactor Technology to Groundwater Remediation at a Closed Landfill (Gary Hater, Waste Management, Inc.)

Lunch and Networking with Sponsors
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (12:00 to 13:00)
Location: Copper Pavilion

Poster Viewing
Dessert and Coffee Service
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (13:00 to 14:30)
Location: Jack’s Banquet Hall

Session Three
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (14:30 to 15:30)

Track A: Producer Responsibility, Waste Diversion, and Financing Change
Location: Ptarmigan Rooms

• The State of Waste Diversion in Canada (Michael Cant, Golder Associates, Ltd.)
• Extending the Swedish Producer Responsibility? (Goran Finnveden, Royal Institute of Technology) 
• The Use of Carbon Credits to Finance Solid Waste Infrastructure Projects in Countries with Developing Economies (Bruce Maillet, SCC Americas)

Track B: Landfill Liners and Covers
Location: Bighorn Ballroom B

• Geomembrane Temperature Monitoring at Dry and Wet Landfills (George Koerner, Geosynthetic Institute)
• A Method for Reducing the Temperature of Landfill Liners in MSW Landfills (Azadeh Hoor, Queen’s University)
• Chemical Compatibility Testing of Compacted Clay Liner Specimens with Hazardous Waste Lechate Containing High Ionic Concentrations and Elevated pH Levels (Richard Kiel, Golder Associates, Inc.) 

Track C: Measurement of Landfill Gas Emissions
Location: Bighorn Ballroom C

• Development of EPA OTM 10 for Landfill Applications (Eben Thoma, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
• Comparison of Optical Remote Sensing with Static Chambers for Quantification of Landfill Methane Emission (Charles Goldsmith, Alternative Natural Technologies, Inc.)
• Field Intercomparison of Five Methods to Measure Fugitive Methane Emissions on Landfills (Antoine Babilotte, Veolia Environmental Services)

Coffee Break and Networking with Sponsors
3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (15:30 to 16:00)
Location: Copper Pavilion

Session Four
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (16:00 to 17:00)

Track A: Solid Waste Management Planning and Policy
Location: Ptarmigan Rooms

• U.S. Postal Service Total Solid Waste Management "Closing the Circle" (Mark Treese and John Almon, U.S. Postal Service)
• Methane to Market Partnership -- Utilizing Landfill Methane for Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries (Rachel Goldstein, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
• Analysis of Solid Waste Management Optimization Scenarios (Alexandra Zapata Figueroa, RTI International)

Track B: Physical and Biological Processes in Landfills
Location: Bighorn Ballroom B

• Relative Contributions of Moisture and Biological Activity on Compression of Municipal Solid Waste in Bioreactor Landfills (Christopher Bareither, University of Wisconsin - Madison)
• Spatial Variability of Waste Temperatures in MSW Landfills (James Hanson, California Polytechnic State University)
• Biodegradeability of Forest Products Under Bioreactor Landfill Condictions (Jennifer Pagett, North Carolina State University)

Track C: Measurement of Landfill Gas Emissions
Location: Bighorn Ballroom C

• Developing a Field-Validated Methodology for a Regional GHG Inventory: Improved Methods for Landfill CH4 Emissions in California (Kurt Spokas, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
• Fugitive Emissions Monitoring at an Active Landfill (Todd Watermolen, Veolia Environmental Services)
• Improving Stable Isotope Estimates of the Amount of Methane Oxidized in Landfill Covers (Jeffrey Chanton, University of Florida)

Cocktail Reception
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (17:00 to 19:00)
Location: Copper Pavilion

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Registration Opens
7:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast and Networking with Sponsors
7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Location: Copper Pavilion

Session Five
8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Track A: Design, Installation and Monitoring of Engineered Berms at Landfills
Location: Ptarmigan Rooms

• Economic Benefits Using Engineered Berms (Te-Yang Soong, CTI and Associates, Inc.)
• Mechanically Stabilized Earth Berms: Overview at Pennsylvania Landfills (Charles Ballod, Golder Associates, Inc.)
• Landfill Stability Analyses for the Application of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (Scott Luettich, GeoSyntec, Inc.)
• Construction Details and Related Considerations of MSE Berms at Landfills (Douglas Brown, Tensar International, Inc.)

Track B: Biological Treatment of Solid Waste
Location: Bighorn Ballroom B

• Mechanisms to Achieve Biodegradable Municipal Waste Landfill Diversion targets Employed in the European Union and Associated Biological Monitoring of MBT Treatment Residues (Nick Cawthorne, Golder Associates UK, Ltd.)
• A General Aerobic/Anaerobic Moisture-Dependent Model Framework for Biodegradation Kinetics Inside Landfills (Sebastian Pommier, INSA Toulouse) 
• Performance of an Anaerobic Digester for Biodegradation of Green Waste (Ramin Yazdani, University of California at Davis)
• Characterization of an Old Landfill for Potential Degradability Simulation (Noelia Cobo, University of Cantabria)

Track C: Carbon Finance - A Special Session Presented by The World Bank
Location: Bighorn Ballroom C

Coffee Break and Networking with Sponsors
10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Location: Copper Pavilion

Session Six
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Track A: Design, Installation and Monitoring of Engineered Berms at Landfills
Location: Ptarmigan Rooms

• Atypical Backfill Materials (Richard Stulgis, GeoComp, Inc.)
• Specifications, Contracting and Construction Quality Assurance (Kevin McKeon, EarthTech AECOM)
• Geotechnical Monitoring of Longterm Issues - Landfill Berms (Mark Case, Golder Associates, Ltd.)
• Panel Discussion

Track B: Models of Landfill Processes
Location: Bighorn Ballroom B

• Application of the University of Southampton Landfill Degradation and Transport Model LDAT to an Aerobic Treatment Field Experiment (Richard Beaven, University of Southampton)
• Thermal Behavior of a Bioreactor Landfill During Leachate Recirculation (Shabnam Gholamifard, CemagreF d'Anthony)
• The Role of Pore Space Geometry, Waste Descriptors, and Micro-Scale Network Modeling in the Design of Macro-Scale Landfill Models (Jim White, University of Southampton)
• A Three Phase Microbiological and Chemical Kinetic-and-Equilibrium Model (BIOKEMOD-3P) for Simulating Solid Waste Biodegradation (Nitin Gawande, University of Central Florida)

Track C: Biological Treatment of Solid Waste
Location: Bighorn Ballroom B

• Mass Balances of Three Landfilling Schemes: "2 Years Dry Tomb" Landfilling, Bioreactor Landfill, and MBT Before Landfilling (Vassilia Vigneron, Veolia Environmental Services)
• The Current Situation of MBT in Germany (Matthias Kuehle-Weidemeier, Wasteconsult International)
• Engineered Landfills Versus Vessel Processes for MSW to Methane (Don Augenstein, Institute of Environmental Management)
•  Monitoring Air Flow and Distribution at a Forced-Air Aerobic Waste Treatment Plant (Tristan Rees-White, University of Southampton)

Lunch and Networking with Sponsors
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (12:00 to 13:00)
Location: Copper Pavilion

Poster Viewing
Dessert and Coffee Service
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (13:00 to 14:30)
Location: Jack’s Banquet Hall

Session Seven
2:30 to 3:30 p.m. (14:30 to 15:30)

Track A: Sustainable Waste Management and Climate Change
Location: Ptarmigan Rooms

• Sustainability: the Material Cycle, Waste and Landfill (Heijo Scharff, NV Afvalzorg Holding)
• Reducing Landfill Methane Emissions and Expansion of the Hierarchy of Waste Management (Nickolas Themelis, Columbia University)
• Sustainable Approaches to C & D Waste Management and Global Warming Impacts (Robert Mason, Concurrent Technologies Corp.) 

Track B: Landfill Monitoring and Assessment
Location: Bighorn Ballroom B

• Problematic Assessment of Landfill Remediation Costs (Roger Parker, Golder Associates Pty Ltd.)
• Estimating the Duration of the Landfill Aftercare Period by Means of Scenario Calculations (Ole Hjelmar, DH Water Environment Health)
• Remote Analytical and Telemetry Systems for Groundwater Monitoring (Michael Caldwell, Waste Mangement, Inc.)

Track C: Attenuation of Landfill Gas in Cover Systems
Location: Bighorn Ballroom C

• Reduction of Methane Emissions from Landfills by Use of Engineered Biocover System Established at the Fakse Landfill, Denmark (Peter Kjeldsen, Technical University of Denmark)
• Development of a Methanotroph Embedded Biotarp as an Alternative Daily Cover to Mitigate Methane Emissions from Open Landfill Cells (Bryn Adams, University of North Carolina - Charlotte)
• Engineering Landfill Covers for Methane Oxidation: Lessons Learned (Alexandre Cabral, Universite de Sherbrooke)

Coffee Break and Networking with Sponsors
3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (15:30 to 16:00)
Location: Copper Pavilion

Session Eight
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (16:00 to 17:00)

Track A: Sustainable Waste Management and Climate Change
Location: Ptarmigan Rooms

• Using a Carbon Balance to Estimate Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation from Municipal Solid Waste Management (Brian Bahor, Covanta Energy)
• Comparison of Energy Use and Environmental Impacts of Recycling and Waste Incineration (Goren Finnveden, Royal Institute of Technology)
• Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions through WTE with Carbon Capture and Storage (Frank Zeman, Columbia University)

Track B: Solid Waste Management
Location: Bighorn Ballroom B

• Peer Review Panel: A New Zealand Approach to Regulatory Compliance of Landfills (Mark Milke, University of Canterbury)
• U.S. EPA's Homeland Security Waste Disposal Research: Status Update (Paul Lemieux, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
• EPA's Suite of Homeland Security Support Tools for Waste and Disaster Debris Management and Disposal (Susan Thorneloe, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Track C: Attenuation of Landfill Gas in Cover Systems
Location: Bighorn Ballroom C

• Potential and Limitations of Passively Vented Biofilters for the Microbial Oxidation of Landfill Methane (Julia Gebert, University of Hamburg)
• Using a Modeling Approach to Estimate Methane Emissions and Oxidation from Landfills Within AP-42 Guidelines (Tarek Abichou, Florida State University)
• Isolated Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions and Materials/Conditions for Attenuation and Treatment (Terry Johnson, Waste Management, Inc.) 

Cocktail Reception
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (17:00 to 19:00)
Location: Copper Pavilion

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Registration Opens
7:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast and Networking with Sponsors
7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
Location: Copper Pavilion

Session Nine
8:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
                       
Track A: Landfill Gas Production, Utilization, and Emissions
Location: Ptarmigan Rooms

• Review of Landfill Surface Emissions Monitoring (Robert Gregory, Golder Associates UK Ltd.)
• Innovative Use of a High Permeability Layer for Mitigating Methane Emissions and Enhancing Landfill Gas Capture (Yoojin Jung, University of Delaware)
• Advanced Gas Collection Systems for Bioreactor and Leachate Recirculation Landfills (Gary Hater, Waste Management, Inc.)
• Full-Scale Biological LFG Treatment at Sealed Landfills (Matti Ettala, University of Kuopio)

Track B: Landfill Covers
Location: Bighorn Ballroom B

• Results from 18 years of In-Situ Performance Testing of Landfill Cover Systems in Germany (Stefan Melchior, Melchior + Wittpohl Ingenieurgesellschaft)
• Australian ACAP: From Tropical North to Semi-Arid South (Melissa Salt, University of Adelaide)
• Monitoring the Performance of an Alternative Landfill Cover Using a Large Embedded Lysimeter (Jody Waugh, S.M. Stoller Corp.)
• Lessons Learned from an Alternative Cover Pilot Test in Northern California (Jason Smesrud, CH2M Hill)

Track C: Bioreactor Landfills and Moisture Management
Location: Bighorn Ballroom C

• Field-Scale Hydraulic and Mechanical Response of Municipal Solid Waste to Periodic Leachate Addition (Ronald Breitmeyer, University of Wisconsin - Madison)
• Thermal and Hydraulic Modeling of Subsurface Liquid Injection in an Instrumental Model (Milind Khire, Michigan State University)M
• Moisture Balance Assessment at the Outer Loop Landfill Bioreactor(Mazen Haydar, Geosyntec Consultants)

Coffee Break and Networking with Sponsors
9:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Location: Copper Pavilion

Session Ten
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Track A: Landfill Gas Collection, Monitoring, and Management
Location: Ptarmigan Rooms

• Use of Photocoustic Infared Monitor for Conducting Gas Tracer Tests in Landfills (Paul Imhoff, University of Delaware)
• Comprehensive Landfill Gas Management through a Combined Field Services and Compliance Approach to Meet Increasing Regulatory Requirements and Save Costs (Paul Stout, Cornerstone Environmental Group LLC)
• Evaluating Landfill Gas Well Field Performance and Emissions (Steve Clarke, Waste Management, Inc.)
• Biofiltration of Landfill Gas Methane with Active Ventilation (Jan Streese-Kleeberg, Hamburg University of Technology)

Track B: Chemical and Biological Processes in Landfills
Location: Bighorn Ballroom B

• Evaluation of Factors Affecting the Initiation of Methanogenesis in Solid Waste (Brian Staley, North Carolina State University)
• Determination of the Fate of Selected Pharmaceutical Compounds under Anaerobic Landfill Conditions (Stephen Musson, University of Florida)
• Estimating Sorption Equilibrium and Kinetic Parameters for Organic Contaiminants in Landfills (Jovita Saquing, North Carolina State University)
• Experimental Studies on Different Scales of Anaerobic Landfill Bioreactors (Nicole Fischer, Technische Universitat Braunschweig)

Track C: Landfill Liners and Covers
Location: Bighorn Ballroom C

• Water Balance Cover - Case Study of a Southern California Landfill (Randall Wall, Golder Associates, Ltd.) 
• Performance Criterion for Alternative Final Cover Systems on Lined RCRA Subtitle D Landfills (Louis Bull, Waste Management, Inc.)
• Design and Construction of an Enhanced Evapotranspirative Cover for a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in Southeast Texas (Beth Gross, Geosyntec Consultants and Marcos Elizondo, Republic Waste Services)
• Alternative Earthen Final Covers for Landfills -- The Kansas Experience (Anastasia Welch, Aquaterra Environmental Solutions, Inc.)

Awards and Symposium Closing
Coffee/Soda and Snack Service
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Golf Outing
Location: Copper Creek Golf Club
1:00 p.m. (13:00)
Cost: $75 (includes greens fees and awards reception)