2017 Zero Waste Symposium Program
7:30 am – Registration opens with coffee and breakfast breads. Come early to network before the Symposium.
8:00 am – Welcome
- Mayor Jake Mackenzie – Mayor of Rohnert Park: Symposium Welcome
- Senator Mike McGuire – Second District Senator: Video Welcome
8:20 am – Setting the Stage for Zero Waste
- Leslie Lukacs – Board Member, Zero Waste International Alliance, Director of Zero Waste, SCS Engineers: Setting the Stage for Zero Waste; Global and Local
8:30 am – Maximizing Carbon Through Compost
- John Wick, Marin Carbon Project – Video From the Ranch
- Calla Rose Ostrander, Marin Carbon Project: Maximizing Carbon Planning and Compost Utilization
- Dan Noble – Executive Director of Association of Compost Producers & Compost Coalition of Sonoma County: Building Market-Based Renewable Carbon Economics, One County at a Time
9:20 am – Break
9:35 am – Government Leading the Way
- Nick Lapis – Director, Californians Against Waste: California Materials Management Legislative Update & What to Expect
- Kevin Drew – Senior Residential & Special Projects Zero Waste Coordinator Program Manager, City and County of San Francisco: San Francisco’s Zero Waste Successes and Challenges in Reaching Zero Waste by 2020
- Patrick Carter – Executive Director, Sonoma County Waste Management Agency: State of Recycling and Composting in Sonoma County
10:30 am – RePurpose to Zero
- JoAnn Moser – Director of Operations, Goodwill Industries of the Redwood Empire: Doing What’s Right with What’s Left
- Barbara Oldershaw – Business Outreach Coordinator & Community Liaison, Solar Works (formerly Sustainability Director, Sonoma-USA): Divert, Design, Deliver: Rethinking Waste & Strengthening our Local Economy
11:00 am – Youth Setting the Pace
- Kyle Conway, Amelia Stock-Cummings & Jacob Slone, Credo High School Zero Waste Committee: Credo Reaching for Zero Waste
- Sunny Galbraith – Apple Blossom School & Orchard View HS: Student-led Lunchtime Composting and Recycling
11:30 am – Round Table Discussion Led by Oren Wool
11:45 am – Lunch
12:45 pm – Zero Waste Business Certification
- Stephanie Barger – Director of Market Development, Zero Waste Programs, U.S. Green Business Council: The New Frontier – Zero Waste, USGBC, GBCI, and YOU!
1:10 pm – Cutting-Edge Business Initiatives
- Brad Baker – CEO, SOMO Village: One Planet and Zero Waste Principles in Action
- Josh Prigge – Director of Regenerative Development, Fetzer Vineyard: Commitment to Regenerate
- Renaud des Rosiers – Sustainability Manager, Amy’s Kitchen, Inc: Material Lifecycle Management Considerations for Food Packaging
2:10 pm – Sustaining Communities through Food Recovery
- Mimi Enright – Program Manager, Community Food Systems & UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County: Food Waste & Recovery Opportunities in Sonoma County
- Aaron Aguirre – Director of Operations, COPIA: Solving the World’s Dumbest Problem: Food Waste
- Jude Frates – Founder and CEO, Sustainable Business Solutions: Cutting Cost via Landfill Diversion
3:00 – Break
3:10 pm – Environmental Justice and Emerging Trends
- Marty Bennett, Co-Chair, North Bay Jobs with Justice & Local 665: Good Jobs and Equitable Zero Waste
- Michael Siminitus – Owner/Operator, WasteBusters: Culture Shift, Appropriate Technology and Zero Waste Event
- Craig Litwin – Principal, 421 Group: Sustainability and the Cannabis Industry
4:00 pm – Closing Keynote
- Paul Kaiser – Singing Frogs Farm: Regenerative Agriculture that Improves Soil Health
4:30 pm – Roundtable Closing
- Oren Wool – Executive Director, Sustainable North Bay: Interactive Roundtable Discussion of Zero Waste Principles by Business Sector
5:00 pm – Networking at Sally Tomatoes
*Program subject to change