W2RO announces that special guest, Julie Dabrusin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources Canada and to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, will provide deliver keynote remarks at the Canadian Waste to Resource Conference (CWRC) Welcome Gala Reception being held from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. on April 23rd at the Blue Mountain Resort in Collingwood. Be sure to register as soon as possible, as space is limited for the Welcome Gala Reception. Last year’s CWRC was sold out, and you won’t want to miss this year’s engaging and informative event.
The full CWRC Program has just been published. Please click here for full details and to download the program. The CWRC will bring together the best minds and leaders in the waste, recycling, and resource recovery sector from across Canada and Europe, and will provide international perspective and thought leadership on the multifaceted issues facing today’s industry. The three-day conference will feature over 40 speakers with morning keynotes, plenaries and five breakout session tracks. The breakout session track categories are:
• Landfill, Transfer & Disposal
• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)/Recycling
• Resource Recovery, Planning & Procurement
• Organics
• Commodity Markets
Throughout the program experts and policy leaders will provide first-hand knowledge and solutions from an international, national, provincial, and municipal perspective. Panel session highlights include:
- Implementation of EPR across Canada
- Radical Collaboration Between Waste and Energy: What’s Worked and What Still Needs to be Done?
- Value Retention Processes – The Emerging Future
- The Future of Waste – An International Perspective
The CWRC is also the waste, recycling and resource recovery sector’s premier networking event of the year. The conference will feature a Sunday evening Welcome Gala Reception, Monday evening Trade Show Cocktail Reception, and several networking breaks built into the program.