SCHEDULE
Registered Delegates can look forward to virtual bonus events leading up to the main conference dates.
Recordings are available in the Virtual Hall once the event is completed.
Bonus Session 1: Provincial Updates Panel
Bonus Session 2: First Nations Waste Projects: Leading by Example
Bonus Session 3: Strategies to Divert Healthcare Related PPE & SUP from landfills
Roundtables & Meetings (virtual & in-person) / Exhibition Hall Opens
CWMA Conference Roundtables are informative discussions for specific groups within our industry. Each year we invite conference delegates and cast the invitation out to a wider group who would be interested in taking part — opening our doors to ensure everyone can learn, discuss, and network.
Details and opt-in will be sent to registered delegates in October. Others will be invited to attend virtually only in October as well.
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | MARR Consultation The Major Appliance Recycling Roundtable (MARR) is holding public consultations on their proposed 2022 stewardship plan. Visit https://www.marrbc.ca/consultation2022 to register for a virtual session on either October 20 or November 17, 2021 or to send feedback.
10:00 AM – Noon | Depot Operators & Stewardship Agencies (Exhibition Hall Speed Meetings)
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Educators & Communicators | Hybrid In-Person & Virtual Attendance
2:00 PM – 4:45 PM | Local Government Staff & First Nations Roundtable: In-Person Only
(An additional virtual roundtable is planned for May 19, 2022 | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM)
Plenary Sessions & Speakers (virtual & in-person). Learn more about all of our presenters on the SPEAKERS page.
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- Brendan McShane, Recycle BC / Chair, CWMA
- Sheila Molloy, Executive Director, CWMA
- Mayor Lisa Helps, City of Victoria
- Additional Guests being finalized
Keynote + open discussion and audience question and answer with
J.B. MacKinnon, Independent Journalist and Author: The Day the World Stops Shopping
Panel presentations, open discussion, and audience question and answer with
- Julie Dickson Olmstead, Save-On-Foods LP
- Russ Smith, Capital Regional District
- Mark Fisher, Regional District of Bulkley Nechako
- Stewart Young Jr., GFL Environmental
- Moderator: Michael Zarbl, Major Appliance Recycling Roundtable
Panel presentations, open discussion, and audience question and answer with
- Miriam Gordon, Upstream
- Jamie Kaminski, Zero Waste Canada
- Fiona Miller, Centre for Sustainable Health Systems
- Alice Henry, Share Reuse Repair
- Moderator: Rory Tooke, City of Victoria
Panel presentations, open discussion, and audience question and answer with
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Lyndsey Chauhan, Recycle BC
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Stephanie Valdal, Comox Strathcona Waste Management
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Lindsey Boyle Circular Citizen/One Earth
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Moderator: Sue Maxwell, Ecoinspire
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Plenary Sessions & Speakers (virtual & in-person)
Hot Topic discussions are fast dives into trending topics. Presentation and interview followed by audience question and answer.
Colin Bell, RecycleSmart
Moderator: Ed Walsh, Return-It
Panel presentations, open discussion, and audience question and answer with
- Faisal Mirza, City of Vancouver
- Rustam Punja, Geocycle Canada
- Helen Harakas, Brands For Canada
- Laska Paré, Flipside Plastics
- Moderator: Tamara Shulman, Tamara Shulman & Associates
Panel presentations, open discussion, and audience question and answer with
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- Ryan Parmenter, Plastics and Marine Litter · Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Chloé Dubois, Ocean Legacy Foundation
- Lilly Woodbury, Surfrider Canada
- Abby McLennan, Let’s Talk Trash/qathet RD
- Moderator: Allen Langdon, Return-It
- Gwendolyn Lohbrunner & Bob McDonald BC Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy