2022 Program
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| 0830 | Registration |
| 0915 | Bus 1 Departs Stamford Grand Adelaide |
| 0930 | Bus 2 Departs Stamford Grand Adelaide |
| 1030 | Demonstrations Commence |
| 1230 | Lunch |
| 1330 | Demonstrations Resume |
| 1430 | Opportunity to view equipment and meet with suppliers |
| 1515 | Bus 1 Departs for Stamford Grand Adelaide (arriving 1600) |
| 1530 | Bus 2 Departs for Stamford Grand Adelaide (arriving 1615) |
| 1800 | Networking Function |
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| 0800 | Registration, tea and coffee |
| OPENING PLENARY | |
| 0830 | Welcome and housekeeping Peter Olah, NEO – Australian Organics Recycling Association |
| 0840 | Official welcome Peter Wadewitz, Chair – Australian Organics Recycling Association |
| 0850 | Opening address |
| 0900 | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: It all starts and finishes with the soil The Hon. Penny Wensley, National Soils Advocate |
| 0930 | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: FOGO for Everyone, Everywhere, All of the Time: Notes from California Matthew Cotton, Integrated Waste Management Consulting |
| 1000 | Morning tea break |
| PANEL: A COMMON VISION | |
| 1030 |
This panel session will explore the synergies and differences in policies across Australia as well as the current political environment facilitating the industry’s development |
| 1200 | Lunch |
| BIOPLASTICS & FOGO | |
| 1300 | Certified compostable biopolymers enabling circular economy Rowan Williams, BASF |
| 1320 | Compostable Packaging, Dreams, Reality & Regulators Michael Wood, Sacyr Environment Australia |
| 1340 | City of Holdfast Bay weekly FOGO/fortnightly landfill trial Shani Wood, City of Holdfast Bay |
| 1400 | Supporting councils with consistent FOGO processing guidance and procurement Jess Hand, Metropolitan Waste & Resource Recovery Group |
| 1420 | Questions and discussion |
| 1445 | Afternoon tea break |
| PROCESS CONTROL | |
| 1515 | The Revival of Composting in Austria! Stefan Windisch, Komptech Austria |
| 1535 | Organic-Waste-to-Biomethane in Jönköping, Sweden Mandar Joshi, Hitachi Zosen Inova Australia |
| 1555 | Odour control matters Andrew Fleming & Bill Mullin, BIOREM |
| 1615 | Compost, the “black gold” Marco Grosze-Holz, Christiaens Group |
| 1635 | Questions and discussion |
| 1700 | Close Day 2 |
| 1900 | Conference Dinner |
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| 0800 | Registration, tea and coffee |
| BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONS | |
| 0830 | Government Partner Presentation Dr Ian Overton, Green Industries SA |
| 0900 | Financing organics reprocessing Claire Kneller, WRAP APAC |
| 0920 | The Economic Contribution of the Australian Organics Recycling Industry, 2nd edition Peter Olah, Australian Organics Recycling Association |
| 0940 | Panel: Next Generation of Compost Industry Leaders |
| 1000 | Questions and discussion |
| 1030 | Morning tea break |
| AGRICULTURE & SOIL CARBON | |
| 1100 | Enabling a Precision Compost Strategy to maximise benefits from compost use Dr Susanne Schmidt, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland |
| 1120 | Agricultural Waste Processing: A new way to repurpose agricultural waste Mauricio Murillo, FIBO Group Australia |
| 1140 | The Nutrient Calculator for Organic Amendments App Naoya Takeda, Queensland University of Technology |
| 1200 | A smarter approach to compost application and soil carbon Oli Madgett and Lyndsey Jackson, Platfarm |
| 1220 | Questions and discussion |
| 1300 | Lunch |
| EMERGING CONTAMINANTS | |
| 1400 | Investigating the cost of contamination in Victoria Brock Baker, Brock Baker Environmental |
| 1420 | Chemicals of Concern: Circularity impacts and the organics waste interface Geraldine Busby, Encycle Consulting |
| 1440 | Emerging Issues in Food Waste Management Charlie Emery, Australian Organics Recycling Association |
| 1500 | Questions and discussion |
| CONFERENCE CLOSE | |
| 1530 | International Compost Industry Leaders Panel |
| 1600 | Conference wrap up and closing remarks Peter Wadewitz, Chair – Australian Organics Recycling Association |
| 1615 | Conference Close |
Thank you to our 2022 Conference Sponsors
AORA would like to acknowledge our National Sponsors who play an active role in realising our vision:
