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| 0830 | Registration |
| 0915 | Bus 1 Departs Pullman Albert Park |
| 0930 | Bus 2 Departs Pullman Albert Park |
| 1030 | Demonstrations Commence |
| 1230 | Lunch |
| 1315 | Demonstrations Resume |
| 1430 | Opportunity to view equipment and meet with suppliers |
| 1530 | Bus 1 Departs for Pullman Albert Park (arriving 1615) |
| 1545 | Bus 2 Departs for Pullman Albert Park (arriving 1630) |
| 1800 | Networking Function |
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| 0800 | Registration, tea and coffee |
| OPENING PLENARY | |
| 0830 | Welcome and housekeeping John McKew, NEO – Australian Organics Recycling Association |
| 0840 | Official welcome Peter Wadewitz, Chair – Australian Organics Recycling Association |
| 0850 | Opening address Ms Nina Taylor MP, Member for Albert Park |
| 0900 | INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE: Creating resources to grow composting infrastructure in the US Frank Franciosi, Executive Director, US Composting Council & Compost Research & Education Foundation |
| 0930 | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Harnessing the co-benefits of composting The Hon. Penny Wensley, National Soils Advocate |
| 1000 | Questions and discussion |
| 1030 | Morning tea break |
| THE FUTURE OF FOOD WASTE | |
| 1100 | Food Waste: Why it’s everyone’s business Petah Rhynehart, Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
| 1120 | Are we good to go with FOGO? Victoria is setting the standard for better recycling at home Lorna Mathieson & Jennifer Anne, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action |
| 1140 | Packaging without Packaging – What does that mean? Michael Dosser, Result Group |
| 1200 | Questions and discussion |
| 1230 | Lunch |
| PANEL: A COMMON VISION | |
| 1330 |
This panel session will explore the synergies and differences in State Government visions, strategies and policies for the organics industry across Australia. Panelists include: – The Hon. Pam Allan, Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Board |
| 1500 | Afternoon tea break |
| BEYOND THE CHALLENGES | |
| 1530 | The future of PFAS management in the recycled organics industry Dr Matthew Askeland, ADE Consulting Group |
| 1550 | Plugging the Gaps – Improving the understanding of odour in composting design Shaun Rainford, Arup & Matthew Leyton, Dulverton Waste Management |
| 1610 | Preparing for the Next Wave of Source Separated Organics Charlie Emery, SOILCO |
| 1630 | Questions and discussion |
| 1700 | Close Day 2 |
| 1900 | Conference Dinner |
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| 0800 | Registration, tea and coffee |
| GROWING MARKETS | |
| 0830 | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Seizing the Opportunity – Learnings from the sugarcane industry Lawrence Di Bella, Herbert Cane Productivity Services Limited & Di Bella Produce and Farming |
| 0900 | How to make excellent decisions that grow recycled organics markets Andrew Dougall, Sustainability Victoria |
| 0920 | Subsoil amelioration using compost in Australian cropping and pasture systems Bill Grant, Federation University & Frank Harney, Elmore Compost |
| 0940 | Just measure soil microbial activity Dr Stephen Ockerby, Agsight |
| 1000 | Questions and discussion |
| 1030 | Morning tea break |
| PROCESS REFINING | |
| 1100 | Building Geelong City’s cloud-based compost operations manager from scratch Andrew Lucas, City of Greater Geelong & Patrick Blampied, Sequence Digital |
| 1120 | Best practice environmental regulation of organics recycling in Australia Ben Carr, Carr Enviro |
| 1140 | Localised Organics Treatment – The benefits of local AD in regional areas Luke Brennan, Gaia EnviroTech |
| 1200 | Wurzer Umwelt GmbH, a leading compost producer in Germany. Best practice impurity removal from compost Johannes Schlosser Wurzer Umwelt |
| 1220 | Questions and discussion |
| 1300 | Lunch |
| LOOKING AHEAD | |
| 1400 | Where Does it Go? How we recover resources and give them new life George Hatzimanolis, RepurposeIt |
| 1420 | Certified compostable ecovio® contributing to a more circular economy Rowan Williams, BASF Australia |
| 1440 | Recycle Mate – A shared education platform to combat contamination in FOGO Lara Barclay, Adaptation Environmental Support |
| 1500 | Can the organics recycling industry solve the plastics crisis? Matt Kendall, Phantm |
| 1520 | Questions and discussion |
| 1550 | Conference wrap up and closing remarks Peter Wadewitz, Chair – Australian Organics Recycling Association |
| 1600 | Conference Close |
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State and Federal rebates for open to the organic recycling sector The poster explains how the organic recycling sector can access funding for capital and operating costs through Federal and State carbon credit and grant programs; and how such programs can motivate waste generators to recycle more organics. |
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Wood Fibre – The new frontier in Growing Media The world needs growing media to sustain the estimated increase and demand in feeding a growing world population. Wood fibre technology is the new frontier for horticulture industries using sustainable products and help reduce carbon emissions. This poster provides insight to wood fibre engineered and sustainable solution. |
Thank you to our 2024 Conference Supporters
AORA would like to acknowledge our National Sponsors who play an active role in realising our vision:
