10.00 – 11.20	Waste to Energy, or Energy from Waste? Chair Dr Neil Kirkpatrick, Head of Environment and Sustainability, Royal Group A viable alternative to the recycling of mixed and contaminated waste streams? A method to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity generation from the grid? Can incineration with energy recovery ever be preferable to recycling? Harnessing energy from landfill sites Energy utilisation via electricity production Use of steam/ surplus heat in the industrial sector Industrial symbiosis / ecology Is there any such thing as waste? Integration of anaerobic digestion to society in Finland Two case studies of Finish biogas installations Keynote Address Eng Rashed Karkain, Head of Technical Support and Studies Section, Waste Management Department, Dubai Municipality Speakers Avoided Energy for Waste Clinton Theil, Manager, Waste Services, Thiess Services Middle East (UAE) Waste No! Resource Yess!! Keith Newman, Director, Cayenne Limited Anaerobic digestion in the treatment of organic wastes; Finnish approach to recover energy from waste Dr. Juhani Suvilampi, CEO, Watrec Ltd (Finland) Peter Simoes, Manager, Energy and Sustainability, City of Amsterdam Waste and Energy Company (Netherlands)
11.35 - 13.00	Strategies for municipal waste and recycling Chair Suzanne Arup Veltzé, Managing Director of the Danish Waste Management Association, and Chair of ISWA EU-group Getting the infrastructure right Spatial planning considerations Holistic waste solutions / integrated waste strategies – how collection, recycling and waste treatment interact Waste segregation; linking to material recovery facilities (MRF) Economics of recycling; and use of economic instruments to effect change /what price does landfill need to be to effect change? Establishing end markets for recycled materials in the UAE Creating Sustainable FM culture Keynote Address The SWEEP-Net network: Objectives and activities Regional Solid Waste Exchange of Information and Expertise Network Secretariat (SWEEP-Net) Mohammed Al Eryani, Director General of Solid Waste Management Directorate counterpart for Yemen German Solid Waste Management project – Ministry of Local Administration Speakers Eng. Mohammed Atiq, Environmental Engineer, Fujairah Municipality Creating Effective Sustainability Strategy Ali Al-Suwaidi, Senior Operations Director, Burj Khalifa, EMAAR (UAE) Providing Innovative Solutions in Domestic Solid Waste Management Lina Chaaban, EnviroCare Manager, Tadweer (UAE) Municipal Waste Management in the GCC: Challenges and Opportunities Vivek Gautam, Senior Research Analyst, South Asia & Middle East, Environmental & Building Technologies Practice, Frost & Sullivan (India)
13.30 - 14.00	Delegate lunch
14.00 - 15.00	The Role of Landfill in a sustainable waste infrastructure Chair Chris Murphy, Deputy Chief Executive, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) (UK) Landfill gas recovery and utilisation Strategic waste management and landfill Decommissioning old landfills Site selection EU-landfill directive criteria Sustainable landfilling (design and operation) Public Private Partnerships Case study: First landfill gas recovery project approved in the UAE by the UNFCC The potential for pollution and nuisance The position of landfill in the waste hierarchy Landfill: an engineered solution Case study - Decommissioning of the Al Khoudh Landfill in Muscat Bjørn Jakobsen, Business Area Manager, Waste, COWI (Denmark) Ras Al Khaimah Landfill, the first landfill gas recovery project approved in the UAE by the UNFCC for carbon trading Syed Haque, Chief Executive Officer; and Sonia Y. Nasser, Chief Operating Officer, Ceres Associates Gulf (UAE) Landfill Gas Recovery and Utilisation - Environmental and Economical Benefits Graeme Alford, Chief Executive Officer, Landfill Gas and Power Pty Ltd (Australia)
15:00 – 15:30	Afternoon refreshments break
15:30 – 16:30	Roundtables

10.00 – 11.20	Managing Construction Waste Chair Kelwyn Davies, Manager - Environment and Waste, ALDAR Properties Strategies for sustainable construction Re-using construction wastes Increasing the use of recycled C&D waste Materials stewardship Role of taxation and regulation What are the drawbacks of recycling; are there any? Adapting the construction industry infrastructure to increase the use of recycled C&D waste Keynote address The Management of Constructions Wastes - Solutions & Opportunities Dr. Khalid A. Mahdi, Vice Chairman, Arab International Industrial Projects Co. K.S.C.C (AIIP) on behalf of the State of Kuwait and AIIP Speakers Jeremy Byatt, Director, Environmental Responsibility, Bee’ah – The Sharjah Environment Co. Developing routes to markets for recycled construction materials, the challenges, misconceptions and benefits Neil Roberts, CEO, Emirates Recycling LLC International Speakers Waste strategy effectiveness requires a sustainable waste management business model Søren Refsgaard, Group Chief Executive, Copenhagen C&D Resource and Recycling Centre (RGS 90) (Denmark)
11.35 – 13.00	Waste Procurement Strategies Chair Nigel Mattravers, Director, Government & Infrastructure Advisory, Grant Thornton UK LLP, and Past Chairman, Waste and Resources Management Board, Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) Financing issues Key considerations for the development of major waste management facilities Establishing risk assessment procedures Financing grwoth in waste business: growth equity and infrastructure Reasons to be optimistic Regional Speaker Enda Colfer, Head of Environment & Energy, Middle East, WSP Environment and Energy (Middle East) Abraham Akkawi, Head of Infrastructure and PPP Advisory Services - Middle East, Ernst and Young (UAE) International Speaker Financing growth in waste business: growth equity and infrastructure Valerie Daoud Henderson, Head of European Environment Group, FourWinds Capital Management (UK)
13.00 – 14.00	Delegate lunch
14.00 – 15.00	Managing industrial waste Chair Brent Ridgard, Managing Director (Environment & Energy), WSP Middle East Large hazardous waste depot in the Middle East in Dubai Packaging, handling storage on site, labelling and transportation of hazardous waste Best practice disposal of hazardous waste Basel Convention: national and international regulations International Speaker Richard Thompson, Technical Officer - Obsolete Pesticide Programme, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (UN FAO) (Italy) Regional Speakers Prakash Parab, Director of Dulsco Waste Management Services (WMS) (UAE) Hazardous Waste Management Khaled Bin Abdullah Al-Bawardi, CEO, Tadawulat (UAE)
15.00 – 15.30	Afternoon refreshments break
15.30 – 16.30	Roundtables

Roundtable sessions will take place between 15:30 - 16:30 on days two and three of the Summit. Sessions are open to all delegates and seats will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.

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Wednesday 19th May, 15:30 - 16:30 (to view sessions for day three, click on the tab above)

How do roundtable sessions work? 
Designed to be interactive rather than lecture-style, roundtable discussions give delegates the opportunity to ask questions, share experiences and learn from the ideas of others.

Format: 1 table, 10 chairs, 1 moderator, 9 delegates, refreshments
Time: 45 minutes- 15 minutes of informal presentation by the moderator, 30 minutes of discussion and Q&A led by the moderator
Location: Round table arena (back of the main auditorium)

1. ZERO WASTE
Dr Daoud Kadhim, Environmental Expert, Ministry of Environment and Water (UAE)
Key themes: waste management, zero landfill, composting at waste resources, consumption and wastes, changing peoples habits to zero waste

2. CARBON STRATEGIES: CUTTING CARBON AND BOOSTING TOP AND BOTTOM LINES
Armen Vartanian, Director, EcoVentures  (UAE)
Key themes: boosting the top line: can the environment be monetized?, why pricing carbon gives certainty for investors, boosting the bottom line: creating a culture around carbon numeracy, carbon literacy and carbon consciousness, understanding how a shift in the perceptions of climate change is relevant to every industry sector, making greenhouse gases an issue of risk management for all businesses, examining the need for carbon measurements across the whole supply chain and product lifecycle, offsetting carbon emissions and becoming carbon neutral

3. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF COMPOSTING
Tara Wilcox, Solid Waste Management Sector Leader, AECOM (UAE)
The diversion of wastes from landfills for the purpose of composting; The sorts of wastes that can be used in the composting process; Methods used for composting - do's and don't's; The microbiology in compost; The myths of composting - what CAN be achieved! Keeping compost simple - why anyone can do it. Examples of composting projects; Bioremediation and landfarming will also be discussed briefly
 

4. STRATEGIES FOR MUNICIPAL WASTE AND RECYCLING - LANDFILL - C&D WASTE
Jacques Chahine, President, Engineering, Design and Environmental Services S.A. (Lebanon)
Key themes: the true costs of waste sorting and recycling, the myths of C&D waste recycling, landfill: the ultimate solution

5. STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION IN THE TREATMENT OF ORGANIC WASTES
Dr. Juhani Suvilampi, CEO, Watrec (Finland)
Key themes: anaerobic digestion principles, plant engineering approach, integration of anaerobic digestion to society, cost-benefit analysis, case studies of Finnish biogas installations

6. BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Dr Dalkandura Gunaratne, Chief Quantity Surveyor, Roads & Transport Authority, Govt. of Dubai (UAE)
Key themes: Plastic Materials wastage, Minimising disturbance of natural environment due to built environment, Sustainable development- actual requirement of development activities, Minimizing built environment activities.

7. THE FUTURE WITH UNDERGROUND SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLECTION OF WASTE
Gerard Amanrich, Market Developer, SOTKON France SA (France)
Key themes: As underground waste collection systems are known to reduce drastically general collection costs what is the position today of Dubai waste management authorities? Are Dubai WM authorities aware of all the existing systems? Sorting out waste to follow environmental request is easier with underground islands of containers. Are Dubai citizens ready to contribute to the cost savings by bringing their waste to ecological islands? Are Dubai citizens ready to contribute to the cost savings by sorting out their waste?
Is it thinkable to come to a situation that users will pay for what they produce?

8. E-WASTE: THE COMING DANGER
Case Study: Proposal for GCC E-Waste Management System
A.R. Al-Ali, Khalid, Mohamed Bukalla, Omar Al Ghamdi, Suhail Khalifa AlHumairi
Computer Science and Engineering Department, American University of Sharjah (UAE)
Key themes: E-Waste definition - E-waste categories: Hazardous E-waste and Nonhazardous E-waste. - GCC E-Wastes Status - Experiences of other counters in E-Waste Recycling and mangement - Proposed E-Wastes Recycling and Management System for the GCC counters: - K-12 Education program for E-Waste

9. ELECTRONIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
Stuart Fleming, Managing Director, Enviroserve (UAE)
Key themes: waste types - hazardous substances - recovery of precious materials - health hazards - environmental damage - legislation incl. Basel Action Network - hotspots - continuous education

10. HOW TO ADD VALUE TO YOUR WASTE BUDGET BY MAKING USE OF TECHNOLOGY
Stephan Czech, Managing Director, German distribution LLC
Key themes: Improving performance by using cutting edge waste logistics technology; Reducing waste budgets by compacting waste; Achieving high environmental standards in waste logistics; Storing hazardous goods in a suitable manner; Smart procurement of Waste Handling Equipment; How to deal with Recycling in the Middle East Market

11. MEDICAL WASTE TREATMENT
Angel Aguiar, Vice President, Bondtech Corporation
Key themes: Evolution of Medical Waste Treatment; Current Medical Waste Treatment Methods; Autoclave Systems: Vacuum versus Gravity; Volume Reduction with Autoclave Systems; Throughput Capabilities: High Volume Commercial to Small On-Site Systems

12. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Mohammed Al Eryani, Director General of Solid Waste Management Directorate counterpart for Yemen German Solid Waste Management project – Ministry of Local Administration
Key themes: What is the role of SWEEP-Net? Who are SWEEP-Net’s partners and stakeholders? Needs and opportunities to promote the exchange of expertise and lessons learned

Thursday 20th May, 15:30 - 16:30

1. MECHANICAL BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
Carles Torres Sanchez, International Business Developer, Ros Roca
Key themes: Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) as a key-solution for the waste hierarchy, balance mass of a MBT ( in terms of biogas, compost, recycling material), MBT’s sub products: high specific biogas production and compost production, energy balance between biogas upgrading and using biogas on-site CHP, case study: Ecoparc III, Barcelona (Spain)

2. WASTE OIL TREATMENT
Isam Al Zubaidy, American University of Sharjah (UAE)
Key themes: definition, generation, environmental impact, treatment ( re-processing), oil sludge, properties and ways of treatment

3. TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Adewole Taiwo, President/CEO, Taiwo Adewole and Associates (Nigeria)
Key themes: Proper waste management generally in developing countries, Waste sorting and segregation towards recycling and waste minimization, Waste to energy through land filling, Mechanical Biological Treatments of waste, bio-digester among others, Environmental education towards sustainable waste management in the developing countries, Finally attaining zero waste in the developing nations through the 3 R's of waste management

4. TECHNOLOGY FOR A GREEN FLEET
Ed Arib, President/CTO, Terragile Solutions (USA)
Key themes: Paperless Cab: onboard computing for collection services, Service verification: manual, GPS or RFID, Cameras: a picture is worth a thousand words, Enabling Real-time dispatch: On demand dispatching of work, Driver Kiosk: automate the drivers check-in and check-out process, Vehicle Tracking: Know where your vehicles are to make the best dispatching decisions, Route optimization: scheduled and real-time, Pre & Post Trip: Vehicle inspection to ensure a safe operation and report problems to maintenance.

5. WASTE TREATMENT SOLUTIONS IN ASIA: POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE MIDDLE EAST
Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga, Managing Partner, Polarwide Ltd. (Hong Kong)
Key themes: The Asian waste management experience can provide valuable input into the thinking regarding applications and solutions for the Middle East. What mistakes were made in Asian countries? What is the current thinking in China? Are there integrated solutions in existence that are applicable to both geographic areas? What is the ideal financing model applicable to large integrated solutions? Polarwide is acting as financial advisor to both solution providers and potential users, so is well positioned to discuss these issues.

6. BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL RECYCLING SYSTEM
Annelies Hodge, CSR Manager, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UAE) & David McKenna, Engineers Island Middle East (UAE)
Key themes: Getting buy-in throughout the organisation - Setting up a recycling system - Communicating - Monitoring the system - Ensuring its ongoing success

7. SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN RAS AL KHAIMAH
Sonia Y. Nasser, Chief Operating Officer, Ceres Associates Gulf (UAE)
Key themes: What we've learned after 10 years of waste management efforts in outreach, collection, recycling and landfilling. What works in other countries doesnt always work here. Adjust and work with the culture and the city's unique layout. The KISS principle, Keep It Simple Silly.

8. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT FOR THE URBAN SOLID WASTE
Stefano Campagna, Manager, IWR - Integrated Waste Recycling (Italy)
Key themes: How has waste treatment changed in the last few years?
What is the present situation worldwide?
What needs to be done and what’s best way to manage waste?

9. WASTE TO ENERGY
Dr Hassan Hassoon AL-Delphi, University Professor, University of Dubai
Key themes: Awareness - Waste Management - Energy generation - Services integration in waste collection and power generation - Technical side of waste management - Sustainability in energy generation and cogeneration - Society and waste management - Regional cooperation in waste management -Decision making and sustainability - Trading the waste refuse collection

10. THE USE OF ENERGY RECOVERY IN MANAGEMENT OF WASTE RESOURCES
Niels Jakobsen, Section Manager, Energy from Waste and Biomass, COWI A/S
Key themes: Waste-to-Energy technologies. Energy balance of Waste-to-Energy plants. District cooling and other use of surplus energy from Waste-to-Energy. Climate aspects of Waste-to-Energy Management of material- and energy resources

11. E-WASTE SOLUTIONS IN THE UAE - THE CASE OF PRINTING CONSUMABLES
Dr Sassan Dieter Khatib-Shahidi, Managing Director, German Imaging Technologies Dubai LLC (UAE)
Key themes: What is E-Waste? Regulatory framework in the UAE? Solutions available in the UAE (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)? Opportunities for corporate social responsibility?

12. MECHANICAL HEAT TREATMENT (MHT)
Neil Roberts, CEO, Emirates Recycling
Key themes: What is MHT? How does MHT work?
MHT for recovering and recycling Municipal Biodegradable and Commercial and Industrials Wastes into sanitized high quality commodities and a range of sustainable fuels suitable for the production of green heat energy, renewable electricity and low carbon road transport fuel.
What are the unique advantages of MHT?