First Day

• Climate change, fertility, sustainability: the role of soils and organic matter
  Luca Marmo - European Commission Environment Directorate-General DG ENV.B.1 - Agriculture, Forests and Soil Unit
  
  
• New frontier in the management of organic waste in the USA
  Eric Lombardi - Eco-Cycle Boulder (CO) USA
  
  
• The Need for Consistent Legal Guidelines - Experience from the Czech Republic
  Dr. Čestmír Hrdinka - Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic
  
  
• Drivers in environmental policy and trends for biological treatment
  Enzo Favoino - Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza
  
  
• Working worldwide with composting challenges and trends in operational optimisation
  Boris Efremenko - Veolia Environmental Services
  
  
• The Decentralised On-Farm Cooperation Model for Biowaste Management and Composting
  Florian Amlinger - Compost – Consulting & Development Perchtoldsdorf, Austria


• ODOUR & GASEOUS EMISSIONS ISSUES ON COMPOSTING AND MBT PLANTS
  Jean-Luc MARTEL - Suez environment


• Optimising biowaste management in Germany through the use of biobags: from composting towards digestion
  C.A.R.M.E.N.


• Consorzio PRIULA


• GESTIONE DELLA FRAZIONE ORGANICA DAI RIFIUTI SOLITI NELL’AREA METROPOLITANA DI BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
  Ricardo Rollandi - Asociación para el estudio de los Residuos Sólidos - Buenos Aires, Argentina


• The case of Catalonia - The growing experience of 17 years
  Francesc Giró i Fontanals - Departament de Gestió de Matèria Orgànica - Agència de Residus de Catalunya


• ELEFSINA: from the vision to the target
  George Ampatzoglou - PhD Chemical Engineer, Mayor

Second Day

• A versatile technology: various approaches for anaerobic digestion
  Joan Mata-Alvarez - Universitat de Barcelona
  
  
• Technologies and trends for anaerobic digestion across Europe: a survey
  Alberto Confalonieri - Gruppo di Studio sul Compostaggio e la Gestione Integrata dei Rifiuti Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza
  
  
• The power of integration: upfront optimisation of compost sites through AD
  Wolfgang Müller - Universität Innsbruck
  
  
• A case-history: Anaerobic digestion in district strategies for organics at SYSAV
  Sysav’s pre-treatment plant for food waste
  Kjerstin Ekvall, Managing Director Sysav Biotec
  
  
• Role and goals for MBT in strategies for the management of biodegradable waste
  Enzo Favoino - Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza
  
  
• Status and trends in MBT across Europe, and relevant features
  Martin Steiner, TBU European Environmental Engineers, Innsbruck (Austria)
  
  
• Acceptance at landfills and process optimization: the importance of a consistent approach
  Federico Valentini - GESENU
  
  
• Quality and Quality Assurance – ensuring benefical use and long-term markets
  Dr. Stefanie Siebert, Quality Manager, European Compost Network ECN
  
  
• The Italian Composting Market
  Dr. Werner Zanardi - Consorzio Italiano Compostatori
  
  
• Markets for compost and digestate in Europe - Situation, requirements, future development
  Josef Barth, ECN and INFORMA, Germany

Extra

• ISWA’s White Paper on Climate Change and Waste Management
  Re-evaluating Waste
  Antonis Mavropoulos - ISWA STC Chair