Waste to Advanced Resources Matter
NC State University, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, IBM, the Town of Cary, and Idaho National Laboratory, with strong support from the US Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), invite all stakeholders to join in a groundbreaking workshop to shape the future of waste management, drive sustainability, and explore opportunities for a net-zero bioeconomy.
This groundbreaking “Waste to Advanced Resources Matter” workshop will focus on the innovative solutions, challenges, and opportunities involved in carbon resource recovery from municipal solid waste (MSW) destined to landfills for ultimate conversion to biofuels, biopower, biochemicals, and bioproducts through a strong partnership with industries, municipalities, national laboratories, federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and universities.
Specific focus includes decarbonization end-to-end solutions from collection, handling, characterization, sorting, preprocessing, and utilization, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML), cloud, and industry 4.0/smart manufacturing technologies.
Moreover, and of high significance to all stakeholders, workshop participants’ input will be used to inform priorities along the entire supply chain, in support of achieving renewable resources goals
Redirecting wastes such as municipal solid waste (MSW), including papers, plastics, food, and textiles, among others, away from landfills and converting these wastes into biofuels and bioproducts will not only improve the overall value proposition of product life cycle, but be a game changer by enabling a quantum shift from a linear economy to a more sustainable circular economy.
Registration
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Registration is not currently open for this activity.
Targeted Outcomes
- Stakeholders Engagement: Bring all stakeholders from municipalities to the industries together to inform and discuss sustainable waste management and conversion practices.
- State-of-the-art Assessment: Evaluate cutting-edge technologies and research needs in waste collection, handling, characterization, sorting, preprocessing, and utilization, focusing on waste valorization and achieving net-zero emissions.
- Sustainability Transition: Provide a comprehensive human, social, economic, and environmental perspective on transitioning from current waste practices of landfilling to valorization into bioenergy.
- Framework for the Next 5-Years: Publish implementation framework for pilot demonstration of holistic waste to advanced resources innovative technologies, enabling the shift from a linear economy to a more sustainable circular economy.
Agenda
The two-day workshop will consist of both presentations and focused sessions designed to facilitate discussion and solicit diverse perspectives from all participants.
Eminent Speakers
Alyson Wilson
Associate Vice Chancellor Office of Research and Innovation, NC State
Sujatha (Suj) Perepa
Distinguished Engineer & CTO – Data, AI & MLOps, Office of the IBM CIO.
Elizabeth Burrows
Technology Manager, US DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office
Bryan Staley
President & CEO at Environmental Research & Education Found
Anelia Milbrandt
Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Morton Barlaz
Distinguished Professor, CCEE Department, NC State University
Rachel Burton
Senior Project Engineer, ProcessWerx – CTO, Faster BioProcess
Jian Shi
Associate Professor, University of Kentucky
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Stephanie Lansing
Professor, University of Maryland
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Zheng Yao
Principal Research Scientist, Lehigh University.
Mark Hunter
Director, Product Technology and Innovation, Hoffmaster
Amber Hoover
Research Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory
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Ashutosh Mittal
Researcher IV-Chemistry, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Veera Boddu
Senior Scientist, Office of Research and Development, USEPA
Reyhaneh Shenassa
Chief Engineer, U.S. DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office (DOE-BETO)
Danna Widmar
Assistant Town Manager, Town of Cary, State of North Carolina
Bradley Kelley
Senior Project Manager, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc
Jennifer Robinson
Councilmember, Town of Cary, Global Government Strategic Advisor, SAS
Heather Cashwell
Apex Town
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Ray Hoffman
Principal Engineer, HNA Engineering PLLC.
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Maobing Tu
Professor, University of Cincinnati
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Ezra Bar-Ziv
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, MTU
John Yarbrough
Senior Staff Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Kanishka Tyagi
Director of Artificial Intelligence, UHV Technologies
Yebo Li
Chief Innovation and Science Officer, Quasar Energy Group
Anand Singh
Cloud Architect – AI/ML, IBM
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Rachel Emerson
Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory
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Matt Murdock
Founder and CEO of Raven SR
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Zia Abdullah
Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Anthony D. Nickens
Mat. & Mfg. Division Director, Idaho National Lab
Carlos Pignataro
Engineering Sustainability Office, Former Head, Cisco
T. Edwin Freeman
Technical Fellow, Sustainable Materials and Technologies, Mars
Brian Gilhuly
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RePower South
John Robertson
Solid Waste Management Director, Wake County
Tim Saunders
Program Manager at Gas Technology Institute
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Ashok Ghosh
Research and Development Manager, Westrock
Dieter Eckels
Director at Cascadia Consulting Group
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Ken Flint
Circular Solutions Manager, Eastman
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Sunkyu Park
Professor, University Faculty Scholar, NC State University
Esther S. Parish
Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Lokendra Pal
EJ Woody Rice Professor, University Faculty Scholar, NCSU
Lokendra Pal
EJ Woody Rice Professor, University Faculty Scholar, NCSU
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To showcase your technologies, please contact us to reserve your spot!
Sponsors
Diamond
- Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (DOE-BETO)
- North Carolina State University
- IBM Workforce Development Initiative
- Mars Snacking
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Logistics
Event Venue:
NC State University, Talley Student Union, 2610 Cates Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695, USA
Hotel Options:
Parking:
Guests can self-park in Coliseum Pay Lot (Lower Level) at the NC State University campus for a daily rate of $15.
Travel:
- By Air: If you fly to Raleigh, you can travel to RDU. The distance from the airport to the NC State University campus is approximately 16 miles.
- By Car: The Hotel at NC State University is located at 2451 Alumni Dr, Raleigh, NC 27606.
- Taxi Services, as well as rideshares such as Uber and Lyft operate in the Raleigh area.
Greater Raleigh is one of the fastest-growing cities in the USA and is part of the Research Triangle Park (RTP), the largest research park in the United States.
Organizers
- North Carolina State University
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Town of Cary
- IBM
- Idaho National Laboratory
Acknowledgement
This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Under the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) Award Number DE-EE0009669.
Please email us at waste-to-resources@ncsu.edu or Dr. Lokendra Pal at lpal@ncsu.edu for questions or partnership opportunities.
