Opening Plenary
Monday, August 3, 2009
9:00 am - 10:15 am

"Welcome"

Ron Meepos, Mayor, City of Rancho Mirage

"AB32 Scoping Plan Implementation"

Barbara Riordan, Air Resources Board Member

"Global Warming: The Science, Impacts, and Solutions"

"Cooling the Climate: Recognizing the Benefits of Waste Prevention and Recycling"

David Allaway, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

NRC National Town Hall Dialogue
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
1:00 - 3:30 pm

Vote No? - Vote Yes? - A debate of the NRC-KAB Merger

The NRC has tendered an offer from Keep America Beautiful to acquire all assets of the NRC and continue the NRC programs through an NRC Executive Board, as a unit of the KAB.

Our guest speakers will offer their arguments for and against the proposal.

This will be an open forum, with a national phone line for all NRC members.

Matt McKenna, KAB CEO / President

Ed Skernolis, NRC Co-Executive Director

Jerry Powell,
Resource Recycling Executive Editor

Matt Cotton, US Composting Council - Immediate Past President

Julie Muir, CRRA President

Closing Plenary
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
11:45 am - 1:00 pm

"Producer Responsibility"

Wesley Chesbro, CA Assemblymember

"Climate Change - Federal Legislation"

Mike Thomson, US Representative

"California's Bottle Bill is Broke...Fix it"

Stephen Bantillo

"It is Time to Walk the Talk"

Jerry Powell, Resource Recycling Executive Editor