Conference explores waste-to-energy industry issues

Benedict Bahner
ASME NEWS

The waste-to-energy industry and the issues that surround it, including potential terrorist threats to the industry, will be the focus of the 10th North American Waste-to-Energy Conference (NAWTEC 10).

The meeting next month will mark the 10th anniversary of this landmark meeting, which was conceived expressly for engineers and other professionals within the waste-to-energy industry.

NAWTEC 10, scheduled from May 6-8 in Philadelphia, will be presented by the Integrated Waste Services Association (IWSA) with ASME and the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA).

The conference's technical sessions will include discussions on retrofits, plant upgrades and case studies of international waste-to-energy projects, as well as interactive presentations on innovative new technologies that will help you improve your existing plant operations.

One of NAWTEC's technical sessions will be devoted to two subjects of current popular interest — potential terrorist threats to the waste-to-energy industry and hazards in the waste stream. The session, "Dealing with Biological and Other Hazards in the Waste Stream," will discuss such areas as computerized real-time X-ray inspection of consumer waste products, managing anthrax decontaminated waste, and implementing effective solid-waste disaster planning.

Other sessions during NAWTEC 10 will offer thorough analysis of issues ranging from waste flow to energy production.

The conference also will feature presentations from experts from leading waste-to-energy firms examining the latest health and safety issues affecting the industry.

Speakers scheduled to appear during NAWTEC 10 include Maria Zannes, the chair and president of IWSA's NAWTEC steering committee; Steve Passage, president of Montenay Power Corp.; Frank Tulli, Jr., of Pennsylvania's House of Representatives, and Jeffrey Holmstead, assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of
Air and Radiation.

The meeting will include roundtable discussions on energy deregulation, federal regulations and green power on waste-to-energy.

Full registration for NAWTEC 10 is $449 before April 5 and $499 afterward. Attendees from government may register for $349 before April 5, $399 afterward. One-day registration for either Monday or Tuesday is $249 before April 5, $289 after that. Registration for Wednesday only is $150 before April 5, $175 after that date. Registration for the exhibition only is $30.

To find out more, go to www.asme.org/divisions/swpd/events/
nawtec10program.pdf; or call (800) 843-2763 or (973) 882-1167,
e-mail: infocentral@asme.org.

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