Programme

Tuesday 17th March 2009
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10:00-11:3 - OPENING CEREMONY: WASTE AND ITS EFFECT ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
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Chairperson: Musaed Al Saleh, Vice Chairman & CEO, National Projects Holding Co. (Kuwait), and Chairman of the Advisory Board, Dubai Recycling Park (Dubai, UAE)

  • Waste in the context of a low-carbon future: linking energy, waste and sustainable development
  • Potential carbon savings of a coherent waste strategy
  • Climate change: embedding waste at the core of sustainability
  • Waste a material resource and energy resource

Keynote Addresses:

  • Dubai Municipality
  • HE Dr Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahed, Minister of Environment and Water, United Arab Emirates (invited)
  • Dr Habib El Habr, Director of the Regional Office for West Asia, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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WASTE MANAGEMENT SECTOR: ARE WE MAKING ENOUGH PROGRESS? _________________________________________________________________________________________

Keynote Address: Mr W Gregory Vogt, Managing Director, International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) _________________________________________________________________________________________

11:30-14:00 LUNCH AND VISIT EXHIBITION _________________________________________________________________________________________

14:00-15:30 CONSUMPTION, POPULATION AND CITIES _________________________________________________________________________________________

Chairperson: Habiba Al Marashi, Chairperson, Emirates Environmental Group

  • How does the structure of a city relate to waste per capita?
  • Water
  • What are the key issues affecting the broader aspects of recycling in the Middle East?
  • Corporate Responsibilities - waste management planning and procedure

Keynote Address: Dr Radhiya Al Hashimi, Director of Arab Towns, Dubai Municipality

Speakers:

  • Mohammad Al Jawdar, Project Manager, Abu Dhabi Global Environment Data Initiative (invited)
  • Dr. Sadek Owainati, Chairman, The Emirates Green Building Council (Emirates GBC) and Deputy General Manager, Al Naboodah Contracting LLC (invited)
  • Antoine Frérot, Chief Executive Officer, Veolia Water (invited)
  • Deirdre Dudley-Owen, Senior Waste Consultant, Hyder Consulting Middle East (invited) __________________________________________________________________________________________

16:00 -17:30 LAND USE AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT __________________________________________________________________________________________

Chairperson: Mr Raji Maasri, Director Genera, Mores, Lebanon

  • How can Planning /use of land work for or against social and economic vitality, open space; and for or against natural restoration and health?
  • Shaping ecological, social & municipal development to improve living conditions
  • Physical master planning
  • Eco- regulations for urbanization and construction development
  • Waste management infrastructure and location of waste facilities
  • The Service Provider Perspective: Key issues and challenges on waste management in the Middle East

Keynote Address: H.E. Mohammed Ahmed Al Bowardi, Managing Director, Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi (invited)

Keynote Address: H.E. Mr. Ali Saleh Al-Saleh, Steering Committee of the National Planning Development Strategy, The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) (invited)

Speakers:

  • Mr Eng Ali Hassan Al Suwaidi, Executive Director, Operations, Imdaad (UAE)
  • Jeff Willis, Associate Director, Arup Gulf (invited)
  • Representative, Surbana Corporation Pte Ltd (invited) ___________________________________________________________________________________________

17:30 END OF DAY ONE ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Wednesday 18th March 2009
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ECONOMY OF THE ENVIRONMENT
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Chairperson: Miriam Kennet, Director of Green Economics Institute (tentative)

  • What is the impact of economic investments on the environment?
  • How will the increase in production affect waste and pollution into the environment?
  • Waste disposal and resource recovery
  • E-Waste

Keynote Address: His Excellency Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman, Dubai World (invited)

Keynote Address: “The Masdar Initiative” Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Chief Executive Officer, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (ADFEC) (invited)

Speakers:

  • Mr Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Nuaim, President & Chairman, Board of Trustees, The Arab Urban Development Institute
  • Venetia Lannon, Vice President, New York City’s Economic Development Corporation, USA (invited)
  • Jim Puckett, Basel Action Network (BAN)

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11:30-13:00 CONSTRUCTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Chairperson: Nigel Mattravers, Chairman, Waste Management Board, Institution of Civil Engineers, UK

  • Maximising Material Savings and carbon benefits
  • Overlapping design and construction considerations
  • Specifying materials for reuse
  • Closing the resource loop: using demolition Waste in Urban regeneration
  • Recycling of construction waste
  • Emirates Recycling Plant at Al Lusaily

Speakers:

  • Andrew Broderick, Health, Safety and Environment Manager, Aldar Properties PJSC (invited)
  • Darwish Al Qubaisi, General Manager, ESNAAD (invited)
  • Mr Prashant Jain, General Manager, Emirates Recycling LLC (invited)

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13:00-14:00 LUNCH AND EXHIBITION VISIT ___________________________________________________________________________________________

14:00-15:30 INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Chairperson: Musaed Al Saleh, Vice Chairman & CEO, National Projects Holding Co. (Kuwait), and Chairman of the Advisory Board, Dubai Recycling Park (Dubai, UAE) (invited)

Speakers:

  • José María Figueres, CEO, Concordia 21; Dubai Recycling Park Advisory Board Member; and Former President of Costa Rica __________________________________________________________________________________________

16:00-17:30 WASTE TO ENERGY __________________________________________________________________________________________

Chairperson: Michael Sandeman, Consultant, Jakob Stiefel GmbH (Switzerland)

  • Waste to energy or Energy recovery
  • Where electricity is produced directly through combustion
  • Energy from Waste as part of a wider waste management scheme promoting the 3 Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)
  • Resource management: competing for the waste stream

Speakers:

  • Chuck Peterson, Senior Environmental Specialist, Waste Management / Carbon Finance – FEU Urban Unit, The World Bank
  • Mr Keith Newman, Director, Cayenne Ltd
  • Bryn Griffiths, Strategic Commissioner Sustainable Environment, Suffolk County Council

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17:30 END OF DAY TWO ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Thursday 19th March ____________________________________________________________________________________________

09:30-11:00 DOMESTIC WASTE CONTROL ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Chairperson: Dubai Municipality (invited)

  • What influences consumer’s decisions and how can sustainable consumption be made normal?
  • How can communities be mobilized to adopt new waste systems and practices?
  • What are the social ecological implications of urbanization and associated waste issues?
  • Analysis Hazardous substance by household in Dubai
  • Economical recycling of domestic waste
  • Impact of plastic bags on the environment, It is time to ban them

Keynote Address: Mr. Olabode Esan, Solid Waste Management Adviser, Abu Dhabi Municipality

Speakers:

  • Mr Michel Sakkal, Ras Al Khaimah Public Works Department (invited)
  • John Neale, Managing Director, Dulsco (invited)
  • Eric Lombardi, Executive Director, Eco-Cycle and President, GRRN (invited)
  • Katherine Hanson, Marketing Director, Envac

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11:30-13:00 REGULATING REFUSE: MUNICIPAL ROLE _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Chairperson: Wolfgang Teubner, Executive Director, ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability)

  • The Concept of Dubai municipality in waste management
  • Improving waste management in the Arab countries
  • The importance of creating sufficient scale for an economic and environmental sound waste management infrastructure
  • Establishing a knowledge centre at national level for best practice
  • Benchmarking by service, costs and environment
  • Cost recovery by a municipal waste tax
  • Increasing environmental awareness amongst citizens
  • Managing solid waste and recycling
  • Eco regulation
  • The effects of treated municipal wastewater irrigation on soil and plant characteristics
  • Improving transport systems for waste movemen

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THE CURRENT AND FUTURE ROLE OF DUBAI MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Keynote Address: Sheikh Mohamed Bin Jabor Al Thani, Director Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture

Keynote Address: José María Figueres, CEO, Concordia 21; Dubai Recycling Park Advisory Board Member; and Former President of Costa Rica

Speakers:

  • Eng. Hassan Mohammed Makki, Dubai Municipality Waste Service Section
  • Herman Huisman, Msc. Senior Expert on Waste Management, SenterNovem, Agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands)

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13:00-14:00 LUNCH AND EXHIBITION VISIT ____________________________________________________________________________________________

14:00-15:30 RECYCLING & LANDFILLS ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Chairperson: Håkan Rylander, Managing Director , The Solid Waste Company of Southern Scania (SYSAV), SWEDEN

  • The SYSAV Concept - Maximum recycling of material and energy, minimum landfilling
  • Strategies for diversion from landfilling and optimised management of biodegradable waste (and other recyclables)
  • Composting, anaerobic digestion and their performances, trends and integration
  • MBT for treatment of residuals and its integration to landfilling and energy recovery
  • Practical Experience of Recycling, Composting, Landfilling and Landfill Rehabilitation in the UAE (Sharjah and Al Ain)
  • Case study: Solid Waste Management System and Operations in Beirut: Averda’s experience in Lebanon (2006 – to date)
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Vision for public-private partnerships

Speakers:

  • Dr. Enzo Favoino,Vice Chairman, ECN-European Compost Network, and Chairman of the WG on Biological Treatment, ISWA – International Solid Waste Association
  • Rheinhard Göschl, Managing Director, Emirates Environmental Technology LLC
  • Mr Walid Chaar, CEO, Averda Lebanon
  • Margo Reid Brown, Chair, California Integrated Waste Management Board (invited)

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16:00-17:30 ZERO WASTE INACCURACIES AND REALITIES ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Chairperson: Mr Reinhard Göschl, Managing Director, Emirates Environmental Technology Co LLC

  • Zero Waste is the initial goal; but what real objectives are possible in 2009 and beyond?
  • What is the best cost structure to achieve the Zero Waste Target?
  • How can a packaging law - standard in many countries world-wide - affect the Zero Waste Target in UAE?
  • Will tipping fees encourage clean production?
  • Extended producer responsibility
  • Clean production
  • Argentina’s Zero Waste Law “Integral Management of Solid Urban Waste”
  • Sustainable waste management - the Australian approach

Keynote Address: Mr. Eduardo Jorge Martins Alves Sobrinho, Municipal Secretary of Environment, São Paulo, Brazil and ICLEI Executive Committee Member (invited)

Speakers:

  • Beverley Thorpe, Director, Clean Production Action (International)
  • Wael Hmaidan, Executive Director, IndyAct (Lebanon) and Steering Committee Member, GAIA Co-ordinator in the Arab World
  • David Gamble, GHD National Technical Leader - Waste Management, GHD Australia

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17:30 END OF CONFERENCE ____________________________________________________________________________________________