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2020 California Bioresources Alliance Symposium: Agenda, Speaker Bios, Recordings and Presentations

Building the Regenerative Carbon Economy in California

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  • Program, Speaker and Moderator Bios
  • Meeting Recordings
  • Presentations

Work with colleagues in the field of organic residuals to develop community resiliency and put California's bioresources to their best uses.

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  • Program: 2020 California Bioresources Alliance Symposium (pdf) (151.45 KB, November 2, 2019)
    Program for the 2020 California Bioresources Alliance Symposium: Building the Regenerative Carbon Economy in California.
  • Speaker and Moderator Bios: 2020 California Bioresources Alliance Symposium (pdf) (1.37 MB, November 20, 2020)
    Biographies of Panelists and Speakers at the 2020 California Bioresources Alliance Symposium.

Meeting Recordings

November 12, 2020

  • Meeting Recording
  • Access Passcode: CBAS2020!

November 13, 2020

  • Meeting Recording
  • Access Passcode: CBAS2020!

Presentations

Introduction

  • Sara Hammes: CBA 2020 Introduction
  • Dan Noble: Building the Regenerative Carbon Economy in California
  • Tim Hall: Analysis of the Progress Toward the SB 1383 Organic Waste Reduction Goals
  • Introductory Presentations (zip)

Top Down Perspective

  • Chad White: Accelerating Climate Tech through the Technology Innovative Pipeline
  • Yaniv Scherson: Organics Recycling from Source Separated Organics and MSW with Centralized Mixed Waste Processing and AD
  • Joe Maceda: ZNC Farms
  • Top Down Perspective Presentations (zip)

Bottom Up Perspective

  • Michael Martinez: LA Compost - Soil and People
  • Aaron Tartakovsky: Redefining Urban Wastewater
  • Jim McNelly: Containerized Compost Solutions
  • Sara Hammes: Market Ready Solutions
  • Bottom Up Perspective Presentations (zip)

Product Quality: Removing Contaminants

  • Dan Noble: ACP Contamination Reduction Guidebook
  • Patrick Browne: Biocarbon Technologies
  • Joerg Blischke: Bioslurry Quality for Low Solids Digestion
  • Product Quality: Removing Contaminants Presentations (zip)

Emerging Constituents of Concern

  • Ryan Batjiaka: PFAS and Resource Recovery
  • David Rothbart: California's Proposed Air Toxics Reporting and Health Risk Assessment Requirements
  • Tung Le: Orchestrating Agency Collaboration
  • Emerging Constituents of Concern Presentations (zip)

Agricultural Residues Management

  • Abdolhossein Edalati: Production and Application of Compost and Pellitized Compost Products from Dairy Manure and Woody Biomass to California Almond Orchards
  • Guangwei Huang: Putting Almond Biomass to Optimal Uses
  • J. P. Cativiela: Manure as a Foundation for a Renewable, Circular Fertilizer Economy
  • Geetika Joshi: Climate Smart Avenues for Agricultural Residues
  • Agricultural Residues Management Presentations (zip)

SB 1383 Implementation

  • Jason Dow: Central Marin Sanitation Agency's Organic Waste and Power Delivery Programs
  • Chris Hyun: Key Takeaways of Co-digestion Capacity Analysis
  • Ashley Yee: An Overview of SB 1383's Organic Waste Reduction Requirements
  • Hilary Gans: Zero Waste to Landfill
  • SB 1383 Implementation Presentations (zip)

Lawrence Berkeley Lab Research Update

  • Corinne Scown, Chelsea Preble, Sarah Smith: Accelerating Deployment of Recovery Infrastructure
  • Lawrence Berkeley Lab Research Update Presentation (zip)

Flash Presentation

  • Kelly Sarber: Meet  CA Energy Storage Systems Goals While Creating New Long-term Benefits
  • Flash Presentation (zip)

Emerging Bioresource Solutions / Barriers

  • Jean Louis Kindler: Decentralized Waste to Hydrogen Solutions
  • Denis Arguin: Manufacturing Biofuels and Renewable Chemicals from Non-recyclable Waste
  • Emerging Bioresource Solutions and Barriers Presentations (zip)

Reclamation of Fire-damaged Lands

  • Bill Stewart: Restoration of Fire-damaged Forest Lands
  • Harry Allen: Las Virgenes Biosolids Application Study
  • David Crohn: Using Compost to Improve Post-fire Water Quality
  • Reclamation of Fire-damaged Lands Presentations (zip)

Building Bioeconomy with Bioresources

  • Dan Noble: Where are we going?
  • Building Bioeconomy with Bioresources Presentation (zip)

Contact

For symposium details, contact:
Lauren Fondahl
fondahl.lauren@epa.gov
(415) 972-3514

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