Moderator: Calla Farn (CSSA)

• Roxanne Doerksen (Trade Worm Industries) – Commercial Vermicomposting
• Matt Moreau (Earth Group)
• Rob Ironside (Leftovers Foundation) – Curbing Food Waste
• Tina Kruse-Taylor, Roger Redman, Anna Peyton, Addison Kreuh, and Gracie Baker (Teachers and Students from Ecole Pine Grove Middle School) – EPGMS Waste Reduction and Diversion
• Carlos Fiorentino (Biomimicry Alberta) – “Waste” By Nature – A Biomimicry Approach
• Chris and Laura Grant (Alberta Bike Swap) – Saving the World One Bike at a Time
• Jeff Dirks (KBL Environmental Ltd.) – Latex Paint Recycling
• Peter Duck (Bow Valley Waste Management Commission) – Circular Economy on the Ground: Francis Cooke Circular Economy on the Ground: Francis Cooke Resource Recovery Centre
• Roxanne Duigou (Former Project Manager at Haiti Communitere) – Polystyrene Building Blocks: A Case Study in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• Melissa Gorrie (Waste Free Edmonton) -Re-envisioning our Relationship with Waste: Grassroots Efforts in Edmonton

Serious system change happens largely through innovation and disruptive approaches. This session features a number of innovators who are changing the industry through entrepreneurial efforts to reduce waste.

Moderator: Cherie Cohen

• Joel Baziuk (Global Ghost Gear Initiative) – Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear: Ocean Challenge and Circular Economic Opportunity
• Lindsay Christianson (Plastic Bank) – Stopping Ocean Plastic with a Life Ascension Platform
• Maja Vodanovic (City of Montréal) – Regulatory Approaches for Priority Plastic Wastes

Shorelines around the world are becoming coated in plastic waste, causing damage to marine wildlife and compromising human health. It is reported that there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean (by weight) by 2050. This session digs into this key social and ecological issue.