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2022 BioFest Meeting HUB

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AGENDA

EVALUATION & CEUs

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Northwest Biosolids is excited to be back in person for BioFest this year!

  • In-Person attendees: please give your certification numbers to the registration desk to submit your CEUs (this can be done when you take your certificate on the way out) or Click Here to Submit. 
  • In-Person attendees: Take your CEU certificate on your way out for proof of completion. You will fill out your name and certificate number on the certificate.

If you have any questions, please email amy@nwbiosolids.org.

BIOFEST 2022 Attendee Directory

AGENDA (IN PST)

Download Agenda Here
Download Program Here

**Click presentation titles below to download PDF slides of each presentation when they are available**

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Time    
7-8 AM BREAKFAST (THANK YOU TO OUR MONDAY COFFEE SPONSOR – SKAGIT TRANSPORTATION)
Semiahmoo Ballroom		  
     
8-8:45 AM BIOFEST WELCOME
Rebecca Singer, JR Inman, and Jim Dunbar
Semiahmoo Ballroom
WATCH THE WELCOME		  
8:45-9 AM BREAK  
9-10 AM KEYNOTE -Keeping it Local: A Case Study of Harvest Pierce County
Kristen McIvor
Semiahmoo BallroomDownload Presentation
WATCH THE PRESENTATION		  
10:25 – 11:50 AM SECTION TOPIC: URBAN USE OF MATERIAL
Moderated by Rebecca Singer
Semiahmoo Ballroom10:15-10:35 AM

10:40-11:00 AM

11:05-11:25 AM 

11:30-11:50 AM

  
11:50 AM – 1 PM LUNCH 
Tent Pavilion		  
1-3 PM SECTION TOPIC: EMPOWERING WHAT YOUR BIOSOLIDS ARE WORTH
Moderated by Cat Gowan
Semiahmoo Ballroom
1-1:20 PM 

1:25-1:45 PM

1:50- 2:20 PM

2:25- 3:00 PM

  • Breakouts
  
3-3:15 PM BREAK  
3:15-4:35 PM SECTION TOPIC: PFAS
Moderated by Dr. Sally Brown
Semiahmoo Ballroom3:15- 3:45 PM

3:50- 4:10 PM

4:15- 4:35 PM

 

  
 5:00 PM FUN RUN/WALK
Driveway		  
6:00 PM NW BIOSOLIDS BANQUET & CAMPFIRE TO FOLLOW
(THANK YOU TO OUR BEER SPONSOR – TENELCO!)
Tent Pavilion		  

 

Time    
7:30- 8:30 AM BREAKFAST
Semiahmoo Ballroom		  
8:30- 10:05 AM SECTION TOPIC: RESEARCH
Moderated by JR Inman
Semiahmoo Ballroom

8:30- 8:50 AM

  • The use of biosolids in ecosystem reclamation, from soils to plants to insects.
    Dr. Lauchlan Fraser
    WATCH THE PRESENTATION

8:55- 9:15 AM

  • IS LAND APPLICATION OF BIOSOLIDS A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF HUMAN PFAS EXPOSURE VIA GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION? A nationwide research project
    Dr. Ian Pepper
    WATCH THE PRESENTATION

9:20- 9:40 AM

  • Biosolids improve key soil functions in semi-arid dryland cropping systems
    Madeline Desjardins
    WATCH THE PRESENTATION

9:45- 10:05 AM

  
10:05- 10:20 AM BREAK  
10:20 AM – 12:00 PM SECTION TOPIC: REGIONAL UPDATES

WATCH THE SECTION

Moderated by Jim Dunbar
Semiahmoo Ballroom

  • 10:20- 10:30 AM
  • WASHINGTON – Emily Kijowski

10:35- 10:45 AM

  • OREGON – Pat Heins

10:50- 11:00 AM

  • IDAHO – Tressa Nicholas

11:05- 11:15 AM 

11:20- 11:30 AM

  • CANADA – Deidre Bartlett

11:35- 11:45 AM

11:50 AM – 12:00 PM

  
12-1 PM LUNCH
Tent Pavilion		  
1-2:30 PM SECTION TOPIC: KNOWLEDGE SHARING

WATCH THE SECTION

Moderated by Karla Guevarra.
Semiahmoo Ballroom

1-1:30 PM

1:35- 2:05 PM 

  • Getting to Bliss: How Planning with the End in Mind can Deliver a Resilient Biosolids Master Plan.
    Natalie Sierra

2:10- 2:30 PM 

  
2:35- 2:45 PM CLOSING REMARKS & ADJOURN
Semiahmoo Ballroom 		  
Time
2-6 PM Conference Registration
Semiahmoo Ballroom Pre-Function
3-4 PM Biofest Kickoff & NWB Annual Meeting
Semiahmoo Ballroom
4-4:30 PM FLUSH Reading & Discussion on Book/Q&A
Semiahmoo Ballroom
4:30-6PM Break
6PM Annual Conference Welcome Vendor Social Hour
(THANK YOU TO OUR BEER SPONSOR – NATURAL SELECTION FARMS)
Semiahmoo Ballroom

POST-EVENT EVALUATION & CEU’s

In-Person:

Please pick up your Certificates of Completion and submit your certificate number to the registration desk before you leave. 

Virtual:

Please submit your certificate number

If you have any questions, please contact amy@nwbiosolids.org. 

Submit Certification Number Here
Fill Out Post-Event Evaluation Here