Day 1 – Wednesday Sep 15th, 2021
Nutrients 101
8:30 - 9:00am
30 MINUTE COFFEE CHAT: NETWORK BEFORE THE DAY BEGINS!
9:00am – 12:00pm
Application Rate Workshop
By Kyle Dorsey, Washington State Department of Ecology
Sulfur – The Forgotten Nutrient
By Amber Moore, Oregon State University
Phosphorus Availability Vs. Regulations
By Ron Alexander, R Alexander Associates
Nutrients & Regulations in Florida
By Maria Lucia Silveira, University of Florida
Carbon
Forest + Biosolids = Soil Carbon Storage
By Sally Brown, University of Washington
Quantifying Carbon Sequestration with Biosolids in California
By Yocelyn Villas, Graduate Student at UC Merced
BEAM Model – Version 2.0
By Andrew Carpenter, Northern Tilth
Program Highlight: EPCOR Canada
Changing Regulations
By Deidre Barlett, EPCOR Canada
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Interactive Networking Session: Dr. Biosolids!
Ask Any and All Questions on Biosolids
By Henry Campbell, King County
Day 2 – Thursday, Sep 16th, 2021
Soil Health
8:30 - 9:00am
30 MINUTE COFFEE CHAT: NETWORK BEFORE THE DAY BEGINS!
9:00am - 12:00pm
Soil Health 101: What it Means & How Biosolids Fit In
By Deirdre Griffin LaHue, Washington State University
Soil Health & Plant Health in Urban Soils: Do Amendments Give Both a Boost?
By Anna Beebe, University of Washington
Understanding the Impact of Class A Soil Products on Urban Systems
By Mike Badzmierowski, Virginia Tech University
Program Highlight: DC Water
Good for the Planet and the Pocket Book
By Chris Peot, DC Water
Epidemiology
Wastewater Tools to Controlling COVID at Univ. of Arizona
By Ian Pepper, University of Arizona
Tracking COVID in Wastewater: San Francisco Style
By Ryan Batjiaka, San Francisco Water
Pandemic Epidemiology with Sewers in King County
By Bob Bucher, King County
Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2
By Amy Kirby, CDC
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Interactive Networking Session: COVID Survival Stories
How did COVID impact your program and facility? Join in virtual “fireside chat” with your colleagues to talk trade war stories and solutions encompassing the past year.
Day 3 – Monday, September 20th, 2021
PFAS
8:30 - 9:00am
30 MINUTE COFFEE CHAT: NETWORK BEFORE THE DAY BEGINS!
9:00am - 12:00pm
Broader Perspective on PFAS
By Irina Makarow, Washington State Department of Ecology
Process Effects on PFAS in Biosolids, Effluents, and Leachate
By Linda Lee, Purdue
A Different Perspective on PFAS
By Heather Trim, Zero Waste Washington
PFAS Behavior in Irrigated and/or Biosolids Amended Fields in AZ
By Ian Pepper, University of Arizona
Pyrolysis – Will it Make PFAS Go Away?
By Todd Williams, Jacobs
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Interactive Networking Session: How to Communicate About PFAs
By Dr. Sally Brown, University of Washington
Join us and your colleagues for this interactive session looking through quotes and messaging currently out there to analyze what is actually being said and how to use this messaging for your facility. This is a session you most definitely DO NOT want to miss.
Day 4 – Tuesday, September 21st, 2021
Restoration
8:30 - 9:00am
30 MINUTE COFFEE CHAT: NETWORK BEFORE THE DAY BEGINS!
9:00 - 12:00pm
Centralia: 60 to 0 MPH in Less Than a Week. The Story of a Restoration Site Gone Wrong
By Roger Hickey, BioRecycle
Mine restoration using Metro Vancouver biosolids: from moonscapes to natural landscapes
By Lillian Zaremba, Metro Vancouver
Program Highlight: International Food Program
By Greg Kester, CASA
Visionary restoration narratives- tools that solve bigger problems than our own
By John Lavery, SYLVIS
Wildlife Research at OK Ranch
By Karen Hodges, UBC
New Zealand: Restoration of a Sacred Volcanic Landscape
By Rob Tinholt, Watercare New Zealand
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Interactive Networking Session: A Look Back on BioFest!
Join all your colleagues for a quick look back on Biofest over the years – a chance to relive and share memories, hear parting words and look forward to an in-person 2022 Biofest!
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