Speakers
Featured Speakers
Carol Hochu  | President & CEO, Canadian Plastics Industry Association Carol Hochu is honoured to serve as the President and CEO of Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA), a position she has held since January 1, 2012. Since 1943, CPIA has served as the national voice and leader for plastics industry sustainability across Canada and beyond, representing the interests of the plastics value chain including resin and raw material suppliers, processors/converters, equipment suppliers, recyclers and brand owners.
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Bill Anderson  | Director of Admissions & Professor, Engineering, University of Waterloo As Director of Admissions for the Faculty of Engineering, Bill is involved with all aspects of admission to The University of Waterloo’s first-year programs in engineering. Bill works closely with several individuals in the Faculty and in the Registrar's Office to formulate and implement the policies on admissions and entrance scholarships. In addition to this administrative appointment, Bill is also a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, where Bill teach courses in the areas of chemical process and plant design, and air pollution control. Bill's research interest lie in the area of photochemical (UV) and biological air and water pollution control, and biochemical engineering of fermentation and pharmaceutical processes.
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Jay Stanford  | Director, Environment, Fleet & Solid Waste, City of London Jay joined the City of London in 1995 and has held number of senior management positions. In 2012, he became the Director of Environment, Fleet & Solid Waste in the Environmental & Engineering Services Area. He has responsibilities for Solid Waste Services; Fleet Services, and Environmental Programs (including energy conservation, active transportation, urban watershed management, and outreach and behaviour change initiatives). Prior to joining London, he worked for 8 years for an environmental consulting firm in Toronto. He is currently on the Board of Directors at the Ontario Waste Management Association and involved in waste management policy development for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the Regional Public Works Commissioners of Ontario.
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Stephen Sikra  | Section Head at Proctor and Gamble Stephen Sikra is a Materials Science & Technology Manager at the Procter & Gamble Company. He has been with P&G for 27 years and has extensive experience working in Process Development, Product Supply, Package Development, and Materials Development. He holds degrees in Materials Science & Engineering and Business. Currently, his P&G team is focused on delivering sustainable material innovations and package platform technologies offering competitive advantage for P&G’s brands worldwide
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Craig Foster
| Principal of Craig Foster & Associates Craig has a thirty year background specializing in senior management and consultant roles with an emphasis on the planning, development and coordination of large scale recycling and waste reduction projects and programs. A Certified Civil & Structural Engineering Technician and a charter member of the Applied Science Technologists & Technicians of British Columbia; Past President of the Recycling Council of BC and Past President of the SWANA Pacific Chapter – BC & Yukon. Craig is a recipient of the George and Marjorie New Award from the Royal Roads University Foundation for exceptional aptitude and contribution to the field of sustainable waste management and pollution prevention Currently serving as CPIA’s BC Sustainability Consultant working to improve existing and develop new plastics recycling and recovery programs.
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Umberto Arena  | Professor of Solid Waste Management & Air Pollution Control Engineering Umberto has a long experience in the field of waste management, and waste-to-energy in particular. In the 1998 he participated as technical expert in national committee for the public tender of the large-scale waste-to-energy plant (600kt/y) of Naples area, carried out within the context of EU Directives and Regulations. In the 2011-2014 he was one the members of the technical national committee for the assessment of large-scale waste-to-energy plants in the Regione Campania.
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Dan Lantz  | CEO, Scout Environmental Dan has spent his career surrounded by or entrenched in recyclables, now with 28 years in the industry in many facets. Although starting his career working with a municipality, he quickly moved to consulting where he spent 18 years working for various firms. He did extensive consulting work for the newspaper, paper packaging and plastics packaging industries on packaging and stewardship issues getting to understand program costing long before EPR even came to Canada. He did extensive work helping municipalities and industry across Canada and the United States improve the efficiency of their recycling systems and helping save millions of dollars in program operating costs.
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Marco Castaldi  | Professor, Chemical Engineering, City College of New York, CUNY Director Earth Engineering Center|CCNY Director Earth System Science & Environmental Eng. 2018 Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 2016 Fulbright Fellow, Global Award 2015 National Academies’ Intelligence Science and Technology Expert Group (ISTEG)
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Franco Berruti  | Professor & Director, Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources (ICFAR), University of Western Ontario Professor Berruti graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and achieved a PhD at the University of Waterloo (Canada). He started his career in Canada at the University of Calgary becoming a full professor in 1992 and Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies) in 1994. He served as Dean of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan (1996-2000) and at the University of Western Ontario (2000-2008). He is the Founding Director of the Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources (ICFAR).
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Norman Lee .jpeg?width=200) | Director, Waste Management, Region of Peel Norman is responsible for setting and achieving operational, environmental and financial goals of the Waste Management Division.
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Peter Hargreave .jpeg?width=200) | President, Policy Integrity Inc. Peter Hargreave, the President of Policy Integrity Inc., has over 14 years of experience in providing strategic advice in the development, implementation and oversight of public policy. Over his professional career, he has developed a strong network of relationships with regulators, public and private organizations, and other key stakeholders involved in environmental issues across Canada, the United States and abroad.
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Joe Hruska  | Vice President, Sustainability, Canadian Plastics Industry Association As Vice President of Sustainability, Joe Hruska leads the development and execution of the Canadian Plastics Industry’s sustainability, advocacy, and partnership programs to promote solutions that increase the recycling & recovery of plastics at their end-of-life and reduce marine litter. More than 12 years ago Joe created and managed his own consulting firm, Hruska and Associates with a client base of public and private sector organizations. He has extensive knowledge of and experience in the fields of recycling, recovery of plastics, in leading and managing stewardship programs, and has been the agent of success in numerous post-use/sustainability projects including the United Nations recognized Blue Box program first launched in Ontario.
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Micheal J Rich  | Michael Rich is a graduate engineer (B.A.Sc, Civil, UBC ’62) His experience as a Professional Engineer includes serving as an Industrial Technology Advisor with the National Research Council (NRC), based at the University of Western Ontario and later as Liaison Officer for NRC’s Institute for Research in Construction in London and Ottawa. Most recently, Michael’s activities have focused on a variety of renewable energy technologies, waste management and community sustainability. |
Michael Appleby  | Michael Appleby serves as President of REDICan Bioenergy Co., Ltd. a sustainable energy company seeking to develop community-based advanced bioenergy systems under license for public and private sector clients. Mr. Appleby has been active in his exploration of advanced thermal conversion technologies since 2013. Prior to REDICan, Michael spent 30 years involved in the investment business where he specialized in US municipal bond portfolio advisory. Mr. Appleby holds a BA in Economics from McMaster University and has attended programs in Entrepreneurism at the Kellogg School. |
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