Wednesday August 5th
11:30- 5:30 EST
Virtual On-Line Format
11:30 am Welcome Address: Executive Director Charles Kamenides
11:35- Keynote: Paul Connett, Author of "The Zero Waste Solution", International Zero Waste Advocate and Former Chemistry Professor, St. Lawrence University, Canton,NY
Moderator: Teresa Bradley, President NRC Board of Directors
12:10- SRO Showcase
12:30- SRO Showcase
12:50- Presentation- Food Waste recovery and Reuse
Moderator: Sarah Shea
1:40- SRO Showcase
2:00- SRO Showcase
2:20- Break out rooms, select what you like:
1- NetZero360 CEU’s
2- Sponsor dedicated room-other breakout rooms,
3- Networking- Get to know your coalition- open talking with board members.
OR- take personal time to stretch, answer emails or a break from the computer screen!
3:45- Keynote Jordan Harvill: Environmental Justice, Native Communities Perspectives
Moderator: NRC Board of Director Lisa Puckett
4:15- SRO Showcase
4:30- SRO Showcase
4:45- 5:30-Closing Keynote: Responsible End Markets
Moderator:
End of Day 1
Thursday August 6th
11:30- 5:30 EST
Virtual On-Line Format
11:30 am Welcome Address, Teresa Bradley, NRC President of the Board of Directors
11:35- Keynote: EPR in the Heartland
Moderator: Kimberly Carroll Steward, NRC Board of Director
12:20- SRO Showcase
12:40- SRO Showcase
1:00- Presentation- Speaker: Firespring- Funding creative non profit revenue generation, The chicken or the Egg
Moderator: Kimberly Carroll Steward, NRC Board of Director
1:45- SRO Showcase
2:00- SRO Showcase
2:00- Break out rooms, select what you like:
1- NetZero360 CEU’s
2- Sponsor dedicated rooms-other breakout rooms,
3- Networking- Get to know your coalition- open talking with board members.
OR- take personal time to stretch, answer emails or a break from the computer screen!
3:15- 2026 NRC Annual Member Meeting
Executive Director Charles Kamenides
President Board of Directors, Teresa Bradley
Treasurer, Martie Solomon
Slate Committee Chair, Peter Adrian
Description: NRC update, 2027-2030 Board of Director election process, Candidate Presentations.
4:45-5:30 Closing Keynote speaker:Faith Based Community: Efficacy of AI Through Social, Environmental and Economic Lens from the
Moderator: NRC Chair of Board of Directors Jay Bassett
End of 2026 National Recycling Congress
Agenda, speakers and sessions may be changed due to unforeseen changes
