17TH Annual Conference BioCycle REFOR17
The Only National Biogas Conference for the Biogas Industry. Best venue for you to achieve success in anaerobic digestion, production of power, fuel and soil amendments, food waste management and composting. Network with the who`s who in the anaerobic digestion and renewable energy industry: Local, state and federal government officials, private sector project developers, facility managers, organic waste generators, watershed managers, waste haulers, digester operators, farmers, investors.
Making the Connection: Is Anaerobic Digestate An Asset For Aerobic Composting?
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Organized by the American Biogas Council
Making The Connection is a workshop for both composting and anaerobic digestion (AD) professionals. Digester operators must determine what to do with their digestate or it can become a liability. Composters need high quality feedstock. In this half-day workshop, we will explore the costs, benefits, technical and logistical challenges and the business of the three most common ways to make the connection between the digestate and compost: on site at the digester, on site at the composter or co-location. Plus, what parts of the digestate do composters really want? The liquid? Just the carbon-rich fiber? With or without nutrients?
This workshop will enable participants to understand:
- Biological process differences between anaerobic and aerobic processing of incoming feedstocks
- How differences in both AD facility design and AD feedstocks determine digestate composition
- Program for characterizing the physical and chemical attributes of digestate
- What composters want — and don`t want — in a feedstock based on the range of composting facility process designs
- How use of digestate impacts key composting process variables: time, temperature, moisture
- Using digestate as a feedstock to improve composting economics
- Ownership and location options for aerobic composting – DBOOM (design, build, own, operate, manage) by the AD facility, or sale/transfer to existing composting facility
Expert Speakers include:
- Clarke Pauley, Vice President, Organics & Biogas Division, CR&R
- Nickolas Olheiser, Organics Manager, Recology
- Dr. Craig Frear, Director of Research and Technology, Regenis
- Tim O`Neil, Engineered Compost Systems (invited)
- Amy McCrae Kessler, EVP, Head of Environmental & Regulatory Affairs, Turning Earth
- Ron Alexander, Principal, R. Alexander Associates, Inc.
- Bernie Sheff, PE, Chairman, American Biogas Council
Who should attend? Digestate producers, compost producers, project developers, regulators, financers
BioFest is organized and hosted by Northwest Biosolids.
The Red Lion Hotel On The River is the venue for both BioFest and BIOCYCLE REFOR17.
Special Registration Rate for Biocycle REFOR17 Registrants:
Registrants of Biocycle REFOR17 (Tuesday, Oct. 17 and/or Wednesday, Oct. 18) can attend BioFest, on Monday, October 16, at a special discounted rate of $195 (regular registration fee is $275). A discount code will be included in your confirmation email when you register for BIOCYCLE REFOR17.
Biofest, Sunday, October 15, 2017
- Registration & Annual Meeting
- Righting Regulations
- Regulations Roundtable
Biofest, Monday, October 16, 2017
- Welcome & Opening Speaker
- Session 1: Infusing Our Infrastructure
- Session 2: See A Need, Fill A Need
- Session 3: Building Community Partnerships
Professional engineers and sanitarians (PE) can earn up to 24.5 hours of self-reported contact hours at BioCycle REFOR17.
This applies to Conference Sessions on Tuesday, October 17 and Wednesday, October 18 and the "Making the Connection: Is Anaerobic Digestate An Asset For Aerobic Composting?" Workshop on Monday, October 16.