Waste Management Sustainability Forum: How Sustainability Benefits Your Business

Our annual conference aims to benefit the planet and your business. It’s about connecting big ideas with better results. Our accomplished speakers and moderators will bring insights, innovations and applications of the latest bold actions straight to you.

Since 1971, Waste Management’s mission has been environmental performance. We seek to maximize resource value while minimizing environmental impact so that our economy, our people, and our environment can thrive. We know that this is a big mission and, as industry leaders we seek to lead and galvanize the world towards this common goal. Knowing this can’t be done alone, we introduced the Waste Management Sustainability Forum.

The Sustainability Forum has become the collaborative space for corporate leaders, representatives for municipalities, regulators, experts, innovators, and influencers to share insights and exchange ideas.

Our eighth year of this one-day conference is about big ideas for a better world. It features accomplished leaders and innovative thinkers who practice and advocate for the greater good, which is inherently part of what it means to have a mission in sustainability. The agenda below, identifies topics, keynotes, and panels.

Mark your calendars and join the exchange of ideas on Thursday January 31^st 2019 via live stream video accessible from this page.

Time	Activity

8:30 am – 8:45 am	Welcome Tara Hemmer, Senior Vice President Operations, Waste Management
8:45 am – 9:05 am	The State of the Industry Jim Fish, President and CEO, Waste Management
9:05 am – 9:35 am	Why Plastics? Why Now? Valerie Craig, Deputy to the Chief Scientist & Vice President, Operating Programs, National Geographic
9:35 am – 10:35 am	Plastic Waste in the Environment Valerie Craig, Deputy to the Chief Scientist & Vice President, Operating Programs, National Geographic Nicholas Mallos, Director of Trash Free Seas, Ocean Conservancy Steve Sikra, Materials & Technology Manager, P&G Jason Hale, Communications and Recycling Professional Panel moderated by: David Pogue, Technology Writer & Correspondent, CBS Sunday Morning

11:00 am – 11:30 am	The Fallacy of Impossible Mick Ebeling, Founder and CEO, Not Impossible Labs
11:30 am – 12:00 pm	Changing the Status Quo by Design Dr. Leyla Acaroglu, Designer and Sociologist

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Recycling Update Brent Bell, President, Waste Management Recycling Services
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm	Global Environmental Trends and Local Impacts Andrew Winston, Advisor & Author
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Cities of the Future Andrew Winston, Advisor & Author Dr. Leyla Acaroglu, Designer & Sociologist Clarence Anthony, Executive Director, National League of Cities Rob Kunzing, Senior Environmental Editor, National Geographic Panel moderated by: David Pogue, Technology Writer & Correspondent, CBS Sunday Morning