• Featured plant expansion and contract negotiation case studies, including Pinellas County, Florida, Olmsted County, Minnesota, Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, Fla.
• Interactive discussion on “The Public Perception Challenge”—How can the WTE Industry overcome this barrier to project development?
• Latest research breakthroughs and technology developments hosted by the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council of Columbia University
• Conversion Technologies—What’s the Status? Case studies from St. Lucie County, Florida; Ottawa, Canada and New Bedford, Massachusetts.
• Special focus on waste-to-energy health and safety sponsored by IWSA
• Waste-to-Energy and its role in mitigating climate change, including presentations on solid waste carbon accounting, developments within Europe to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, WTE’s position in the U.S. EPA Solid Waste Hierarchy, and the utilization of tax credit funding for WTE
• Global Perspective on WTE developments from around the world, including France, Italy, The Netherlands and Canada
• Two-day trade show featuring the latest in WTE technology, equipment, and services
• Plant tour of the Wheelabrator Gloucester WTE Plant
• Unparalleled networking opportunities, including a pre-conference ‘meet and greet’ at the Sheraton Lobby Bar at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday

SWANA Continuing Education Unit (CEU) & ASME Professional Development Hour (PDH) Information:
To maintain your professional accreditations and engineering license registrations, you can earn all-important SWANA CEU’s and ASME PDH’s for attending NAWTEC 16. The total number of CEU’s and PDH’s available for the event are: