{"id":104457,"date":"2023-02-26T09:05:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T14:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=104457"},"modified":"2023-02-24T09:05:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T14:05:24","slug":"soar-2023-technical-solutions-for-resource-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/soar-2023-technical-solutions-for-resource-management\/","title":{"rendered":"SOAR 2023: Technical Solutions for Resource Management"},"content":{"rendered":"
SWANA\u2019s SOAR Technical Conference co-located with the Waste Conversion Technology Conference & Trade Show comes to Atlanta, GA from April 17 \u2013 20.<\/em><\/p>\n When it comes to solid waste management, issues like sustainability, efficient operations, taking actions for constant improvement, and making the best use of resources are top of mind. That is why SOAR 2023 is the technical conference that is attracting waste management professionals from all disciplines across the community.<\/p>\n What is SOAR?<\/strong> Leaders share best practices in game-changing conversations with each other and with subject matter experts. They can take a deep dive into technical education tracks, and it is always a great opportunity to forge new business connections throughout the week. Attendees leave SOAR with actionable, fact-based solutions ready to be implemented in their own facilities. SOAR 2023 will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA from April 17 \u2013 20.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Who Should Attend?<\/strong> Many organizations are sending a team to gather a shared understanding of how to better use innovations and to work together more effectively to solve problems. Teams can enhance skills and learn, improving coordination across functions. Organizations benefit from investing in the personal and career development of leaders and staff.<\/p>\n Co-Located with the SWANA Training Center<\/strong> Participants who complete the course will earn 30 continuing education credits to apply toward a current SWANA certification. Training Center attendees will have the opportunity to briefly experience SOAR.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n SOAR 2023\u2019s Packed Schedule<\/strong> <\/p>\n Topical sessions include: A New Waste Paradigm: Sustainable Materials Management and The Circular Economy Join us at SOAR and you will be able to tackle the challenges you face daily, keep your facilities, equipment and operations running smoothly, comply with regulations, and incorporate best practices and innovative technologies. You will leave with solutions to put to work immediately in your own facilities. | WA<\/p>\n
\nSOAR stands for Sustainability, Operations, Action, Resources. The conference, sponsored by the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), will focus on practical solutions to the most difficult problems our industry faces.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nThis technical summit brings together professionals from:
\n\u2022 Collection and Transfer
\n\u2022 Landfill Gas and Biogas
\n\u2022 Landfill Management
\n\u2022 Waste Conversion and Energy Recovery
\n\u2022 Sustainable Materials Management<\/p>\n
\nThe SWANA\u2019s Training Center provides essential training courses that offer the chance to learn live, hands-on, and in-person with SWANA-certified instructors. It is co-located with SOAR 2023 to make it easy for participants to invest in their people. Training courses are presented across intensive three-day formats:
\n\u2022 Landfill Gas Operations & Maintenance
\n\u2022 Manager of Integrated Solid Waste Management
\n\u2022 MOLO-Manager of Landfill Operations
\n\u2022 Transfer Station Management<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nIn addition to the SWANA Training Center courses, the SOAR 2023 program will include a facilities tour, keynote speakers, award presentations, division and committee meetings, programming for young professionals, and access to an extensive exhibit hall.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 \u0007Digital Transformation of Waste Management: Drones, Smart Forms, and GIS
\n\u2022 Landfill Gas & Biogas, Planning & Management
\n\u2022 \u0007Challenges and Opportunities in Conducting Recycling Characterization
\n\u2022 PFAS: How to Treat and Sample for It
\n\u2022 \u0007A Data-Centric Collaborative Approach to Boost Recycling Volume in Multi-Family Property Buildings
\n\u2022 \u0007The PFAS Biosolids Connection and Impacts to Your Landfill
\n\u2022 LFG Emissions Measurements and Mitigation
\n\u2022 \u0007Closing The Loop: Electric Waste Collection Vehicles + Waste-to-Energy = Self-Sustaining Operations<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Transforming Solid Waste into Carbon Negative Fuels
\n\u2022 \u0007Rising to the Top: Leachate PFAS Removal Using Foam Fractionation
\n\u2022 Recycling Commodities
\n\u2022 \u0007Creating a Culture of Accountability, Diversity, and Inclusion
\n\u2022 Wellfield Innovations
\n\u2022 RNG Processing
\n\u2022 \u0007Landfill Procurement: Owners Engineer and Alternative Delivery Methods Saving the Day
\n\u2022 \u0007From Drilling to Digesting: An Aerobic Digestion Feasibility Study
\n\u2022 \u0007Hone Your Messaging: Surprisingly Effective, Low-Cost Tactics Agencies Use to Test Communications
\n\u2022 SMM Contracting
\n\u2022 Organics
\n\u2022 Leachate Treatment and System Maintenance Issues
\n\u2022 \u0007How Did Atlanta Do That? Improving Recycling Access, Participation, and Program Resiliency
\n\u2022 RNG Processing Part 2
\n\u2022 H-Power \u2013 Not Just a Waste-to-Energy Facility
\n\u2022 The Role Landfills in Sustainability
\n\u2022 Focus on Food Waste
\n\u2022 \u201cOoh That Smell\u201d Landfill Odor Monitoring and Control
\n\u2022 Become A Resident Rate Consultant in Your Agency
\n\u2022 \u0007Taking Charge of Efficient Electric Vehicle (EV) Battery Management
\n\u2022 \u0007New Policies and Programs Impacting Landfill Methane Reduction and Avoidance
\n\u2022 Talking Trash with The Community\u2014A Variety of Strategies!
\n\u2022 \u0007Making Your Leachate Discharge Concerns Evaporate into Thin Air
\n\u2022 \u0007What You Need to Know about Grant Funding from the US EPA
\n\u2022 Automation through Artificial Intelligence
\n\u2022 \u0007Embracing New Technology\u2014A Path to Peril or Prosperity?
\n\u2022 \u0007Planning for Integrated Solid Waste Management in an Era of Unprecedented Change
\n\u2022 \u0007Optimizing Residential Collection Routes- Increasing Efficiency While Avoiding Chaos!
\n\u2022 Technology Innovations to the Problem of Wasted Food
\n\u2022 Landfill Planning and Design Optimization
\n\u2022 Cashing in on the E-RIN Pathway
\n\u2022 \u0007Worker Shortages Effecting Ability to Keep Up? Outsource for Fixed Cost Results and Stay Ahead
\n\u2022 \u0007PFAS in The Trash: The Hidden Impact of EPA\u2019s PFAS Actions on Solid Waste Management
\n\u2022 Small Site Development
\n\u2022 \u0007Trials, Tribulations, and Tabulations of Construction and Demolition Waste in Music City, U.S.A.
\n\u2022 \u0007States Leading in Environmental Justice: What to Know about Impacts to the Solid Waste Industry
\n\u2022 Moving Past the Pilot \u2013 Driving to Zero Emissions
\n\u2022 Landfills Starring as Renewable Energy Assets
\n\u2022 \u0007What to Do When Landfills Are No Longer Ecologically and Economically Viable?<\/p>\n