PROGRAM
08:30 – 09:00
REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE BREAK
09:00 – 09:05
Main Congress Hall
RAFFLE DRAW #2
09:05 – 09:35
Main Congress Hall
Keynote Address #2
Justin Wood, VP and Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa, Alliance to End Plastic Waste (Singapore)
Catalyzing Impact: Building Solution Models for the Global Plastic Waste Challenge
As countries negotiate a global treaty on plastic pollution, policymakers are pushing for clarity on what solutions work, and how they can be funded. The Alliance to End Plastic Waste has a global portfolio of projects, designing waste collection systems in challenging locations, testing new sorting and recycling technologies, and demonstrating how the economics can work. In this keynote, the speaker will share successful case studies, as well as the obstacles faced, and the lessons learned.
09:35 – 10:30
Main Congress Hall
Panel Discussion #3
CEO Roundtable: The next billion tons!
Join the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for an insightful discussion with CEOs of global waste companies on how effective waste management, anchored on circular economy solutions, is helping to address climate and sustainability challenges. Learn about the evolving industry dynamics, from changing regulatory environment, emerging technologies to the role of the private sector and financing markets in shaping our response to the unprecedented growth in global waste volumes.
Moderator: Marième Travaly, Infrastructure and Natural Resources Regional Manager and Regional Industry Head, Middle East, Central Asia, Türkiye, Afghanistan and Pakistan, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
– Mazen Chebaklo, CEO, Averda (United Arab Emirates)
– Carlos Silva Filho, President, ISWA (Brazil)
– Louis De Poncheville, Senior VP – Waste Business Development, SUEZ (France)
– Özgür Umut EROĞLU, CEO, Biotrend (Türkiye)
– Aditya Handa, Founder & MD, Abellon Group (India)
10:30 – 10:50
COFFEE BREAK AT THE EXPO
MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS
10:50 – 12:50
Theme 1: Protecting human health & the quality of the environment
Session Chairperson:
Said Al Kamyani
Performance Engineer, be’ah
Theme 5: Promoting good governance & inclusion
Session Chairperson:
Essam Al Sharji
GM Corporate Affairs, be’ah
Theme 6: Occupational health & safety in the waste sector
Session Chairperson:
Ana Loureiro
Director of Marketing and Communication, EGF
Theme 4: New technologies adoption & sector transformation towards a circular economy
Session Chairperson:
Noor Hamdan
Senior Executive Energy Recovery, be’ah
ORYX ROOM 
DOLPHIN ROOM 
TURTLE ROOM 
CAMEL ROOM 
10:50 – 11:10
ORYX ROOM
Impact of Centralized Medical Waste Treatment Facility on Healthcare waste Management in the greater Accra Region of Ghana.
SenamTengey
General Manager, Medical Waste Services Limited (Ghana)
Co-author: Ernest Kusi
Director of Monitoring and Service Quality, Zoomlion Ghana LTD (Ghana)
DOLPHIN ROOM
Assessing the Applicability of SROI and IRIS+ Methodology in Measuring the Impact of Social Initiatives in Oman’s Waste Management Industry: A study of Effectiveness and Adaptability to Local Context.
Saba Al-Subhi
Environmental Policy & Data Management Executive, be’ah (Sultanate of Oman)
TURTLE ROOM
Enhancing health and safety of waste management operations using IoT.
Telmo Machado
Researcher and Project manager, LIPOR (Portugal)
CAMEL ROOM
Remote sensing as a monitoring strategy for aquatic litter.
Shungu Garaba
Research Scientist, University of Oldenburg (Germany)
11:10 – 11:30
ORYX ROOM
Household hazardous waste: Gauging the knowledge level and its implication for domestic handling and disposal practices
Gideon Sagoe
Research & Innovation Lead, Waste Landfills Company Limited (Ghana)
Co-Author: Peter Kwei Dagadu
General Manager, Waste Landfills Company Limited (Ghana)
DOLPHIN ROOM
TouMaLi – Towards a Sustainable Waste Management Concept in North African Tourism Industries.
Nour El Houda Chaher
Dr.Ing in Waste management & Circular Economy, University of Rostock (Germany)
TURTLE ROOM
When the Waste Sector doesn’t waste anything, not even a chance.
Ana Tenreiro
Senior RH Technician, Lipor (Portugal)
CAMEL ROOM
Municipal Solid Waste market in the GCC region with focus on Sharjah Waste-to-Energy Facility.
Aymeric Huignard
Business Development Director – Major projects, Veolia Middle East (United Arab Emirates)
Co-author: Victor Monet
Project Director – Business Development, Veolia Middle East (United Arab Emirates)
11:30 -11:50
ORYX ROOM
Drivers of individuals’ littering behaviour in public spaces in the greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana.
Rebecca Yandam
Senior Research Officer, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (Ghana)
DOLPHIN ROOM
Strengthening Municipal Solid Waste Management Plans by incorporating waste monitoring systems at beaches. The Costa Rican case.
Gabriela Roman Mendez
Project Manager, CEGESTI (Costa Rica)
TURTLE ROOM
A Science Mapping Approach Based Review of Demolition Safety Management Research from 2011 to 2022.
Dilipkumar Arvindkumar
Associate Professor, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat (India)
CAMEL ROOM
A mobile app for circular economy objectives or how to reduce illegal waste disposal.
László Uhri
Senior Government Adviser, Ministry of Energy (Hungary)
11:50 – 12:10
ORYX ROOM
Redemption of Landfills – how to handle leachate.
Frank Natau
Business Development, WEHRLE – WERK AG (Germany)
DOLPHIN ROOM
ISWA Plastic Treaty Task Force – Key elements to beat plastic pollution and joint action towards a sound international instrument
We are now at a transcendental moment with solid opportunities for capitalising on the political will to take decisive action for ending plastic pollution. Currently, member states of the United Nations are in the process of negotiating a legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution by the end of 2024. ISWA has recognised the importance of giving sound technical input to the treaty negotiations while bringing waste and resource management to the main agenda. We have also worked on establishing collaboration with other stakeholders, mobilizing ISWA members, and communicating and sharing knowledge. In this session, we will discuss in a dynamic panel with task force members and key partners, the development of this process and how the waste and resources sector can play a key role as an enabler and facilitator of all the objectives of the treaty. Also, we will touch on the way forward and how this process can impact practices, businesses, governments, and communities facing plastic pollution.
Moderator: Nancy Strand
ISWA Plastic Treaty Task Force Chair, Avfall Norge (Norway)
Carlos Silva Filho – ISWA’s President
Justin Wood – VP and Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa, Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Kgauta Mokoena, Chief Director: Chemicals and Waste Policy Specialist Monitoring Services, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) (South Africa)
Novrizal Tahar (TBC), Director, Solid Waste Management, Ministry of Forestry and Environment (KLHK) (Indonesia)
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TURTLE ROOM
ISWA Working Group on Healthcare Waste
Sustainability in the Healthcare Waste Industry – Regional and Onsite Treatment Approaches
The COVID pandemic brought to light the shortcomings of treatment capacity in many locations around the globe. There is renewed interest in implementing better waste management practices as well as treatment systems. What works best is a matter of local context. Regional or onsite processing. Both have their place in the healthcare waste management system. We will hear perspectives on this topic from a regional processing operator as well as an onsite operator.
CAMEL ROOM
Thermal Hydrolysis Solution for efficient Valorisation of compostable packing in Anaerobic digestion.
Laura Stone
Business Development Manager, Econward Tech (Spain)
12:10 – 12:30
ORYX ROOM
Estimation of Macro-plastic in Al Seeb beach in Muscat Governorate
Noor Al-Hinai
Environmental Biologist (Sultanate of Oman)
Co-author: Zamzam Al-Lamki
Environmental Biology Graduate, Sultan Qaboos University (Sultanate of Oman)
DOLPHIN ROOM
Plastic Treaty Task Force (Continued)
TURTLE ROOM
ISWA Working Group on Healthcare Waste (Continued)
CAMEL ROOM
A Circular and Nanotechnology-based Approach for Upcycling Polyurethane Foam Waste from Mattresses and Beyond.
Tanujjal Bora
Director, Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology, Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand)
12:30 – 12:50
ORYX ROOM
Engineering X Safer End of Engineered Life Champions – A safe future for e waste.
Dr. Amrit Chandan
CEO & Co-Founder, Aceleron (UK, East Africa, India, Caribbean)
Dr. Deepali Sinha Khetriwal
Co-Founder, E[co]work (India)
Kannika Khwamsawat
Researcher, Centre of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management (Thailand)
DOLPHIN ROOM
Plastic Treaty Task Force (Continued)
TURTLE ROOM
Theme 5: Promoting good governance & inclusion
Improving Municipal Waste Management – a critical priority for sustainability
Tony Clark
CEO, Avfall Sverige (Sweden)
Co-author: Weine Wiqvist
Senior Advisor at Avfall Sverige – Swedish Waste Management (Sweden)
CAMEL ROOM
Adopting digital technologies and artificial intelligence towards a more efficient and sustainable household waste management.
Piet Coopman
Coordinator, Interafval (Belgium)
Co-author: Els van Doesburg
Vice mayor of Antwerp (Belgium)
12:50 – 13:50
LUNCH BREAK (Atrium)
AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS
13:50 – 15:50
Theme 1: Protecting human health & the quality of the environment
Session Chairperson:
Yousuf Al Kharusi
Waste Stream Operation Engineer, be’ah
Theme 2: Mitigating climate change
Session Chairperson:
Mary Tawfiq
Energy Recovery Executive, be’ah
Theme 3: Driving resource efficiency & the circular economy
Session Chairperson:
Husam Al Rawahi
Communication Executive, be’ah
Theme 4: New technologies adoption & sector transformation towards a circular economy
Session Chairperson:
Ahmed Al-Jabri
Energy Recovery Executive, be’ah
ORYX ROOM
DOLPHIN ROOM
TURTLE ROOM
CAMEL ROOM
13:50 – 14:10
ORYX ROOM
Trashing the Old Ways: How the Arabian Peninsula Fast-Tracks Sustainable Solid Waste Management Practices.
Dr. Jovana Husemann
Business Development Management, Naue Group (Germany)
DOLPHIN ROOM
From Data to Action: Improving Waste Sector Methane Data in Latin America Through The Waste Methane Assessment Platform (Waste MAP).
Alfredo Miranda-González
Deputy Director for International Methane, Clean Air Task Force (USA)
Co-author: Kait Siegel
Waste Sector Manager, MPP, Clean Air Task Force (USA)
TURTLE ROOM
Is repair and reuse sustainable? A Life Cycle Assessment of e-waste.
Tania Pinto
Project Manager, LIPOR (Portugal)
CAMEL ROOM
Innovative Technology for a Circular Economy – Using Organic Waste to Power Cold Storage Systems to Reduce Food Waste.
David Cooley
Abt Associates (USA)
14:10 – 14:30
ORYX ROOM
Solid Waste, an overlooked piece of the antimicrobial resistance puzzle.
Sushant Daga
Senior Associate, Mott MacDonald Limited (United Kingdom)
DOLPHIN ROOM
Small Solutions, Big Impacts: LIPOR’s Sustainable Green Area Project tackling Climate Change.
Juliano Ferreira
Green Areas Manager, Lipor (Portugal)
TURTLE ROOM
Towards a Sustainable Future: An Integrated Waste-to-Energy Approach for Net-Zero Emissions.
Khadija Al-Balushi
Research & Teaching Assistant, GUtech (Sultanate of Oman)
CAMEL ROOM
Unlocking Sustainability in the Metaverse: The Circular Economy’s Vision for Waste Management.
Dr. Antonis Zorpas
Associate Professor, Open University of Cyprus (Cyprus)
Co-Author: Iliana Papamichael
Researcher, Open University of Cyprus (Cyprus)
14:30 – 14:50
ORYX ROOM
Policy Guidance on Managing Riverine Plastic Waste in the Danube River Basin.
Gergely Hankó
Managing Director, Hungarian Association of Environmental Enterprises (Hungary)
DOLPHIN ROOM
Focus Session – Open burning of waste
Creating the enabling conditions for eliminating open burning of waste through regional roadmaps and city pilots (UN Habitat, RA Eng, Practical action, ISWA, IGES)
More than 2 billion people worldwide have no access to waste management systems and suffer significant morbidity from the 90% of waste that is dumped or burned in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The burning of municipal solid waste is a major contributor to global air pollution, emitting greenhouse gases and short-lived climate pollutants that infiltrate the air, ground, and water sources. This causes toxic health effects – such as respiratory infections, immune disorders, and reproductive abnormalities – for the people living and working close to waste burning.
Despite its catastrophic impact on health and environment, open burning of municipal solid waste (MSW) has been widely neglected, by funders and governments who lack tools and capacities to take action. Awareness of its impact is low at all levels.
This session will present a Climate and Clean Air Coalition funded 2-year project consisting of partners Engineering X, ISWA, IGES, Practical Action, and UN-Habitat who are working to develop regional roadmaps for Latin America, Africa and Asia, contextualised in city pilots, to pave the way for action and end open burning of waste. Speakers will include experts from the organisations and voices from Engineering X projects working on the ground to end open burning.
Moderator: Hazel Ingham, Senior Programme Manager, Engineering X
Sandra Mazo-Nix, Programme Manager – Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) expert, Climate and Clean Air Coalition
Miho Hayashi, Programme Manager, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Aditi Ramola, Technical Director, ISWA
Shiza Aslam, Engineering X open burning grant awardee
TURTLE ROOM
Innovation at Brazilian EPR systems for packaging: the promise of the “logistic reverse credits”.
Prof. Flávio Ribeiro,
Universidade Catolica de Santos “Unisantos” (Brazil)
CAMEL ROOM
Unlocking CO2e reduction through onsite treatment of biohazardous waste
Paul Coyne
VP, Business Development (Industries), Envetec Sustainable Technologies (Ireland)
14:50 – 15:10
ORYX ROOM
Theme 4: New technologies adoption & sector transformation towards a circular economy
Focus Session: Circular and Low Carbon Cities (CALC) Project
Circularity in Muscat — Results of applying the CALC indicators (60 mins Session)
In 2023, be’ah and CALC project staff have been benchmarking circularity In Muscat. This session shares the methodology including the climate impacts.
DOLPHIN ROOM
Focus Session – Open burning of waste (Continued)
TURTLE ROOM
Quantifying and Managing Waste Cigarette Butts: A Case Study in the Republic of Croatia.
Prof. Aleksandra Anic Vucinic
President of the Croatian Waste Management Association, University of Zagreb Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering (Croatia)
CAMEL ROOM
A tokenized voluntary recycling credit market.
Hani Tohme
Managing Director and Head of Sustainability, Roland Berger MENA (United Arab Emirates)
Co-author: Pierre Samaties
Partner and Head of Web3/ Digital Assets global, Roland Berger MENA (United Arab Emirates)
15:10 – 15:30
ORYX ROOM
Focus Session: Circular and Low Carbon Cities (CALC) Project (Continued)
DOLPHIN ROOM
Women of Waste Task Force
Women, Waste, and Climate: Unlocking Women’s Potential to tackle the triple planetary crisis and a Gender-Just Transition
This session will showcase the role, obstacles, and opportunities for women in the waste management sector to tackle the triple planetary crisis; climate change, plastic pollution and biodiversity loss through a gender-just transition to a circular economy. The session will explore women’s contributions and untapped potential as informal workers, entrepreneurs, leaders, and professionals. Through presentations and a panel of international speakers, we will explore policies, capacity-building programs, research, and other avenues for affecting a gender-just transition – one that incorporates the accountability structures needed to ensure women’s rights are protected and promoted; amplifies women’s power as change agents; and recognizes women’s unique knowledge and skills.
Finally, the Task Force will announce the publication of its 2nd Global Survey and partnership with USAID CCBO, GRID-Arendal and WIEGO.
Moderator: Georgina Nitzsche, ISWA Women of Waste Task Force Coordinator (UK/Austria)
Shiza Aslam, Circular Plastic Institute, Karachi School of Business and Leadership (Pakistan)
Maria Tsakona, Senior Expert, Waste and Marine Litter , GRID Arendal, WOW! Task Force Leader (Greece)
Delila Khaled, Principal, impaXus, Engineering X SEEL Champion, Royal Academy of Engineering, WOW! Expert & Advisor (US/Egypt)
TURTLE ROOM
Plastic Pollution to Sustainable Solution – A Step Towards Circular Economy
Prof. Sahadat Hossain
Director of Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability (SWIS) & Professor of Civil Engineering Department, The University of Texas at Arlington (USA)
CAMEL ROOM
Focus Session
CCAC in Action to Reduce Methane Emissions from the Waste Sector.
Anja Schwetje
Scientific Officer, German Environment Agency (UBA) (Germany)
Åsa Bergérus Rensvik
Policy Officer, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Swedish EPA) (Sweden)
Sandra Mazo-Nix
Programme Manager, CCAC (France)
Atilio Savino
Representative ISWA LAC Regional Chapter/ CECC LAC (TBC) (Argentina)
15:30 – 15:50
ORYX ROOM
Focus Session: Circular and Low Carbon Cities (CALC) Project (Continued)
DOLPHIN ROOM
Women of Waste Task Force (Continued)
TURTLE ROOM
Identifying Opportunities to Remediate Dumpsites and Improve Waste Management in Developing Countries.
Dr. Amani Maalouf
Senior Research Associate leading the Waste Management research, University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
CAMEL ROOM
Focus Session CCAC (Continued)
15:50 – 16:10
COFFEE BREAK AT THE EXPO
16:10 – 17:00
Main Congress Hall
Panel Discussion #4
Net-Zero Industry Leadership: Charting a Sustainable Course for a Greener Future
Amid the global call for Net-Zero commitments, industries stand at the forefront of catalyzing meaningful change. The panel session on “Net-Zero Industry Leadership: Charting a Sustainable Course for a Greener Future” will illuminate the strategies and initiatives that industry leaders are undertaking to navigate a path towards Net-Zero emissions. This session will delve into how industry leadership across diverse sectors, including manufacturing, technology, energy, and more, is prioritizing Net-Zero goals to align business growth with environmental stewardship. The panelists will share insights into the challenges they tackle and the opportunities they seize to foster sustainable practices, minimize carbon footprints, and advance the circular economy. Despite commitment to net-zero goals, the world remains a long way off the required path. Where are the gaps where business is not matching its rhetoric with reality?
Moderator: Dr. Simon Baptist, Global Chief Economist, The Economist Intelligence Unit (Singapore)
– Hani Tohme, Managing Director and Head of Sustainability, Roland Berger MENA (United Arab Emirates)
– Karan Khimji, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, 44.01 (Sultanate of Oman)
– Masood Mallick, Chief Executive Officer, Re Sustainability Limited (India)
– Nasser Mohammed Al-Rizeiqi, Technical Support at Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Department, Ministry of Energy and Minerals (Sultanate of Oman)
17:00 – 17:10
Main Congress Hall
RAFFLE DRAW #3
19:00 – 21:30
GALA DINNER AND ISWA AWARDS CEREMONY
(Al MOUJ GOLF WATERSIDE – OUTDOORS)