INTRODUCTION Waste

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
John Gormley TD, Minister for Environment,
Heritage & Local Government
John Gormley represents the Dublin South East
constituency for the Green Party, having been first elected
to the Dáil in June 1997.
Timo Mäkelä, Director, Sustainable
Development & Integration, DG Environment,
European Commission
In his role Mr Mäkelä is responsible for sustainable
development and economic analysis, sustainable
production and consumption – including waste
management, environmental research, science and
innovation policies as well as environmental policies for
the industry.
Mary Kelly, Director General,
Environmental Protection Agency
Ms Kelly previously worked with IBEC where she was
involved in policy development in the environmental area.
She was involved in setting up REPAK, the packaging
recycling initiative. She was also a member of Comhar
and the Advisory Committee of the EPA.
Laetitia Reynaud, Policy & Communications
Officer, European Federation of Waste
Management and Environmental Services
(FEAD)
FEAD is the European organisation which represents
national associations of waste management and
environmental services. Laetitia is responsible for FEAD
WG1: Waste Shipments, WG4: Biological Treatment,
WG6: Landfill, WG8: Legal aspects, competition and
public procurement as well as the Task Forces on the
Waste Framework Directive, Greenhouse Gas, Safety,
Quality Management and Statistics.
Dr. Dominic Hogg, Director, Eunomia
Research & Consulting, UK
Dr Dominic Hogg has an Honours Degree in Physics and
a PhD in Economics. He has developed an international
reputation for innovative thinking on issues of a technical
nature around waste strategy, economics and
procurement. He recently conducted a critical review of
Irish waste management policy and practice, and was
involved in work which led to the introduction of a landfill
tax in Ireland.
Michael Layde, Principal Officer,
Infrastructure & Regulation, Department of
Environment, Heritage & Local Government
Michael’s particular focus is on issues surrounding waste
management planning, infrastructure delivery and the
regulation of the waste management sector. His area of
responsibility also encompasses national policy on
dealing with illegal waste activity.
Phillip Ward, Director for Waste
Implementation Programmes, Waste
Resource & Action Programme (WRAP), UK
Phillip Ward has direct responsibility for waste
minimisation programmes, for advice to local authorities
on collection systems and for training. He joined WRAP
after 30 years in government, latterly as the Director of
Local Government Performance in the Office of the Deputy
Prime Minister.
David Fallon, Director of Services, Monaghan
County Council
David Fallon is Director of Services, Roads and
Environment, with Monaghan County Council. He
qualified with a Bachelor of Engineering degree from
University College Dublin in 1976. He holds post
graduate diplomas in Computers and Management from
Trinity College Dublin and an MA in Local Government
Management from the Institute of Public Administration.
Florian Amlinger, Director of Compost –
Consulting & Development & Vice President –
ECN/European Compost Network
Florian has been involved in development of source
segregation systems, composting and compost
application research since 1986. He has participated in
research on the process optimisation of organic waste
composting, the quality definition and best practice of
compost applications including the assessment of nutrition
value, nitrogen dynamic, the assessment of PTEs and
organic pollutants in composts of different origins and
greenhouse gas emissions from decentralised small scale
composting systems.
John Tierney, City Manager, Dublin City
Council
John Tierney began his local government career with North
Tipperary County Council in 1977. Prior to joining Dublin
City Council, he worked with eight different local
authorities including holding the position of Manager of
Galway City Council and Manager of Fingal County
Council.
Joe Schwager, MD, Juniper Consultancy
Services, UK
Joe Schwager is the founder and Managing Director of
Juniper, the world’s leading independent analyst of waste
technology solutions for waste management. Joe is an
expert on assessing the ‘bankability’ and risk factors that
determine commercial viability of waste management
including conventional solutions such as incineration and
more novel approaches such as MBT (mechanicalbiological-treatment).