Wednesday, August 29, 2007

WASTECON 2007 is no gamble...

We all know we will be winners attending this years WASTECON for various reasons, but what specifically is motivating you to attend? Maybe it is for the awesome exibition floor (who does not like big equipment and demonstrations?) or maybe it is for the largest-ever technical session certain to provide you with golden nuggets of information, or maybe the facility tours have captured your attention, or maybe it is for the social and networking opportunties you get with solid waste professionals just like yourself. These are just a few reasons, but I am curious what motivated you to hang with the solid waste high rollers this year.
See you around the bin, Jenna
P.S. I know you rolled your eyes at more gamling metaphors, but they are kind of fun to think up...

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Meet the Bloggers

The WASTECON 2007 Bloggers are all members of the SWANA community. We hope you will join in the conversation through your comments. If you would like to join us as a WASTECON Blogger, send a note to marketing@swana.org and let us know.

Jenna Jambeck
Jenna Jambeck, Ph.D., is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil/Environmental Engineering at the University of New Hampshire. She is free spirited and always dreams big, and she works hard to make her dreams come true. Jenna met her husband while working at the University of Florida Bioreactor Landfill Research Project, where they shared sunsets on top of the landfill. She is excited to be a blogger for WASTECON 2007.

Michelle Minstrell

Michelle Minstrell is a Project Manager at Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB). She has worked with Waste and Recycling in Washington State and North Carolina. Her experience ranges from transfer stations and landfills to special waste collections, construction wastes, and electronics, in both private and public capacities. She is a graduate of The Evergreen State College. She looks forward to blogging from the conference in real time about the conference happenings.

Serina Wilkins

Serina Wilkins is a Public Education Coordinator in the Benton County Solid Waste District in Arkansas. Before working for the Benton County Solid Waste District, she worked as a reporter and photographer for the Benton County Daily Record in Bentonville, Ark. She has a photojournalism degree from Arkansas State University. She looks forward to keeping you updated from WASTECON about WASTECON.