2023 Corporate Growth Conference Presentations
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| Thursday, November 16, 2023 | |
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| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Opening Keynote: An Executive Discussion Our always popular opening session will feature industry pioneer, Ron Mittelstaedt, President & CEO of Waste Connections. Ron will visit with Effram Kaplan of Brown, Gibbons, Lang & Company and will share insights gathered during his years of experience building Waste Connections and serving the environmental services industry. Speaker: Effram Kaplan, Managing Director & Principal, Brown Gibbons Lang & Company Speaker: Ron Mittelstaedt, President and Chief Executive Officer, Waste Connections |
| 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM | M&A Report An in-depth look at activity and valuations over the past year. Moderator: Leon Vayntraub, Director, Raymond James Speaker: Tyler Brown, Managing Director, Equity Research, Raymond James |
| 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Sustainability, And What It Means To The Environmental Services Industry An in-depth presentation covering sustainability, consumer behavior, consumer brands, political pollutants, hazardous waste, EPR, environmental justice and greenwashing. A true short course in how these issues are impacting and will impact operators across the environmental services industry. Speaker: Bill Moore, President, Moore & Associates Speaker: Maite Quinn, President, Recolab |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Landfill Valuation This session will look at greenfield development and established sites to examine how they are developed, how they are valued and what the challenges are in operating these facilities. Moderator: Jeff Palutis, Vice President Post Collections and Landfill Operations, Casella Waste Speaker: Michael Castellarin, Managing Director, Clairvest Group, Inc. Speaker: Jeff Kendall, Managing Partner, Laurel Mountain Partners Speaker: Mike Grillo, Eastern Region Manager, Business Development, Waste Connections Speaker: Joe Cassin, VP of Business Development, WM |
| 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM | Market Impact: Diversion, RNG And Recycling RNG credits, waste diversion and a change in the business model around recycling have permanently altered the environmental services industry. This unique discussion will focus on how this changes the value-building model. Speaker: Michael E. Hoffman, Managing Director, Stifel |
| 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM | Market Impact: Innovation And Technology A look at how technology and its innovative application are altering environmental service company operations. Moderator: Michael Castellarin, Managing Director, Clairvest Group, Inc. Speaker: Eric Miller, Co-Founder, Eagle River Capital Speaker: Jimmy Winters, President & CEO, Winters Brothers Waste Systems Speaker: Frank M. Antonacci, Chief Operating Officer, USA Waste & Recycling Speaker: Kish Rajan, CEO, Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Driving Organic Growth And Value Creation Over the years operators have leveraged different approaches to create value for their business. This unique session shares the thinking of some of the industry's best entrepreneurs. Moderator: Joe Ursuy, Executive Vice President, National Businesses, Comerica Bank Speaker: Dominick Mazza, Executive Vice President, Mazza Recycling Speaker: Charles Appleby, Chairman, Integrated Waste Solutions Group Speaker: Jason Haus, CEO, Dem-Con Companies, LLC Speaker: Gabriel Rio, President and Chief Executive Officer, Milestone Environmental Services, LLC |