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Sustainable Oregon 2026 Agenda

Agenda

Please note this is a draft agenda and is subject to change.

Monday, 6/22

Time Session/Activity Room Sponsored By
7:00am-8:00am Exhibitor Set-Up    
8:00am-9:00am Registration Open & Tour Check-In    
9:00am-12:00pm TSWAN Annual Meeting    
10:00am-11:00am BIPOC Affinity and Ally Meeting    
11:00am-12:00pm LGTBA+ Affinity and Ally Meeting    
12:30pm-2:00pm WELCOME & OPENING PLENARY: Recycling Modernization Act: First Year Implementation Update    
2:00pm-5:00pm TOUR 1: Lane County Landfill, Quamish Prairie, and Rexius    
2:00pm-5:00pm TOUR 2: Mecca, BRING, and University of Oregon Sustainability    
2:00pm-5:00pm TOUR 3: TBD    
5:00pm-7:00pm Meet the AOR Board Candidates/Reception/Dinner    
7:00pm-8:00pm After Hours Fun: Jeopardy, Trivia, and Brewery    

Tuesday, 6/23

Time Session/Activity Room Sponsored By
7:00am-8:00am 5K Run    
8:00am-9:00am Breakfast    
9:00am-10:00am PLENARY: The Next Generation: Young Voices in Recycling    
10:00am-10:15am Networking Break    
10:15am-11:15am CONCURRENT SESSION: Reuse Lightning Round    
10:15am-11:15am CONCURRENT SESSION: Multi-Family Panel    
11:15am-11:30am Networking Break    
11:30am-12:30pm CONCURRENT SESSION: Reuse Roundtables    
11:30am-12:30pm CONCURRENT SESSION: Organics Panel    
12:30pm-2:00pm Lunch    
2:00pm-3:00pm CONCURRENT SESSION: Snack Pack: Navigating the RMA as a National Food Producer    
2:00pm-3:00pm CONCURRENT SESSION: From Waste Streams to Climate Assets: The Oregon Circular Textile & Biochar Demonstration Network    
3:00pm-3:30pm Networking Break    
3:30pm-4:30pm CONCURRENT SESSION: TWAN Session    
3:30pm-4:30pm CONCURRENT SESSION: Putting EPR Dollars to Work    
4:30pm-5:30pm Sustainable Oregon Awards    
5:30pm-7:30pm Reception    
7:30pm-10:30pm CowFish    

Wednesday, 6/24

Time Session/Activity Room Sponsored By
8:00am-12:00pm Silent Auction Pickup    
8:00am-9:00am Breakfast    
9:00am-10:00am CONCURRENT SESSION: It's Not All Boring Trash: Designing Innovative, Collaborative, Climate-Focused Materials Management Programs    
9:00am-10:00am CONCURRENT SESSION: Beyond the Bin: Creative Ways to Teach Recycling    
10:00am-10:15am Networking Break    
10:15am-11:15am CONCURRENT SESSION: Looking North: Recycling Reform Through EPR Comes to Washington    
10:15am-11:15am CONCURRENT SESSION: Sharing Your Story: How to Work With Different Kinds of Media    
11:15am-11:30am Networking Break    
11:30am-12:30pm CLOSING PLENARY: Waste and Recycling in Oregon: A 50+ Year History of Policy and Date    

Thank You to Our Sustainable Oregon 2026 Sponsors

Title Sponsor

Scholarship Sponsor

Networking Sponsor