Mega Session - Smart Trucks: New Collection Technologies Panelists: Calum Forsyth, Managing Director at Webaspx Chad Grecsek, MBA, LEED AP, Director of Recycling and Solid Waste Management for the City of Deerfield Beach Jason Gates, founder of Compology, a technology company specializing in building hardware and software for waste collection logistic Ken Beaver, Director of Business Development for Environmental Solutions Group Tony Romano, Vice President Business Development, Sonrai Systems Moderator: Don Ross, Vice Chair Collection & Transfer Technical Committee Director of Operations, Kessler Consulting, Inc. Thursday, August 27 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. ABSTRACT: The moderator will engage panelists in a conversation on the state of technology in the solid waste industry, current and future. Discussion topics will include: Purpose of technology. How does it help your customers? What information do I really need to know and what is the best format for it? Technology for the sake of technology; when is it too much? I have the latest stuff, now what? Integrating it into my operations. Planned obsolescence. Bleeding or leading edge; what helps me the most? In-cab technology – is it distracted driving, and does it further complicate the process? What is the right mix of technology and what am I trying to accomplish? What will we see in the next 5, 10, 20 years? See abstract and speaker bios: https://swana.org/Events/WASTECON/ConferenceProgram/2015/NewTechnologiesinSolidWasteCollection.aspx

• published: 02 Jul 2015
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