Overview
The 2025 SWANA Northern Lights Chapter Conference is coming to Winnipeg from June 11 to 13, 2025, with the theme: “Waste Management All-Stars”
Venue: Delta Hotels by Marriott Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3J2
Gear up and join us for three days of informative sessions, engaging networking events, hands-on training, facility tours, and opportunities to collaborate with others in the waste management field.
Here’s what to expect:
- Top-notch sessions led by industry experts
- Networking opportunities with professionals in the waste management field
- Fresh ideas and insights to enhance your skills
🎟️ Save the date! Registration details and the full program will be available soon.
Call for Presentations
If you have some exciting work going on or a project that has taught lessons that you would like to share, let us know and you may get the opportunity to join a prestigious group of presenters at the Conference!
Possible topics for presentations include:
- Safety
- Landfills
- Recycling
- Circular Economy
- EPR
- Insurance and Risk for Waste Management facilities
- Global Recycling Markets and Commodities
- Waste and Diversion presentations on Small and Remote Communities
- Indigenous teachings, experience, collaborations
- Collections – curbside community drop-off sites
- Collection Vehicles
- Composting
- Climate Change
- Climate Adaptation
- Managing and Motivating Staff
- Illegal Dumping
- Alternative Technology
The deadline for Submission of Abstracts is January 10, 2025.
Submission of Abstracts:
- Maximum abstract length is 300 words.
- Please include the title of the presentation and the names of the author(s) and presenter(s) with a brief presenter bio and full contact information.
- Abstracts should be submitted by email to:
Solid Waste Association of North America – Northern Lights Chapter
info@swananorthernlights.org
A discounted conference registration fee will be available for presenters of accepted papers.
Authors may submit more than one abstract, however the intent is to limit presenters to one topic.
Not all presentations will be accepted. The lead author will be notified by email if their presentation is accepted by February 21, 2025.
Student and academic presentations will be included in the conference. A student registration rate will be available.
Conference presentations may be included in the proceedings (posted on the SWANA NLC web site).
Authors may submit more than one abstract, however the intent is to limit presenters to one topic.
Not all presentations will be accepted. The lead author will be notified by email if their presentation is accepted by February 21, 2025.
Student and academic presentations will be included in the conference. A student registration rate will be available.
Conference presentations may be included in the proceedings (posted on the SWANA NLC web site).