27 Feb Reuse Experts & Enthusiasts – Share your knowledge!

Are you a reuse-based practitioner? Advocate? Researcher? Designer? Academic? Student? Regulator or Policymaker?

Just in from Austin Resource Recovery and Austin's Economic Development department is a call for proposals for Reuse Alliance’s ReuseConex conference and expo. The reuse community is invited to submit presenter applications ASAP, deadline is Monday March 3rd at midnight. The 2014 theme is “Innovate. Transform. Sustain.” and will serve as a collaborative platform to share initiatives, transformative ideas, research, policy and models to scale programming. Chosen speakers will receive deeply discounted registration and all applicants will receive a $25 discount off their registration. 

• Adaptive Reuse, Building Materials Reuse, Deconstruction & Salvage 
• Behavior Change (changing our relationships with “stuff”) 
• Collaborative Consumption/Sharing Economy (access vs. ownership) 
• Community Activism and Reuse 
• Connection between Reuse and Climate Change (GHG mitigation, & Energy Conservation, Waste Characterization Studies) 
• Cooperative Marketing Campaigns 
• Corporate Reuse Programs 
• Creative Reuse, Upcycling & Repurposing (connecting reclaimed materials with the artistic community) 
• Cross-Cultural Reuse (How do other cultures engage in reuse?) 
• Designing for Reuse (Durables, Refurbishing & Remanufacturing)
• Economics of Reuse & Workforce Development 
• Incorporating Reuse into municipal Zero Waste Plans 
• Industrial Reuse (managing high-volume industrial materials) 
• Low-flying heroes of reuse (small-volume, high-economic impact reuse) 
• Making Events Green with Reusables
• Non-Material Reuse Innovations (water reuse, beneficial reuse technologies, etc) 
• Repair, Refurbish & Remanufacturing (Repair Clinics, Remanufacturers, etc) 
• Reuse and waste management policy, regulation & planning 
• Reuse in Environmental Education 
• Reuse Sector best practices 
• School/University Reuse Programs 
• Social Media & Crowd funding for Reuse Initiatives 
• Technology & Reuse 
• More

Application Notes & Instructions: 

• The abstract should provide sufficient detail to show that the submission contains significant results of a program, a research study, or policy analysis. Abstracts describing plans for future work or for the sales of a product or service will not be accepted. 
• Final decisions regarding presentations will be made by the conference programming committee. 
• Speakers should be willing to provide us with authorization to place the presentations in the online conference proceedings. 
• Abstracts must be submitted online, by on March 3, 2014 (midnight EST). 
• For additional information go to the ReuseConex website. 
• All presenters will be required to register for the conference, albeit at a deeply discounted registration rate. 
• All presenters are asked to review and comply with the ReuseConex Presenter Guidelines, as part of the abstract submission process.
• Apply online

ReuseConex is the perfect opportunity to reach key industry decision makers through sponsorship and exhibition offerings. Sponsorships start at $500 and include a booth at the Reuse Expo, ads in the conference program, registration and meals. Request a sponsorship prospectus for more information and secure your spot.