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Invited Speeches, Talks, and Outreach

The EcoComplex team welcomes the opportunity to speak at conferences, public events and classes to provide and share our knowledge in the areas of clean energy innovations, climate change mitigation, waste reutilization technologies and overall sustainability related topics. Examples of our presentations include:

  • Guran, S., “Few Nexus and Circular Carbon Economy for Sustainable Agriculture”, Lectures at: Agricultural University of Athens, Greece, December 10, 2019
  • University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece, December 11, 2019 
  • Perrotis College, American Farm School, Thessaloniki, Greece, December 12, 2019
  • Department of Agronomy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, December 13, 2019.
  • Guran, S., “Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Plastics”, Invited Keynote Speech at Farm Plastics Event, Athens, Greece, December 9 , 2019.
  • Guran, S., “Food-Energy-Water and Waste Nexus In Achieving Circular Urban Development for a Sustainable Future (CUDSF), AIChE Sustainability Institute, FEW Nexus Conference, NYIT ,NY December 5-6, 2019.
  • Guran, S., “Integrating Organic Waste &Landfilling Practices into Circular Carbon Economy to Mitigate Climate Change”, EPA Webinar Lecture, National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, NPPR F&B Workgroup, November 6, 2019.
  • Integrating Waste into Circular Carbon Economy to Mitigate Climate Change” Key Note Speech, International Energy & Sustainability Conference 2019, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, NY., October 17-18, 2019.
  • Guran, S., “Integrating Organic Waste into Circular Carbon Economy to Mitigate Climate Change”, New Jersey Organics Waste Management Summit, October 1, 2019.
  • Guran, S., “How to Integrate Landfilling Practice into Circular Carbon Economy?” MABEX 201 Conference, Baltimore, MD, September 17-18, 2019.
  • Guran, S., “Integrating Waste into Circular Carbon Economy & Mitigating Climate Change” Lecture at University of Maryland Eastern Shore, May 9, 2019.
  • Guran, S., “Options to Integrate Plastic Waste into Circular Carbon Economy”, SWANA New Jersey, 2019 Spring Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, April 11-12, 2019.
  • Guran, S., “Plastic Waste as a Feedstock for Circular Carbon Economy”, Impacts of Microplastics in the Urban Environment Conference” Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ March 28-29, 2019.
  • Guran, S., “Integrating Plastic Waste into Circular Carbon Economy” , 34TH International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Annapolis, MD., March 31-April 3rd, 2019.
  • Guran, S., “How to Close the Loop for Food Waste in New Jersey”. Public Speaking City Westfield, January 31, 2019.
  • Guran, S., “New Jersey’s Organic Waste Solutions and Approaches”, MABEX Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 12, 2018
  • Guran, S., Integrating Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus and Farming to Improve Sustainable Agriculture Outcomes, Lecture, StoneBarn Farm, NY, June 7, 2018.
  • Guran, S., Specca, D., Brennan-Tonetta, M., “Integrating  “Organic Waste-to-Energy” Approach into “Food-Energy-Water “Nexus to Mitigate Climate Change” 7th International Energy & Sustainability Conference 2018, Cologne, Germany,  May 17-20, 2018.
  • Guran, S., “Integrating Organic Waste into FEW Nexus &Creation of Closed-Loop Systems” Delaware State University Lecture, April 5, 2018.
  • Guran, S., Circular Economy Programs in USA -Waste Management & Circular Economy, the 33rd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology & Management, Annapolis, March 11-14, 2018
  • Guran, S., Specca, D., Brennan-Tonetta, M., “Assessment of Food Waste: A Pathway for GHG Reductions in New Jersey,” The 33rd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology & Management, Annapolis, March 11-14, 2018.
  • Guran, S., Specca, D., Dalton, C., Altiok, S., Brennan-Tonetta-M., Integrating Food-Energy-Water Nexus and Organic Farming to Achieve Sustainable Agriculture, NOFA, 2018 Organic Farming Research Conference, January 26, 2018.
  • Guran, S., “Innovative Approaches to Achieving FEW Nexus Goals that Influence Near-Term & Long-Term Decision Making”, AIChE 2017 Meeting, Sustainable Engineering Forum, the Food-Energy-Water Section, October 30, 2017
  • Guran, S., Mersky, R., Specca, D., Brennan-Tonetta, M., New Approaches for Solid Waste Management to Maximize Organic Waste Reutilization”, 7th Int. Conf. on Solid Waste Management, December 15-17, 2017, Hyderabad, India
  • Brennan-Tonetta, M., Guran, S., Specca, D., Cowan, B., Sipos, C., Melillo, J., “Assessment of Biomass Energy Potential in New Jersey: A model for Evaluating Opportunities for Bioenergy Production and Informing Public Policy”, International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy
  • Research Conference, Ravello, Italy, July 26-29,2016.
  • Guran, S., “Biofuels and Bioenergy from Sustainable Biomass”, BIOENERGY 2013,     Nanjing, China, April, 25-27, 2013.