- Dates: April 22–26, 2019
- Location: Graduate Minneapolis
- Proceedings: Submit your proceedings through March 1
- Please continue to check back — website will be updated as more information becomes available
Waste to Worth brings together the nation’s best science on animal agriculture and the environment with:
- Innovative outreach
- Opportunities to meet and network with outstanding people
- Mix with multidisciplinary specialists in a collaborative atmosphere
This is a winning recipe for turning waste into worth!
Location
The conference will be held at the Graduate Minneapolis, 615 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, on the University of Minnesota’s East Bank campus.
Parking
The University of Minnesota is an urban campus. There is public parking on campus for a charge, but space is limited. Please visit the Parking and Transportation website for public parking maps and information.
Accommodations
To reserve a sleeping room and receive the group block rate of $160 plus tax per night, please register one of the following ways:
1) Register online: Conference attendees
2) Register online: Government per diem-eligible attendees
Note: the hotel will ask for proof of government per diem rate eligibility at time of check-in.
3) Call the hotel at 612-379-8888, press 1 for reservations, and ask for the Waste to Worth 2019 group rate.
Guests have until Monday, April 1, 2019, (or the block sells out) to reserve a room under the group block. Reservations after this date will be accepted on a space-and-rate-available basis.
We encourage you to take advantage of the group block rate and make your room reservations early!
Planning Committee
Erin Cortus, University of Minnesota, ecortus@umn.edu
Kevin Janni, University Of Minnesota, kjanni@umn.edu
Mary Keena, North Dakota State University, mary.keena@ndsu.edu
Teng Lim, University of Missouri, limt@missouri.edu
Leslie Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, leslie.johnson@unl.edu
Robb Meinen, Penn State Extension, rjm134@psu.edu
Becky Larson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, rebecca.larson@wisc.edu
Joe Harrison, Washington State University, jhharrison@wsu.edu
Jeff Porter, Natural Resources Conservation Service, jeffrey.porter@gnb.usda.gov
Lide Chen, University of Idaho, lchen@uidaho.edu,
Melissa Wilson, University of Minnesota, wilso984@umn.edu
Rick Stowell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, richard.stowell@unl.edu
Kristi Fischer, University of Minnesota, fisch475@umn.edu
Shafiqur Rahman, North Dakota State University, s.rahman@ndsu.edu
Leif Fixen, The Nature Conservency, leif.fixen@tnc.org
Erica Rogers, Michigan State university, roger392@msu.edu
Rick Koelsch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, rkoelsch1@unl.edu
Abby O'Keefe, University of Minnesota, aokeefe@umn.edu
Chryseis Modderman, University of Minnesota, cmodderm@umn.edu
Sandy Means, Natural Resources Conservation Service, sandy.means@gnb.usda.gov
Nichole Embertson, Whatcom Conservation District, nembertson@whatcomcd.org
Tommy Bass, Montana State University, tmbass@montana.edu
Suresh Niraula, University of Minnesota, sniraula@umn.edu
Megan Webb, University of Minnesota, mwebb@umn.edu
Paul Engels, University of Minnesota, enge0410@umn.edu
Contact Us
General Information Questions
612-625-2765 | ccapsconf5@umn.edu
Registration Questions
612-625-2900 | ccapsreg@umn.edu