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One of the ways in which information about foundry sand is communicated to various audiences is through presentations at conferences, seminars and workshops. Representatives from AFS-FIRST, as well as other stakeholders, present in a variety of settings each year. This section of the website showcases many of those presentations, which often provide useful information that is not written up in technical papers accessible through literature reviews. Users are encouraged to contact individual presenters for more information about the foundry sand topic described. In some instances, foundry sand is discussed in the larger context of industrial materials reuse and recycling; individual conference presentations are singled out where relevant.
2008
Oct. – Nov., RMRC Foundry Sand Webinars, Madison, WI
The Recycled Materials Resource Center presented a series of six one-hour webinar sessions through the University of Wisconsin Continuing Professional Education office. The sessions were recorded and can be viewed either as interactive sessions or in the slide handout version.
http://www.recycledmaterials.org/materials/fs/webinars.asp
http://www.rmrc.unh.edu/features/FSwebinar.html
July, Foundry Sand Soils Forum, Columbus, Ohio 
Jointly sponsored by AFS, FIRST, US EPA, USDA, and the Ohio State University, the forum provided an overview of the various research projects undertaken through USDA’s Foundry Sand Initiative, as well as several case studies describing foundry sand usage in manufactured soils.
http://www.afsinc.org/content/view/990
April, Beneficial Use of Industrial Materials Summit, Denver, CO
The Beneficial Use Summits (originally the Byproducts Summits) are national meetings organized by U.S. EPA and other co-sponsors. The Summits bring together material generators, end users, and state and Federal regulators to learn about topics relevant to industrial material reuse and recycling.
http://www.industrialmaterialssummit.com/2008/2008agenda.html
Presentations relevant to foundry sand reuse:
2007
Oct., Foundry Sand in Infrastructure Applications, Chicago, OH
Jointly sponsored by FIRST, US EPA, and FHWA, this forum was the first effort to present technical information on the use of foundry sand in the most common construction applications.
http://www.afsinc.org/content/view/991
June, TRB ADC-60 Summer Workshop, Ft. Worth, TX
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is the nation’s largest forum for sharing research and information relating to all transportation topics. TRB functions through an extensive committee structure. The TRB ADC-60 committee is the primary committee focusing on reuse and recycling of industrial byproducts.
http://www.trb-adc60.org/downloads/E.%20Olenbush%20-%20Foundry_Sand.pdf
2006
Dec., Soils Overview Workshop, San Francisco, CA
This half-day seminar was jointly sponsored by US EPA and USDA and followed the 2006 Summit. It was intended to introduce state regulators to the fundamental concepts of soil science, as well as opportunities for byproducts to be used to ameliorate a variety of poor soil conditions in the United States.
Nov., Byproducts Beneficial Use Summit, San Francisco, CA
http://www.industrialmaterialssummit.com/2006/2006agenda.html#day
Presentations relevant to foundry sand:
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