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SEPTEMBER 10-11, 2025

Wyndham Atlanta Buckhead Hotel
& Conference Center

Atlanta, GA

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Whether you're new to sustainability or a seasoned expert, our speakers, panels, and workshop will educate and inspire.

Our schedule is still in the planning stage – stay tuned for updates!

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Registration Hours:

8:00AM – 6:00PM

8:45AM — 12:00PM

Greenhouse Gas Accounting Essentials: Key Methods for Measuring and Reducing Your Environmental Footprint

This session will introduce the fundamentals of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) accounting, focusing on essential methods for tracking, measuring and reporting emissions. Learn how to track scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, and translate these into reportable amounts consistent with key frameworks. These techniques can reveal actionable strategies for minimizing emissions across your organization and supply chain, while meeting regulatory requirements and advancing your climate goals. Ideal for sustainability professionals and organizations looking to strengthen their emission reporting and reduction strategies.

Presenter:

Robbie Moon, Thomas Williams-Wells Fargo Associate Professor & Area of Accounting, Georgia Institute of Technology

12:00PM — 1:00PM

Networking Lunch

1:30PM — 4:30PM

Mattress Recycling Council's Industry Workgroup on Circular Design

The Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) will host participants in the mattress value chain to discuss deconstruction challenges noted by mattress recyclers to improve the circularity of future mattress designs. This meeting will be relevant to product designers, foam suppliers, mattress manufacturers, and recyclers.

The purpose of the industry workgroup is to:

  • Discuss whether current materials and assembly techniques will pose recycling challenges when mattresses reach the end of consumer use
  • Inform materials suppliers, designers, and manufacturers about recycler deconstruction challenges and discuss how product design affects post-consumer materials management
  • Explore methods to improve the circularity of mattresses by reducing manufacturing waste and encouraging design and manufacturing practices that consider the recycling value of post-consumer mattress materials, while balancing product function and durability

This meeting is the continuation of several discussions about mattress circularity and recycling challenges. MRC’s objective in this meeting is to help mattress component suppliers, product designers, and mattress manufacturers take deconstruction challenges faced by mattress recyclers into account when developing and assembling products.

Presenters:

Ryan McMullan, Director, Sustainability Strategy, Lean Green Way Kate CaddyDirector, SustainabilityISPA

Sponsored by:
Mattress Recycling Council

5:30PM — 7:00PM

Welcome Reception

Mix and mingle with fellow conference attendees before you head out for dinner.

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Registration Hours:

7:00AM – 3:00PM

7:30AM — 8:30AM

Continental Breakfast

8:30AM — 9:15AM

Covestro’s Sustainability Journey

Learn about Covestro’s Sustainability Journey, including its vision to be fully circular and climate neutral.

Presenter:

Tim Thiel, Circular Economy  Manager, Covestro

9:15AM — 10:00AM

Driving Sustainability Forward in the Automotive Industry

Presenter:

Deborah Mielewski Title: Ford Motor Company Technical Fellow, Sustainability (retired)

10:00AM — 10:30AM

Break

10:30AM — 11:00AM

Sustainability Policy: ISPA Engagement in 2025 and Beyond

Presenter:

Alison A. Keane, President, ISPA & MRC

11:00AM — 11:45AM

Taking it All Apart: Mattress Recycler Panel and Mattress Disassembly Demonstration

11:45AM — 12:45PM

Networking Lunch

12:45PM — 1:30PM

Investing in Sustainability: Understanding Investor’s Priorities

1:30PM — 2:00PM

Circling Back: Key Insights from MRC’s 2025 Circular Design Workshop

Presenters:

Ryan McMullan, Director, Sustainability Strategy, Lean Green Way Kate CaddyDirector, SustainabilityISPA

2:00PM — 2:45PM

Coffee and Connections

Take an extended break to chat and collaborate with fellow attendees.

2:45PM — 3:30PM

Turning Returns into Opportunities

Presenter:

Nick Oettinger, CEO, The Furniture Recycling Group (TFR)

3:30PM — 4:00PM

The Next Frontier of Sustainability: Industry Strategies for a Resilient Future

ISPA, The Voice of the Mattress Industry

International Sleep Products Association
501 Wythe Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

SleepProducts.org

September 10-11, 2025

Marriott Atlanta Buckhead Hotel
& Conference Center
Atlanta, GA

 

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