Raymond Communications thanks the speakers, sponsors and attendees who participated in the 2007 Take it Back! Conference in Annapolis. Based on data from our attendee satifaction survey and other comments, the 2007 conference received very favorable reviews.

A Take it Back! Conference CD-ROM containing the final speaker presentations and other information will be shipped to all attendees and speakers in late March. If you registered for the conference but could not attend, you will also receive a CD-ROM.

Select pages of this Web site remain online for those of you learning about this unique conference only now but are interested in the subjects presented and the backgrounds of the speakers. The conference CD-ROM will be available for purchase beginning April 2. More information to follow.

Thanks again to everyone who helped make this year's conference a success. I look foward to seeing you at the 2008 Take it Back! Conference.

Regards,

Bruce Popka
Vice President
Raymond Communications, Inc.

Take it Back! is pleased to have Wal-Mart's Ross Farnsworth delivering Monday's keynote presentation. Mr. Farnsworth will be discussing sustainability initiatives by the world's largest retailer.

Eiko Risch of Ricoh Electronics will be discussing that corporation's zero waste to landfill success, which has yielded substantial savings to both Ricoh (REI) and their Green partners.

Sarah Westervelt, with the Basel Action Network, will show a video and present BAN's perspective on the growing e-waste problem.

Parker Brugge, Senior Director and Environmental Counsel for the Consumer Electronics Association, as agreed to join our panel discussion on e-waste regulation in the United States.

Leonard Robinson, Chief Deputy Director of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, will be discussing initial results of the "Take it Back Partnership," an electronics recycling initiative effecting 30 million Californians.

Ying-Ying Lai, a Senior Specialist at the Solid Waste Management Department of the Environmental Protection Administration, Republic of China, will flying for the Take it Back! Conference to discuss the "Current State of General Waste Source Reduction and Recycling in Taiwan. Learn what's going on directly from this knowledgeable source.