The Source Reduction Summit takes place June 3–4, 2026, with an optional informal reception on June 2 for attendees arriving early.

June 3 & 4 are the primary program days, while June 2 (“Day 0”) is an optional evening

You’ll need to check in each day ahead of program start at 9 am.

Attendees are responsible for booking their own travel and lodging.

We’ve secured special event prices (~$120 + tax) available for standard rooms at the following properties on a first-come, first-serve basis. When booking, please note you are part of the RTI room block.

You’ll need to check in each day ahead of program start at 9 am.

The Source Reduction Summit is a working forum for the teams responsible for SB54 Individual Source Reduction Plans - designed to help you save time, avoid spinning your wheels, and bring the right partners into the room.

Producers, suppliers, converters, PRO leadership and technical experts convene together so all parts of the value chain needed to build both compliant and implementable plans are at the table.

You will leave with:

• A much clearer understanding of how SB₅₄’s source‑reduction requirements apply to your portfolio

• A shared internal view of whic source‑reduction pathways (reuse, elimination, right‑sizing, material changes, PCR) are most realistic for your company to explore

• A more realistic sense of sequencing and timing—what can be piloted quickly, what requires deeper supply‑chain changes or capital decisions, and where you may need to monitor evolving guidance.

Virtual learning exchanges with producers & experts are essential for understanding rules and timelines, but they rarely put your internal team and the broader ecosystem in the same room for sustained, structured learning. Over two days, the Summit
compresses months of fragmented touchpoints into:

• High‑density exposure to leading experts on SB₅₄, source reduction, packaging design, and implementation.

• Structured opportunities to hear how other producers and supply‑chain actors are thinking about similar challenges.

• Focused time to identify the key decisions, dependencies, and questions your team needs to work through after the Summit.

Instead of piecemeal input over many months, your team gets concentrated, context‑rich guidance it can immediately use to shape internal work.

The Summit helps the value chain share an understanding of 5 source reduction pathways outlined in PRO guidance for Individual Source Reduction Plans: Reuse & Refill; Elimination; Right-Sizing,Light-weighting & bulk format; Material Substitution; and PCR Increase.

Building on this foundational understanding, participants will deep-dive into assumptions & scenarios for each pathway to help teams understand what is viable for their unique portfolio.

Both. Early sessions create a shared foundation for teams that are just beginning their ISR planning. Later discussions and Q&A go deeper for teams that already have draft concepts or internal analyses and want to sharpen their questions, understand
trade‑offs, and stress‑test assumptions with the value chain & other experts.

The Summit is structured around smaller‑group discussions and Q&A blocks where you can explore portfolio‑specific scenarios and challenges within clear antitrust guardrails. These are complemented by briefings & debriefs. The aim is to give you enough space to make the content real for your own plan without sharing competitively sensitive information.

In short, it is where teams can “digest” official guidance with expert help and peer perspective.

Because companies that may compete with each other will be present, the Summit will operate under strict antitrust guardrails. Discussions will focus on:

• Regulatory expectations & PRO guidance resources

• Technical/implementation issues

• High‑level strategies and non‑competitive lessons learned

Participants will not be permitted to share or solicit competitively sensitive information (such as prices, margins, volumes, customer allocations, or supplier‑specific commercial tactics). Clear guidance will be provided, and facilitators and counsel will actively redirect any conversation that drifts toward sensitive topics.

The Summit will follow the Chatham House Rule: participants are free to use the information and insights they receive, but they may not attribute specific comments to individuals, companies, or organizations outside the meeting. This is intended to support candid discussion while protecting participants and encouraging honest,
practical exchange.

Polling and Q&A will be moderated and designed to stay within legal guardrails. Questions that trend toward competitively sensitive topics will be declined, reframed, or answered only in a generalized way. Polls will focus on anonymous, aggregated self-reflection on readiness levels and common obstacles - not on company‑specific commercial data.

External counsel will be present throughout the event and help ensure discussions remain within appropriate legal boundaries. If a conversation starts drifting into sensitive territory, facilitators or counsel will intervene, redirect, or close down that line of discussion, and participants will be reminded of the guidelines.

We recommend 2–4 attendees per producer, with a mix that reflects how your organization actually makes packaging and sourcing decisions.

A strong configuration is:

• Sustainability/EPR lead who owns SB 54 and broader packaging strategy.

• Packaging engineering or R&D lead with detailed format specification and performance knowledge.

• Legal/compliance lead tracking SB 54, PRO obligations, contracts, and related EPR developments.

• Supply chain or procurement lead who understands key supplier and converter relationships and can speak to feasibility, lead times, and commercial realities.

Leaders, technical managers, and client relations individuals from suppliers, converters, & co-packagers are also critical attendees.

Please note complimentary member tickets & pricing rules below.

The primary audience is the working‑level and cross‑functional leaders who will shape,
coordinate, and implement source‑reduction planning. Senior leaders are welcome—especially if they are sponsoring the work internally—but the content is built for those who manage day-to-day packaging, compliance, sourcing, and operational
decisions.

Yes. suppliers, converters, co‑packers, and external consultants are encouraged to attend, subject to capacity and the same confidentiality and antitrust safeguards as producers.

Yes. Participants can expect post‑event follow‑up that captures high‑level themes, recurring questions, and non‑attributed insights & data points from the Summit. Any materials shared will be designed to reinforce the learning and signal where many teams are focusing their attention, while complying with antitrust guardrails & respecting the Chatham House Rule.

The Summit is intended to serve as a deep‑dive within the broader EPR Readiness Circle and support ecosystem. It gives participants concentrated exposure to experts and peers, then creates a stronger foundation for ongoing readiness sessions and follow‑up conversations throughout the SB 54 (and other legislation) implementation timeline.