HPTA Annual Meeting
Monday, September 25 – Tuesday, September 26, 2023

You’re invited to join us for the HPTA Annual Meeting starting Monday, September 25 – Tuesday, September 26, 2023. The Annual Meeting will open with a welcome reception Monday evening at the Hilton Garden Inn in Boulder. The Membership Business meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 26 at the University of Colorado Boulder with updates on membership, legislative actions, a report from the science committee, followed by special guest speakers covering important topics on the humic trade industry. Tuesday night dinner details will follow. Guests are welcome to join us for the Monday reception and Tuesday dinner. 

HPTA Annual Meeting Registration

Register and pay online using the form on this page, or HPTA Annual Meeting 2023 Form and send check to :

David Chinn
HPTA
4800 Strawberry Lane
Louisville, KY 40209

Schedule – Detailed Event Schedule

Monday, September 25, 2023 – Hilton Garden Inn Courtyard

Time : 5:00 PM Welcome RECEPTION –  Sponsored by : GTX Technologies

Enjoy a welcome reception at the Hilton Garden Inn, Boulder, Colorado, the main hotel for HPTA Annual Meeting participants. Complimentary hors d’ oeuvres and beverages will be served in the Hilton Garden Inn Courtyard. If inclement weather, the welcome reception will be relocated to the Enchanted Mesa room.

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 – Room: U of C SEEC Room

Featured Speakers

Time: 1:00 pm
Title: Approaches for isolation of “non-humic” fractions of natural organic material: other resins
beyond XAD-8 and ultra-filtration
Professor Diane McKnight

Professor McKnight began her career with the U.S. Geological Survey and is now a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and a Fellow of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado-Boulder, USA. Her research focuses on the coupling of hydrology, aquatic ecology and water quality. She studies streams, lakes and wetlands in diverse regions, including acid-mine drainage streams and alpine lakes in the Rocky Mountains, polar desert streams in Antarctica,
and wetlands in Botswana and Bangladesh. She has been President of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, the founding editor of Journal of Geophysical Research- Biogeosciences and has served on numerous committees for the National Research Council in the US. She is a fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) and AAAS and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. She has been recognized for her research in hydrology by being awarded the Horton Medal from AGU and the John Dalton Award from the European
Geophysical Union. From 2015-2018, she served as a program officer with the Arctic Program at the National Science Foundation (USA). She was the 2019-2020 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Distinguished Lecturer and is the currently Chair of the Executive Board of the Long-Term Ecological Research Network.

Time : 1:45 pm
Title: The Theory of Humic and Fulvic Acid Isolation on XAD Resins.
Dr. Michael Thurman

Dr. E. Michael Thurman, PhD, is a highly cited scientist in environmental chemistry with over 30,000 citations (h-index of 82—Google Scholar). He is currently Co-Director of the Laboratory for Environmental Mass Spectrometry, which is a research collaboration between the University of Colorado and Agilent Technologies, Inc. His bibliography consists of more than 200 publications in environmental chemistry, including more than 150 journal articles and six books dedicated to the chemical analysis of pesticides and natural products (humic substances), sample
preparation, liquid and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, and accurate mass analysis. His environmental research is currently focused on hydraulic fracturing and the analysis of produced and flowback wastewater by advanced mass spectrometry techniques. Other recent research projects include the analysis and occurrence of pesticides and pharmaceuticals in drinking water, wastewater, and groundwater, and pollutants from ash and wildfires. He is also actively involved in supporting research activities on water treatment at the Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.

Time: 2:45 pm
Title: Humin’s Supramolecular Transmembrane Signatures in Soil and Plant Metabolisms
Dr. Mir M Seyedbagher

Social and Dinner – SALT, Boulder, Colorado
1047 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado 50302

Social: 6:00 pm

Dinner: 7:00 pm
Social and dinner are included with the in-person HPTA meeting registration. Guest registration for Monday’s welcome reception and Tuesday’s social/dinner is $100.

A TRULY LOCAL EXPERIENCE
At SALT, our passionate commitment to sustainability inspires everything we do. We source quality ingredients from local farms and believe the shortest distance from the farm to the table is best. We only serve grass-finished beef, GMO-free chicken, and pork, and we purchase organic Wisdom Farm eggs from Haxtun, Colorado. By sourcing locally, we know where our produce comes from and the person who grew it. Not only does this showcase what farmers in Colorado do so well, but it gives our guests the opportunity to support their neighbors and friends. Our food bridges the gap between healthy, delicious, and sustainable, creating a unique experience for our guests.

Hilton Garden Inn Boulder Information

Hilton Garden Inn Boulder puts you just a 5-minute drive from University of Colorado Boulder where the Tuesday HPTA Annual Meeting will be held. At Hilton Garden Inn Boulder you will enjoy American cuisine at Canyon Café which is open for breakfast and dinner. The HPTA Monday night reception will be at the Hilton Garden Inn Boulder.  There’s an outdoor pool and a bar/lounge, and in-room conveniences include refrigerators and microwaves. Fellow travelers like the comfortable beds and helpful staff. The nearest airport is Denver International Airport, 47 mi from the property.

Address: 2701 Canyon Boulevard, Boulder, CO, 80302

HPTA Hotel Discount Rates:

• First Date Available: Friday, September 22, 2023
• Last Date Available: Saturday, September 30, 2023
• Last Day to Book: Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Online Registration

Annual Meeting Sponsors

Monday Reception	Tuesday Breakfast	Tuesday Morning Break	Tuesday Lunch

Tuesday Afternoon Break	Tuesday Social	Tuesday Dinner	Speaker Sponsor