Penton's Waste360 Group to Host the Third Annual WasteExpo Investor Summit, Sponsored by Stifel Financial Corp.

NEW YORK and ST. LOUIS, Dec. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Penton's Waste360 Group and Stifel Financial Corp. SF will collaborate to host the third annual WasteExpo Investor Summit, the only dedicated gathering of corporate executives and institutional investors in the waste and recycling industry. The Summit, which will be led by Michael E. Hoffman, Managing Director at Stifel, will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Monday, June 1, 2015. It will kick off Penton's WasteExpo, North America's largest solid waste, recycling and organics industry event, which runs from June 1-4, 2015.

The WasteExpo Investor Summit will bring together senior management of major public and private solid, industrial and energy waste companies, innovators of new technologies, and institutional investors.  For participating companies, this event creates a unique opportunity to talk directly to the financial community about their businesses.

Michael E. Hoffman, Managing Director at Stifel, who covers environmental services, will moderate the event. With 28 years of experience, Hoffman is the leading analyst in the waste and recycling industry. He has been a top-ranked sell-side analyst by Greenwich Associates, Institutional Investor and StarMine.

Companies currently confirmed to present include: Advanced Disposal Services, Casella Waste Systems Inc. CWST; Covanta Holding Corp. CVA; Newalta Corp. NAL; Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. (NYSE/TSE: BIN); Republic Services Inc. RSG; Waste Connections Inc. WCN; and Waste Management Inc. WM.

"We're thrilled to continue our relationship with Michael E. Hoffman, a top analyst in the waste and recycling industry, and to begin collaborating with Stifel Financial Corp., which is a premier wealth management and investment banking firm," said Warren N. Bimblick, Penton group president. "Since its inception, the Summit has been very successful – last year we saw a 20% increase in attendance. We are pleased to be able to showcase this $70 billion market cap industry.

"We are very pleased to extend our relationship with Penton and to deliver timely, relevant content that impacts operators and vendors in the Solid, Industrial and E&P Energy Waste industries.  Like the first two Investor Summits, we will offer one-on-one interviews with key industry executives as well as a series of more robust panel discussions on key industry topics such as E&P Energy Waste, The Midsized Private Company Perspective and Using Big Data to a Competitive Advantage," added Hoffman.

For more information on the WasteExpo Investor Summit, please visit WasteExpo.com.

Media interested in obtaining media credentials to attend the WasteExpo Investor Summit, contact Christopher Colina at chris.colina@penton.com or 212-204-4248.

About Stifel Financial Corp.
Stifel Financial Corp. SF is a financial services holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, that conducts its banking, securities, and financial services business through several wholly owned subsidiaries. Stifel's broker-dealer clients are served in the United States through Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.; Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC; and Century Securities Associates, Inc., and in the United Kingdom and Europe through Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Limited; and Oriel Securities Limited. The Company's broker-dealer affiliates provide securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities. Stifel Bank & Trust offers a full range of consumer and commercial lending solutions. Stifel Trust Company, N.A. offers trust and related services. To learn more about Stifel, please visit the Company's web site at www.stifel.com.

About Penton's Waste360 Group  

Penton's Waste360 Group harnesses the power of its many properties to serve the solid waste and recycling industry. The industry widely consumes this content in the form of websites, live events, online learning and digital opportunities and more and includes: Waste360.com, WasteExpo, The Global Waste Management Symposium, The Healthcare Waste Conference, the Waste360 Recycling Summit, and four topical and timely e-newsletters. For more information, visit www.waste360.com. 

About Penton
Penton drives performance for more than sixteen million professionals each and every day. They rely on us to deliver: Insights, information & workflow tools to inform critical business decisions; networking & community to engage them with industry peers & partners; and data & marketing services to advance their business performance & deliver ROI.

Penton is a growth company with a track-record of strong performance and success and is backed by its co-owners: MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP.

For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.

Media Contacts:
Christopher Colina
Penton
T: 212.204.4248
E: chris.colina@penton.com

Lynda Hofstetter
Stifel Financial Corp.
T: 314.342.2219
E: hofstetl@stifel.com

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