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Hotel | Keynote | Workshop | Agenda | Golf Scramble | Sponsorships | Sponsors| Exhibits | Exhibitors
Final Program Book (PDF)
Monday, February 10, 2020
| 8:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Board of Directors Meeting |
| Committee Meetings | |
| 12:30 – 5:00 p.m. | Golf Scramble |
| 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. | Early Arrival Mixer at Yard House |
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Modified Asphalt Workshop & Professional Development Day
| 7:00 a.m. | Registration Open |
| 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Modified Asphalt Workshop |
| Track 1: Paving | |
| Track 2: Roofing & Advanced | |
| Track 3: Applications | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Managing Change Seminar – Scott Murray and Angel Carlton |
| 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Workshop Lunch |
| 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. | Hall of Fame Lecture – Jon Epps |
| 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception & Exhibits |
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
| 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. | Registration Open |
| Continental Breakfast | |
| Exhibit Area Open | |
| Speakers Breakfast | |
| GENERAL SESSION | |
| 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. | Welcome – Jim Sattler, Executive Director, AMAP |
| 8:15 – 8:30 a.m. | President’s Opening Remarks — Dr. Everett Crews, Ingevity Corporation |
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Keynote Address: Creating Champions of Change |
| Scott Murray and Angel Carlton | |
| SESSION 1 | Modified Asphalt: Paving the Way to the Future |
| Moderator: Dr. Everett Crews | |
| 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. | What’s Happening From the Contractor’s Perspective |
| Amy Miller, Director, Asphalt Paving Alliance | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. | Asphalt: The Next 100 Years |
| Mike Anderson, Technical Director, Asphalt Institute | |
| 11:15 – 12:00 p.m. | Looking into the Future – 2020 Surface Transportation Reauthorization Activities and Their Impact on Pavement Preservation |
| Jim Moulthrop, Foundation for Pavement Preservation (FP2) | |
| 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. | Luncheon with Speaker |
| 12:30 – 1:00 p.m. | Living Life Riverside: A Humorous Account of a Midlife Course Change |
| Richard Paradise – Asphalt Executive, Hotelier, and Author | |
| SESSION 2 | How The Market Views the Future |
| Moderator: Delmar Salomon | |
| 1:30 – 2:15 p.m. | Building Roads in the Wild West |
| Brandon Milar, Technical Director, California Asphalt Paving Association | |
| 2:15 – 3:00 p.m. | Future Refinery Strategy and the Impact on Asphalt Supply |
| Pavel Kriz, Americas Asphalt Technical Leader, ExxonMobil | |
| 3:00 – 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 – 4:00 p.m. | Are Recycled Plastics in the Future of Asphalt Pavements? |
| Dr. Buzz Powell, NCAT Assistant Director, Auburn University | |
| 4:00 – 4:45 p.m. | Taking Polymer Modification to the Next Level |
| Dr. Peter E. Sebaaly, PE, University of Nevada, Reno | |
| 4:45 – 5:30 p.m. | Update on UCPRC Research on Recycled Tire Rubber in Asphalt Pavement |
| Dr. John Harvey, Professor, University of California Davis | |
| 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. | Reception Honoring Jon Epps – Hall of Fame Inductee & Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient |
Thursday, February 13, 2020
| 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| GENERAL SESSION | |
| SESSION 2 | How The Market Views the Future |
| Moderator: Delmar Salomon | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. | CTC & Associates to Present Results of AMAP Asphalt Market Survey |
| Brian Hirt, Managing Director, CTC & Associates | |
| SESSION 3 | Additive Innovations |
| Moderator: TBD | |
| 8:30- 9:00 a.m. | Graphene Modification of Asphalt Binders |
| Dr. Everett Crews, Director R&D Pavement Technologies, Ingevity | |
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Binder Structure and Cracking Resistance — Findings from NCRHP Report 9-60 |
| Dr. Jean-Pascal Planche, Senior VP Asphalt & Petroleum Technologies, Western Research Institute | |
| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | Asphalt Modifiers and Rejuvenators from Coal Derived Chemicals |
| Dr. Jeramie Adams, Program Manager for Hydrocarbons, Asphalt and Petroleum Technology – Western Research Institute | |
| 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. | Plastics! Recycled Plastic Modified Asphalt Binder |
| C.J. DuBois, Technical Services and Applications Development DOW Chemical | |
| 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | Effects of Isocyanate-Based Chemistry Modification on Asphalt Binder |
| Brian Orr, Sr. Asphalt Technologist, BASF | |
| SESSION 4 | Owner/Agencies Experiences |
| Moderator: Dave Johnson, Asphalt Institute | |
| 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. | Ensuring Successful Projects Takes Teamwork |
| Sam Cooper, Louisiana DOT and Skip Paul, Chair, AMAP DOT Advisory Board | |
| 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. | Using the MSCR Test to Better Characterize High Polymer Asphalts |
| Karl Zipf, Delaware DOT | |
| 1:45 – 2:30 | Modified Experience at the County Level |
| Van Troung, Engineer, Los Angeles County Public Works | |
| Break | |
| 2:45 – 3:30 p.m. | Evaluation of Modified Binders in Alaskan Pavements |
| Heidi Schaefer, Northern Region Materials Lab (NRML) Supervisor, Alaska DOT | |
| 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. | Field Sections in Minnesota with Asphalt Mix Rejuvenators and Cold Recycling |
| Michael Vrtis, Research Project Engineer, Minnesota DOT | |
| 4:15 – 5:00 p.m. | Relation Between Flexible Pavement Layers Bonding and Durability |
| Dr. Louay Mohammad, Professor, Louisiana State University /LTRC |