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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
| Mountain Time | Virtual Room “A” |
| 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. | Informational Videos |
| 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Introduction Jim Sattler, AMAP Executive Director |
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | State of the Association Everett Crews, AMAP President |
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Russia Meets Diverse Highway Requirements with PmB Alexander Nikitin, Sibur |
| 9: 30 – 9:40 a.m. | BREAK |
| 9:40 – 10:10 a.m. | Eurobitume: Key Initiatives for 2021 Mike Southern, Eurobitume |
| 10:10 – 10:40 a.m. | Asphalt Binder in South Africa – Production, Supply & Specification Geoff Rowe, Abatech Steph Bredenhann, Naidu Consulting |
| 10:40 – 10:50 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:50 – 11:20 a.m. | Overview of Latin America Asphalt Market and Specifications Delmar Salomon, Pavement Preservation Systems |
| 11:20 – 11:50 a.m. | A Look at Modified Systems in the Middle East John D’Angelo, D’Angelo Consulting |
| 11:50 – 12: 00 p.m. | BREAK |
| 12:00 – 12: 30 p.m. | Update on the Growing Use of Polymer Modified Binders in the Asia-Pacific Erik Denneman, Puma Bitumen |
| 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. | Transportation Policy in the U.S. Alison Premo Black, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) |
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
| Mountain Time | Virtual Room “A” | Virtual Room “B” |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Highway Funding Agenda on Capitol Hill and How it Impacts Modified Asphalt Producers Jay Hansen, NAPA |
The Asphalt Roofing Product Landscape: Looking Back at 2020 and Forward to 2021 Reed Hitchcock, ARMA |
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | The Binder’s Viewpoint Peter Grass, Asphalt Institute |
The Slippery Slope of Roofing Asphalt Allen Smith, Asphalt & Sourcing Alliance |
| 9:00 – 9:10 a.m. | BREAK | |
| 9: 10 – 9:40 a.m. | What Modified Asphalt Producers & DOT’s are Thinking Now Brian Hirt, CTC & Associates |
Roofing Asphalt Education & Research: Asphalt Institute Initiatives Mike Anderson, Asphalt Institute |
| 9:40 – 10:10 a.m. | Florida DOT’s Experience With Highly Modified Asphalt Howie Moseley, Florida DOT |
Roofing Asphalt: Types & Tests Ken Gryzbowski, PRI Asphalt Technologies |
| 10:10 – 10:20 a.m. | BREAK | |
| 10:20 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. | New Jersey’s Approach to Modified Binders and Mix Design Thomas Bennert, CAIT-Rutgers Asphalt Pavement Laboratory |
Asphalt Characterization C.J. DuBois, Dow |
| 10:50 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. | Polymer Modification and Balanced Mixture Design Sam Cooper, Louisiana DOTD |
Plant & Equipment Design and Installation Considerations Al Meitl, ECF |
| 11:20 – 11:30 a.m. | BREAK | |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Nebraska’s Experience With Recycling Agents Hamzeh F. Haghshenas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Heating Efficiencies and Performance Greg Jones, Heatec Steve Munson, Heatec |
| 12:00 p.m. | New Mexico’s US-550 20-Year Warranty Project Mike O’Leary, Ingevity |
Understanding the “Simplicity” of High Shear Mills Martin Pieper, BWS Technologie GmbH |
| (ends at 12:30 p.m. MST) | (ends at 12:30 p.m. MST) |
Thursday, February 11, 2021
| Mountain Time | Virtual Room “A” | Virtual Room “B” |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Research on Warm Mix Asphalt for Use on Airport Pavements Navneet Garg, FAA |
Bio-Based Technology in Manufacturing & Recycling of Roofing Asphalt Hassan Tabatabaee, Cargill |
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Airport Application: P-404 Fuel-Resistant Asphalt Pavement; 82-28 to 88-22 Ron Corun, Ron Corun Consulting LLC |
Polymer Modified Asphalt Emulsions Tim O’Connell, Ingevity |
| 9:00 – 9:10 a.m. | BREAK | |
| 9: 10 – 9:40 a.m. | Update on Active Research on Asphalt Materials JP Planche, Western Research Institute |
Polyphosphoric Acid Binder Modification Kevin Kempton, Innophos |
| 9:40 – 10:10 a.m. | Vetting & Specifying Innovative Technology Tanya Nash, Asphalt Testing Solutions & Engineering |
Experimental Investigation of Graphite Nanoplatelet Modified Asphalt Binders Mihai Marasteanu, University of Minnesota |
| 10:10 – 10:20 a.m. | BREAK | |
| 10:20 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. | Pavement Preservation: What is it? Judith Corley-Lay, National Center for Pavement Preservation |
High Performance Additives for Asphalt Applications Joe Brandenburg, Nuoryon (Ends 10:50 a.m.) |
| 11:05 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. | Pavement Management System and Pavement Preservation Eric Thibodeau, New Hampshire DOT |
(Begins 10:50 a.m.) Formulation & Chemistry Consideration in Asphalt Materials JP Planche, Western Research Institute |
| 11:35 – 11:45 p.m. | BREAK | |
| 11:45 – 12:15 p.m. | Choosing the Right Preservation Treatment for the Right Road David Peshkin, Applied Pavement Technology |
Evaluating Rejuvinator Effectiveness Amy Epps Martin, Texas A&M Transportation Institute |
| 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. | Flexible Pavement Preservation Treatments Tim Harrawood, Vance Brothers and President of FP2 |
NCAT Research on Use of Recycled Plastics in Asphalt Fan Yin, NCAT |
| Virtual Room “A” | ||
| 12:45 p.m. | GENERAL DISCUSSION & MEETING WRAP-UP | |
| (Conference concludes at 12:55 p.m. MST) |