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Salt Lake City, UT 84101-2321
United States
2024 AMAP Annual Conference & Workshop
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
to Thursday, October 17, 2024
Sheraton Hotel Salt Lake City
150 West 500 SouthSalt Lake City, UT 84101-2321
United States
Event Details
Join AMAP for our 25th Annual Conference & Workshop at the Sheraton Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. This event will be a great opportunity to network with other companies and individuals in the industry, and to learn more during the educational sessions given by industry experts.
Registration is Now Open!
PDH credits will be available as part of the 2024 AMAP Annual Conference & Workshop for those who are eligible. More details will be available onsite.
If you are unable to join us in Salt Lake City this year, mark your calendars for the 2025 AMAP Annual Conference & Workshop next October 14-17 at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington, Kentucky!
Agenda
| October 15 | |
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast Available only to Educational Workshop attendees. |
| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Educational Workshop: General Session
• Asphalt Binders, Specifications, and Testing | Codrin Daranga • Asphalt Emulsions, Specifications, and Testing | Mike Anderson • Advancements in Asphalt Mixture Design: From Tradition to Innovation for a Greener Future | Louay Mohammad • Modification in Hot Mix Asphalt Applications | Dennis Muncy • Achieving Asphalt Modification in Practice | Jason Cox |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch Available only to Educational Workshop attendees. |
| 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Educational Workshop -- Track A: Paving
• Asset Management: Advancements in Pavement Preservation | Scott Dymtrow • Modification in Asphalt Emulsions & Applications | Aaron Roy • Modifier Product Pipeline Management | Swathi Theeda • Comparative LCA: Critical Considerations for a Modifier Supplier | Suri Gatiganti • Green Funding: The Modifier Supplier Perspective | Ashley Batson |
| 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Educational Workshop -- Track B: Roofing Part 1
• Evolution of Roofing Technologies | Punit Singhvi & David Ploense • Polymer Modified Asphalt for Roofing | Richard Blackwell •Modified Asphalt for Residential Roofing Applications | Ramil Mercado |
| 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
Educational Workshop -- Track B: Roofing Part 2
•Underlayments in Residential and Commercial Roofing | Alison Schultz •Modified Asphalt for Commercial Roofing Applications | Julie Anne Geyer •Sustainability Efforts in the Roofing Industry | Toni Newsome |
| 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Membership Committee Meeting All attendees are welcomed to attend. |
| 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Education Committee Meeting All attendees are welcomed to attend. |
| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | Welcome Cocktail Reception |
| October 16 | |
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Speaker's Breakfast Invite only. |
| 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM | President's Welcome Tanya Nash, AMAP President |
| 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM | Welcome to Utah Carlos Braceras, Utah Department of Transportation |
| 9:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Session 1: Industry Highlights
• Legislative Update | Nile Elam, NAPA • AI Update on EPDs | Mike Anderson, AI • ARMA Update - Activity in Modified Asphalt | Aaron Phillips, ARMA • Situational Awareness for the Asphalt Pavement Industry | Reed Ryan, APA |
| 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | AMAP Business Meeting & Awards Ceremony Luncheon |
| 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM |
Session 2: History of Modification and Testing
• Implementing Superpave PG Binders: Lessons Learned | Bob McGennis, HFSinclair Corporation • Benefits of Polymer-Modified Asphalt Binders | Peter Sebaaly, University of Nevada, Reno • Review of Fracture Tests for Complex Binders | Wes Cooper, Asphalt Institute Inc. |
| 2:55 PM - 4:45 PM |
Session 3: New Technologies and Innovations
• NCAT Development of Aging Resistant Binder Technologies | Raquel Moraes, NCAT • Development of a Graphene-Polymer Composite for Asphalt Mixes | Eytan Mazor, Universal Matter Inc • Development of Low Temperature Melting rPET Modified Asphalt Additive | Tejash Gandhi, KAO Specialties Americas, LLC |
| 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM | Advisory Committee Meeting |
| 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Cocktail Reception |
| October 17 | |
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Technical Committee Meeting All attendees are welcomed to attend. |
| 8:00 AM - 10:15 AM |
Session 4: DOT Case Studies and Concepts
• Highly Modified Thick Lift | Howard Anderson, Utah DOT • Evaluation of Pavement Sections Treated with Spray-on Rejuvenators in Virginia | Ilker Boz, VTRC • Evaluation of the Incremental Creep for Cracking at Low Temperature Test | Christopher Desmond, Maine DOT |
| 9:55 AM - 12:00 PM |
Session 5: Roofing Innovation and Sustainability
• Performance of Asphalt Roofing Materials and Rheological Indicators | Geoffrey M. Rowe, Abatech • Life Cycle Assessment Case Study of Polymer Modified Asphalt Coatings | Punit Singhvi, Crafco • Polymers for Low Carbon Footprint Roofing Materials | Yonghong Ruan, Honeywell International Inc. • Advisory White Paper Summary | Julie Geyer, The Garland Company Incorporated |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
Communications Committee Meeting
All attendees are welcomed to attend. |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM |
Session 6: Sustainability
Presentations Part 1: • Structural and Performance Evaluation and Lifecycle Assessment of Recycled Plastic Modified Asphalt Mixtures| Fan Yin, NCAT • A Multi-Pronged Approach for Performance Characterization of Polymer Modified Alternative Binders | Yogesh Kumbargeri, WRI • Fuel and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions by Decreasing Asphalt Mixture Production Temperatures with Chemical Warm Mix Asphalt | Katrina Mangiaracina, Ingevity |
| 2:40 PM - 3:50 PM |
Session 6: Sustainability
Presentations Part 2: • Performance Study on Asphalt Material Containing Modified Toner Polymer | Liya Jiao, Atlas Technical Consultants; Guadalupe Magana, WRI • AMAP PCR Development Update | Bob Kluttz, Kraton Polymers LLC |