2025 AMAP Annual Conference & Workshop Recap
Date postedNovember 7, 2025
The 2025 AMAP Annual Conference & Workshop was held October 14-16 in Lexington, Kentucky, with 195 attendees and 23 sponsors in attendance. The theme of this year's annual meeting was Distilling Innovation: Refining the Future of Asphalt Modification, drawing inspiration from the distilling process—transforming raw materials into their purest, most effective forms—and applying it to the evolution of asphalt modification technologies. Key focus areas included: innovating asphalt modification, sustainable solutions, precision engineering, extracting expertise, future-proofing roads, and advancing testing and standards.
This year's meeting location in Lexington gave AMAP the opportunity to collaborate with the Asphalt Institute (AI)on two unique events. Early arrivals had the opportunity to join AMAP and AI for a joint reception on Monday evening at the AI Headquarters.
Staff from AI also put together a tour of their research lab and facilities for attendees on Monday and Tuesday. Thank you to AI for the amazing tours and hospitality!
This year’s Workshop on October 14, kicked off with a General Session for all attendees in the morning. In the afternoon, attendees split between a Paving Track or Roofing Track, with the option to attend either session.
AMAP President Tanya Nash kicked off the Conference on October 16, along with a warm welcome to Lexington from Kentucky Secretary of Transportation, Jim Gray.
Over the next two days, attendees heard from industry experts, practitioners, subject matter experts, and researchers covering seven session topics: Industry Highlights; Asphalt Binders - Rethinking Performance; Advancing Asphalt With Emerging Technologies; Advancing Durability in Modified Asphalt Mixtures; Roofing Related Innovation and Sustainability; Sustainable Solutions for the Future of Asphalt; and EPA, ASTM, & EPDs — What's Changing?
At the AMAP Annual Membership and Business Meeting on October 16, member companies voted to fill the following number of seats on the Board of Directors, due to existing members rolling off: Supplier Member (1), Associate Member (1). The election results were as follows:
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Supplier Member: John Barrington, Blue Tide Environmental (newly elected)
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Associate Member: Gina Paroline, Anton Paar USA (re-elected)
At the October 13 Board of Directors meeting at the Asphalt Institute, AMAP Officer nominations were taken and a motion was unanimously passed to approve the following slate of Officers for 2026:
- President: Tanya Nash
- Vice President: Trey Wurst
- Treasurer: Todd Hillard
- Secretary: Toni Newsome
The Board of Director positions will take effect on January 1, 2026.
We look forward to seeing everyone next year from October 19-21, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza!