56th Slides and Attendee List
December 14-15, 2015
iHotel and Conference Center

Monday, December 14
Location: Alma Mater Room

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM Tack Coat Best Practices Workshop
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Crack Potential Testing Workshop

Location: Chancellor Ballroom

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM RECEPTION
EXHIBITS and REGISTRATION OPEN

Hors D'oeuvres and Beverages

Tuesday, December 15
Location: Lobby and Illinois Ballroom

7:15 AM - 8:00 AM EXHIBITS and REGISTRATION OPEN
Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Welcoming Remarks
Imad Al-Qadi, Conference Chair, Illinois Center for Transportation/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8:05 AM - 8:30 AM Illinois Department of Transportation
Omer Osman, Director of Highways

MORNING SESSION I
Location: Illinois Ballroom
Session Moderator: Kevin Burke

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM Asphalt Modification
Geoff Rowe, Abatech Inc.
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM National Performance of High Recycled Mixes
Randy West, National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM BREAK
EXHIBITS OPENS

MORNING SESSION II
Location: Illinois Ballroom
Session Moderator: Bill Buttlar/Brian Pfeifer

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Next Step in HMA Improvements
Jim Trepanier, Illinois DOT
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM University of Illinois HMA Update
Hasan Ozer, UIUC
11:30 AM - Noon Ultra-Thin Overlays and Spray Paver
Michael Prather, Indiana DOT
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Bituminous Achievement Awards
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM LUNCHEON
EXHIBITS OPEN

Chancellor Ballroom, Quad Room, and Alma Mater Room

AFTERNOON SESSION
Location: Illinois Ballroom
Session Moderator: Dan Gallagher/Gerry Huber

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Complete Testing Suite for HMA Performance Prediction
Imad Al-Qadi, UIUC
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM Tack Coat Implementation and Success
Wayne Jones, Asphalt Institute
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM True Quality Control
Bill Pine, Heritage Construction & Materials
3:15PM - 3:45 PM Local Agency Surface Courses and Rehab Strategies
Tim Murphy, Murphy Pavement Technology, Inc.

Past Conference Programs
2015
2014-2015 (Joint Conference with the North Central Hot Mix Asphalt Conference)
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007 (Joint Conference with the North Central Hot Mix Asphalt Conference)
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001