60th Annual PAPA Conference

    9 a.m.

Registration/Exhibitor Set-Up

  10 a.m.-Noon

Executive Committee Meeting (Witmer Board Room)

  NOON

Board of Directors Luncheon (Garden Terrace East)

  1-4 p.m.

Board of Directors Meeting (Garden Terrace West)

  2-4 p.m.

Technical Committee Meeting (Tea House)

  2-4 p.m.

Associate Members Meeting (Rose Garden)

  4:30-6:30 p.m.

Welcome Reception/Exhibits Open

  7:00 a.m.

Registration/Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors

First General Session (no credits issued for this session, NO sign in sheets)

  8:00 a.m.

Welcome, National Anthem, Pledge of Allegiance

  Charles Goodhart, PAPA Executive Director

  8:15 a.m.

Opening Remarks - Mark Kendrick, PAPA President and Vice President/General Manager for Hanson Aggregates

  8:30 a.m.

2020 Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Program - Mark P. Compton, Chief Executive Officer, PA Turnpike Commission

9:00 a.m.

(Acting) Secretary of Transportation Yassmin Gramian, P.E.

9:20 a.m.

APA Northeast Regional Award for Asphalt Mix Competition

  Bruce Barkevich, Vice President New York Construction Materials Association

  Charles Goodhart, PAPA

  9:35 a.m.

PAPA Asphalt Paving Quality Awards - Mark Kendrick, Charles Goodhart, PAPA

10:00 a.m.

BREAK with the Exhibitors

10:20 a.m.

PennDOT 2019 Program Results and 2020 Program Overview - Melissa Batula, P.E., Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration

11:15 a.m.

PennDOT Budget Overview - Mark Tobin, PennDOT’s Center for Program Development and Management

NOON - Annual Banquet Luncheon (Fountain Lobby and Circular Dining Room)

1:15 p.m.

NAPA Update – Audrey Copeland, Ph.D., P.E.  President and Chief Executive Officer, National Asphalt Pavement Association

Asphalt Pavement Association (APA) Marketing Update

Perpetual Pavement Award Presentation (PennDOT District 4-0)

2:15 p.m.

FHWA Asphalt Update – Leslie Myers McCarthy, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Asphalt Pavement Engineer, Federal Highway Administration

3:00 p.m.

Asphalt Innovations – Sebastien Wickert, Head of Digital Transformation & Innovation, Colas USA

3:45 p.m.

Commonwealth Updates – Eric Hagarty, Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Wolf

4:15 p.m.

Environmental Update and New Clean Fill Policy – Gary Brown, P.E., President, RT Environmental Services

4:40 p.m.

Annual Business Meeting (PAPA Membership Only)

5:00 p.m.

President’s Reception/Exhibitor Bingo Prizes

7:00 p.m.

Dinner on Own/Exhibitor Tear Down

7:00 a.m.

District Breakfast Meeting – by invitation only (tentative)

7:00 a.m.

Registration/Continental Breakfast

Third General Concurrent Sessions (4 PDH/NECEPT credits)

Paving Breakout Session - Garden Terrace West

8:00 a.m.

Work Zone Safety Update – Dan Farley, Chief, TSMO Operations and Performance Section, PennDOT BOMO

9:00 a.m.

Innovation Showcase

  Nuclear Gauge – Anthony Caito, Instrotek

  StellarFlex FR Binder for High Friction Chip Seals and Bridge Deck Waterproof Surface Course - Ron Corun, Associated Asphalt

  J-Band Asphalt Membrane Pilot Project – David Powers, Associated Asphalt

10:30 a.m.

Project Showcase – Best Practices and Lessons Learned

  I-99 Crack and Seat Project – Grannas Brothers

  SR 28 Crack and Seat Project – Lindy Paving

  FAA Paving at the Harrisburg International Airport – G. O. Hawbaker

11:45 a.m.

Wrap up and Q&A / Charles Goodhart, PAPA

Producer Breakout Session - Garden Terrace East

8:00 a.m.

New 9.5mm and 25.0mm WMA for Low Volume Roads Specification and Results

  Jay Sengoz, Bituminous Testing Unit Manager, PennDOT BOPD

  Gary Hoffman, P.E., Director of Technical Services, PAPA

8:30 a.m. 

New Accelerated Lab Friction Testing Standard

  Michael Heitzman Ph.D., PEIA, WA, Former Assistant Director, Senior Research Engineer, National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University (NCAT)

9:15 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

10:45 a.m.

Status - Asphalt Mix Performance Testing

  Hamburg Wheel Track Testing - Neal Fannin P.E., Pavement Materials Engineer, PennDOT BOPD

  Smart-Jig for IDEAL-CT Testing, Brian O’Toole, Domestic Sales Manager, InstroTek

  IDEAL-CT Test Results – Gary Hoffman, P.E., PAPA, and Mansour Solaimanian Ph.D., P.E., Director, Research Professor, Northeast Center of Excellence for Pavement Technology (NECEPT)/Larson Transportation Institute at Penn State University

11:45 a.m.

Wrap up and Q&A ─ Gary Hoffman P.E., PAPA

NOON

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