The 59th Annual PAPA Conference was held January 28-30, 2019 at The Hotel Hershey. 

Thank you to all who made this year's Conference a success. 

The registrant list can be viewed HERE.

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Tuesday General Sessions

Brett Williams - Director of Engineering and Technical Support, National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)

Amy Miller - Asphalt Pavement Alliance - Perpetual Pavement Award Presentation, and Asphalt Pavement Association Marketing Update

George W. McAuley - Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration, PennDOT’s 2018 Program Results and 2019 Program Overview

PAPA Asphalt Pavement Quality Awards

Wednesday Breakout Sessions

Paving Breakout Session

8:00 a.m.         Safety Committee Update - Johnny Kibblehouse, The H&K Group

Our Safety Heedful Always = OSHA - Jayonn Folks, Hempt Brothers Inc., and

WZ Speed Enforcement Cameras & WZ Traffic Control Certification Program - Dan Farley, PennDOT

8:45 a.m.         VDOT I-64 Cold Central Plant Recycling Project - Craig Rayfield, Allan Myers

9:30 a.m.         Innovation Showcase - Advances in Paver and MTV Equipment:

Intelligent Machine Controls for Pavers - Jim Holland, Wirtgen Group and

Weiler Remixing Transfer Vehicle Innovations - Brian Stickel, Weiler Products

10:00 a.m.       PA’s Approach to Connected and Automated Vehicles - ​Mark Kopko, PennDOT

11:00 a.m.       Aware System for Work Zones - Curt Davison, CRH Americas Materials

Producer Breakout Session

8:00 a.m.         Asphalt Mix Performance Testing Status - Gary Hoffman, PAPA; Neal Fannin, PennDOT; Mansour Solaimanian, Penn State University

8:30 a.m.         2018 PWT Results and What’s Next? - Steven Koser, PennDOT; Adam Ostinowsky, Urban Engineers

9:45 a.m.         Safety Committee Update - Johnny Kibblehouse, The H&K Group

                        Implementation of OSHA Silica Rule at Plant/Best Practices - Joe Knouse, H&K Group

10:15 a.m.       SMA-High Performance for a Demanding Public - Thomas Bennert, Rutgers University

10:55 a.m.       Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) by PennDOT - Neal Fannin, PennDOT

11:15 a.m.       New 19.0mm WMA for Low Volume Roads Specification and Results - Garth Bridenbaugh, PennDOT; Gary Hoffman, PAPA