Conference Agenda

Wednesday, December 4

5 - 9 p.m. | Networking Event with the Kansas Asphalt Paving Association at the Lawrence DoubleTree (map and directions)

Thursday, December 5

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:40 a.m. | Welcome & Opening Remarks
Bob Parsons, Professor, University of Kansas

Early Morning Session

8:40 - 9:10 a.m. | KDOT Update (pdf)
Greg Schieber, Deputy Secretary of Transportation & State Transportation Engineer, KDOT

9:10 - 9:30 a.m. | FHWA Update (pdf)
Richard Backlund, Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration

9:30 - 10 a.m. | KTA Update (pdf)
David Jacobson, Director of Engineering, KTA

10 - 10:30 a.m. | Break

Late Morning Session

10:30 - 11:10 a.m. | Asphalt Plant Fuels for Today & Tomorrow (pdf)
Ross Weber, Branch Manager, APAC Shears

11:10 - 11:50 a.m. | Grant & Funding through the Kansas Infrastructure Hub (pdf)
Matt Volz, Executive Director Infrastructure Hub

11:50 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. | Lunch

12:50 - 1:15 p.m. | Awards

Afternoon General

1:15 - 1:45 p.m. | General Refinery & Asphalt Terminal Operations
Kent Ernst, Asphalt Technical Rep, Phillips 66

1:45 - 1:55 p.m. | Break

Early Afternoon Sessions

Maintenance Track - Alderson Auditorium, fourth floor

1:55 - 2:25 p.m. | Best Practices for Crack Sealing
Kevin Owens, Territory Manager, Crafco

2:25 - 2:55 p.m. | Advantage of Thin Lift HMA Overlays (pdf)
Mel Monk, Alabama Asphalt Paving Association

Asphalt Track - Woodruff Auditorium, fifth floor

1:55 - 2:25 p.m. | Mitigating Moisture-Related Road Problems with Wicking Fabrick (pdf)
Jie Han, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas

2:25 - 2:55 p.m. | Artificial Intelligence & Asphalt
Sean Devine, CEO, XBE

2:55 - 3:25 | Break

Late Afternoon Session

3:25 - 3:55 | KHP Perspective on Work Zone Safety
Mark Christesen, Lieutenant, KHP Troop G

3:55 - 4:25 | Design of Rural Collector Roads Using PaveXpress (pdf)
Jie Han, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas
Syed Shadman Sakib, Ph.D. Candidate

4:25 | Conference Closes