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Day 1
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Open
General Session
General Session
1:00 PM - 1:10 PM
Welcome and Introduction
Welcome and Introduction
Mark Reed, Hamilton-Hinkle Paving Company & 2025 PAIKY President
1:50 PM - 2:30 PM
Leitchfield Airport Project
Leitchfield Airport Project
Campbell Nance, Scotty's Contracting & Gary Sharpe, Palmer Engineering
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Break with Exhibitors
5:00 PM
Reception with Exhibitors
Day 2
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Open
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Breakfast with Exhibitors
Plant Operations
Plant Operations
Breakout Session (click to see detailed schedule)
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Baghouse Management
Baghouse Management
Greg Renegar, ASTEC
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Minimizing Segregation
Minimizing Segregation
Greg Renegar, ASTEC
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM
Attack Plan for Energy Managment
Attack Plan for Energy Managment
TJ Young, T2ASCO LLC
11:40 AM - 1:20 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors or Women of Asphalt Luncheon
Lunch with Exhibitors or Women of Asphalt Luncheon
1:20 PM - 2:20 PM
Considerations for Higher RAP Mixtures
Considerations for Higher RAP Mixtures
TJ Young, T2ASCO LLC
2:40 PM - 3:40 PM
Merge with QA/QC Breakout
Merge with QA/QC Breakout
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Merge with QA/QC Breakout
Merge with QA/QC Breakout
Managing People & Pavements
Managing People & Pavements
Breakout Session (click to see detailed schedule)
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Workforce Development
Workforce Development
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
KYTC Pavement Preservation
KYTC Pavement Preservation
Chad Shive and Brian Schroeder, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM
Driving Progress Through Innovation
Driving Progress Through Innovation
Dr. Vince Hafeli, Ajax Paving, Chase Walker, ASTEC, & Eric Booth, Dynapac
11:40 AM - 1:20 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors or Women of Asphalt Luncheon
Lunch with Exhibitors or Women of Asphalt Luncheon
1:20 PM - 2:20 PM
Professional Presence - Steps to Build Your Personal Brand
Professional Presence - Steps to Build Your Personal Brand
Peggy Noe Stevens, Peggy Noe Stevens & Associates
2:40 PM - 3:40 PM
Work Zone Safety
Work Zone Safety
Bill Bell & Matt Simpson, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Crisis Communication - 7 Key Steps
Crisis Communication - 7 Key Steps
Kerri Richardson, C2 Communications
Laboratory QA/QC
Laboratory QA/QC
Breakout Session (click to see detailed schedule)
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Friction Research Implementation
Friction Research Implementation
Nathan Moore, National Center for Asphalt Technology
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Division of Materials/Specification Update
Division of Materials/Specification Update
Robert Semones, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM
Asphalt Binder Quality
Asphalt Binder Quality
Phil Blankenship, BATT Lab
11:40 AM - 1:20 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors or Women of Asphalt Luncheon
Lunch with Exhibitors or Women of Asphalt Luncheon
1:20 PM - 2:20 PM
Stockpile Management Plans
Stockpile Management Plans
David Farris, Rogers Group Inc.
2:40 PM - 3:40 PM
Driving Progress Through Innovation
Driving Progress Through Innovation
Dr. Vince Hafeli, Ajax Paving, Chase Walker, ASTEC, & Eric Booth, Dynapac
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Environmental Product Declarations with High Rap Mixtures
Environmental Product Declarations with High Rap Mixtures
Tom Partipilo, E&B Paving
Best Practices for Asphalt Paving
Best Practices for Asphalt Paving
Breakout Session (click to see detailed schedule)
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Paving Fundamentals - Surface Preparation, Tack Coat, and Take-Offs
Paving Fundamentals - Surface Preparation, Tack Coat, and Take-Offs
Todd Mansell, Caterpillar
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Paving Fundamentals - Mix Delivery & Minimizing Segregation
Paving Fundamentals - Mix Delivery & Minimizing Segregation
Todd Mansell, Caterpillar
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM
Load Securement
Load Securement
Jason Morris, Kentucky State Police
11:40 AM - 1:20 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors or Women of Asphalt Luncheon
Lunch with Exhibitors or Women of Asphalt Luncheon
1:20 PM - 2:20 PM
Compaction Basics
Compaction Basics
Eric Booth, Dynapac North America
2:40 PM - 3:40 PM
Mat Defects - Fix It!
Mat Defects - Fix It!
Todd Mansell, Caterpillar
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Compaction Best Practices & Technologies
Compaction Best Practices & Technologies
Eric Booth, Dynapac North America
5:00 PM
Reception with Exhibitors
Day 3
Friday, March 7, 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025
7:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Registration Desk Open
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast with Exhibitors
General Session
General Session
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
BREAK
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Real Life Gadgets for Solving Today's Workplace Challenges
Real Life Gadgets for Solving Today's Workplace Challenges
Zachary Kiehl, Vigilife
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Update from the State Highway Engineer's Office
Update from the State Highway Engineer's Office
James Ballinger and John Moore, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
11:15 AM
Closing Remarks, Door Prizes and Hats
11:30 AM
Adjourn
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