Conference Program*
* Subject to change
- Sunday 29 October 2023
- Monday 30 October 2023
- Tuesday 31 October
- Wednesday 1 November 2023
Sunday 29 October 2023 |
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| 7:00am – 8:00pm | Bump-in |
| 5:30pm – 7:30pm | Welcome Drinks - BCEC |
Monday 30 October 2023 |
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| 7:30am | Registration Opens | |||||||||||
Safely Paving the Way to Carbon Zero |
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| 9:00am – 9:30am | Conference Opening Welcome to Country AfPA CEO MP - Graham Perrett |
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| 9:30am –10:30am | Keynote: Bernard Salt - All roads point to a bigger better ‘flexier’ Australia: Why you should have confidence in the future of flexible paving in the 2020s and beyond. | |||||||||||
| 10:30am – 11:00am | Morning Tea in Exhibition area | |||||||||||
Sustainability & Resilient Roads
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Safer roads for everyone, everywhere – How can we do it |
Education Lab (D&I) |
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| 11:00am –12.30pm |
Building climate change resilience and durability into our road network while smoothing the path to Carbon Zero: Australia has a history of experiencing natural disasters, but with the impact of climate change, these events are becoming more frequent and intense. Recent extreme weather events and bushfires have emphasized the need to make our transportation system more sustainable and resilient to adapt to these challenges. Investing in road infrastructure is a long-term commitment. Generally, roads are designed to last between 20 to 40 years, while bridges can last up to 100 years. It is crucial for road planners, designers, and road asset managers to consider the potential impact of future climate change and take appropriate steps to mitigate the impact. This session will discuss climate change's potential impacts on our road networks and explore mitigation measures to improve their resilience and durability. • The impacts of natural disasters on our communities • Addressing the impact of climate change and natural disasters on our road networks • Road Resilience, an international perspective |
Achieving safer roads is a result of a number of factors coming together . As industry members playing different parts it is essential that we work across all stakeholders to achieve safer outcomes for workers and the community. Areas to address:
• Why do incidents occur? • What is the impact on our communities? • Is lack of harmonisation across jurisdictions a barrier? |
Diversity and Inclusion - Industry Case Studies - Andrew McDougall – Senior Social Inclusion Advisor, John Hollands Vince Sanfilippo (General Manager, QLD & PNG, CPB) Mental Health First Aid Can Pave a Path to Workplace Wellbeing - Dr Bronwyn Robson (Australia Program Delivery Specialist - Licensed MHFA Master Instructor, Mental Health First Aid Australia) Paving the way for the next generation - Future Lady Tradies: Taleah Pearson, Kayla Hill, Aleah Hill (CEOs, Future Lady Tradies) Purpose Driven Action Ryan Bright (CEO and Founder, Bright People) |
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| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch in Exhibition Area: Main Stage - Pacifica Global Petro Civoniceva | |||||||||||
Technology & Innovation |
Diversity |
Education Lab (Sustainable Pavements) |
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| 1:30pm – 3:00pm |
How can we better utilise technology and innovation to contribute to the reduction of carbon footprint in the construction industry and manage our road networks effectively and efficiently. Will AI help to produce more durable pavements ?? The changing needs of our communities and the advances in vehicle technology will have a significant impact on the way we use and build roads into the future. We need to consider what these impacts will be to ensure our planning, design and construction practices ensure a financially sustainable road asset. |
Paving our way to carbon zero requires a concerted response through a collective effort across a diverse workforce. Attracting and retaining the best talent drives innovation, builds organisational capability and addresses skills shortages, increases productivity and best practice outcomes across all aspects of the flexible pavement industry, delivering on our sustainability goals.
Let’s get real’ – Our Industry Profile – Katriina Takha (CEO, A Human Agency | A-HA!) Innovation, Productivity and the value proposition of Diversity and Inclusion for industry – where will this take our industry? - Maureen Frank (Chief Disruption Officer, Emberin) Diversity and Inclusion - Industry Case Studies - Downer (Tim Gander , General Manager of Asphalt) | Acciona (Romina Rivabella, Lead Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Australia and NZ) Interactive Panel: How can diversity and inclusion transform a workplace and help us to reach a carbon zero future? – Katriina Tahka (CEO, A Human Agency | A-HA!), Tim Gander , General Manager of Asphalt (Downer) - Emma Thomas (CEO | Sunshine Coast Council) |
A Modern Approach To Traditional Geotextile Seals - Eunice Van Lill Greyling (Huesker) Make the best use of sustainable additives - (Filchem) Sustainable Materials for PMB Technology or Rejuvenated High-RAP Technology to Help Achieve Net-Zero Goals, Deepak Madan (Sripath Technologies) |
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Stream 2.1
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Stream 3.1
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WS1 - WORKSHOP
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| 3:30pm – 3:50pm | Feasibility Of Using Anti-stripping Additives As An Alternative To Hydrated Lime | Implementation Of Intelligent Compaction | Assessment Of The Ideal Cracking Test For Australian Asphalt Mix Design | Overview of preservation treatments | ||||||||
| 3:50pm – 4:10pm | Large-scale Field Trial Of Sustainable Porous Asphalt As Part Of Urban Drainage System | Laboratory Characterisation Of Foamed Bitumen Stabilised And Cement Stabilised Recycled Material Blends | The Use Of In-situ Subgrade Testing To Enhance The Sustainability Of Pavement Designs | Microsurfacing | ||||||||
| 4:10pm – 4:30pm | Use Of High Rap Content Asphalt On Old Cleveland Road, Brisbane | Use Of Crushed Recycled Concrete In Flexible Pavements In Western Australia | Case Study: Using The Repeated Load Triaxial Apparatus To Predict Rutting Under Parked Straddle Carriers At The Port Of Tauranga | Enrichment treatments | ||||||||
| 4:30pm – 4:50pm | Improving The Sustainability Of Asphalt By Using Repurposed Waste | A Simple Test For Quick Assessment Of Asphalt Rutting Resistance And Its Comparison With The Hamburg Wheel-track Test | A Back calculation Procedure For Flexible Pavements Based On The Inertial Point Theory And Mathematical Modelling | Campbelltown council case study | ||||||||
| 4:50pm – 5:00pm | Q&A to presenters | Q&A to presenters | Q&A to presenters | Q&A to presenters | ||||||||
| 6:30pm – 9.30pm | Opening Function - Howard Smith Wharf | Key Note: Brett Connellan - Attacking Life | ||||||||||
Tuesday 31 October 2023 |
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| 7:30am | Registration Opens | |||||||||||
| 8:30am – 8:40am | Welcome day 2 and Intro speakers | |||||||||||
| 8:40am – 9:05 am | EAPA - Mats Wendel | |||||||||||
| 9:05am – 9:20 am | NAPA - Richard Willis | |||||||||||
| 9:20am – 9:40 am | AfPA - Sustainability goals and pathways | |||||||||||
| 9:40am –10:05am | Western Research Institute - JP Planche | |||||||||||
| 10:05am – 10:10 am | Intro Sponsors presentations | |||||||||||
| 10:10am – 10:20am | Capturing and storing Atmospheric Co2 in Roads With Biogenic Bitumen (PUMA) | |||||||||||
| 10:20am – 10:30am | Biogenic Additive Modified Elastomeric Binders for A Sustainable Road Infrastructure: Laboratory Performance Of Bio-a10e And Comparisons With Current Pmbs (SAMI) | |||||||||||
| 10:30am – 10:40am | An Energy Company Approach To Sustainability (VIVA) | |||||||||||
| Q&A to presenters | ||||||||||||
| 10:30am – 11:00am | Morning Tea in Exhibition area | |||||||||||
Stream 1.2
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Stream 2.2
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WS2 - Workshop on Crumb rubber |
Stream 3.2
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| 11:00am –12.30pm | Laboratory And Field Performance Evaluation with Simple Ideal Cracking Test For Recycled Asphalt Mixtures | Roadways Behaviour Monitoring System - Speed Enforcement in Roadworks Zones. | Tyrecycle intro | Interactive Panel Discussion: What does the future look like for our industry?
Kym Murphy (General Manager, RoadTek | AfPA National Diversity and Committee Chair) Madeleine McManus (CEO Centre for Professional Engineering Education) Prue Fellowes, GM Risk at Ventia |
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| 11:20am – 11:40am | Low Carbon Binders and Asphalt Mixes | Evaluation Of Traffic Control Measures Technologies at Roadwork Sites To Improve Speed Compliance - Nacoe Project | Overview California experience/what is new? | ‘Bridging the gender divide’
Mark Morris (Human Capital, Barcley Consulting) |
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| 11:40am – 12:00pm | Pre-emptive Screening of Fuming and Odorous Bitumen | How Do You Prove Safety Works? | Bitumen Rubber Asphalt: achieving optimal performance for Australia | ‘Get inside your head’ - Psychology and limiting behaviours in the workplace holding us back.
Stephen Beckett NeuroLeadership Institute, Director Government & Industry Affairs |
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| 12:00pm – 12:20pm | Rheological Evaluations for Describing the Behaviour Of Bituminous Emulsions | Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust Management and Fume Management | TMR’s approach and recent experience with crumb rubber in asphalt and seals, including crumb rubber made from off-the-road (OTR) mining truck tyres. | ‘That’s all great, but what can I do?’ – Getting past tokenism – Tips and tricks for practical everyday change to create a more diverse and inclusive workplace
Sarah Norman (Director, The Futures Practice) |
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| 12:20pm – 12:30pm | Q&A to presenters | Q&A to presenters | Q&A to presenters | Q&A to presenters | ||||||||
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch in Exhibition Area | |||||||||||
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Stream 2.3
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Stream 3.3
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Education Lab |
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| 1:30pm – 1:50pm | Superior Roadways With Bitumen-friendly Polymer | High Rap Asphalt Wearing Course With Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen And Recovered Carbon Black From Passenger Car Tyres: From The Lab To The Field | What Is The Right Or Wrong Geosynthetic To Control Reflective Cracking And Increase The Fatigue Life Of The Asphalt Layer? | 1:30pm- 2:00pm - We’re Fathers First: Building a lasting legacy for your kids - John Rutter, The Fathering Project | ||||||||
| 1:50pm – 2:10pm | A Transport For Nsw Case Study Towards Greater Rap Usage In Nsw Asphalt Mixes | The Use Of Cr Modified Oga And Gga On Qtmr Roads | Full Scale Trafficking Test Of Aggregate Base, Flexible Pavements Stabilised With New Generation Geogrid | 2:00 - 2:30pm Leading Leaders of Change - Madeleine McManus (CEO Centre for Professional Engineering Education) | ||||||||
| 2:10pm – 2:30pm | Development Of A Sustainable High Friction Surface Treatment Containing Post-consumer Recycled Glass | Stone Mastic Asphalt As A Premium Water Proofing And Strain Alleviating Membrane Interlayer | Standardised Specifications For Flexible Airport Pavements | 2:30 - 3:00pm - Cultivating Connections: A Journey towards Inclusivity, Equity and Interculturalism - Sarita Narayan, Chair, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Network - Victorian Department of Transport and Planning | ||||||||
| 2:30pm – 3:00pm | Pg Grading In Selection Of More Cost-effective Polymer Modified Binders For Council Roads | Optimization Of Inverted Emulsion For Sustainable Precoating Of Aggregate | Road Pavement Air Pocketing During Flood Events | |||||||||
| 2:50pm – 3:00pm | Q&A to presenters | Q&A to presenters | Q&A to presenters | Q&A to presenters | ||||||||
| 3:00pm – 3:30pm | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Area | |||||||||||
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WS3 - Sustainability through Technologies - Intelligent Construction |
WS4 - Alternatives to cutters
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| 3:30pm – 3:50pm | Chemical And Rheological Evaluation On Aging Behaviours Of Sbs-modified Binders | Intelligent construction/compaction: what it is? where we are at? | IBEF PRESENTATION | |||||||||
| 3:50pm – 4:10pm | Case Study: Design Comparison Using Flexural Beam Fatigue and Modulus Test Results Obtained From Laboratory Versus Field Test Samples | How we can use IC to extend pavement durability? | Sustainable practices in sprayed sealing – Options to reduce cutter use on TMR projects | |||||||||
| 4:10pm – 4:30pm | The Use of An Asphalt Analyser To Determinate Rubber In Rubber Modified Asphalt Mixes | Different technologies and practical implementation of Intelligent Construction Technologies | INVITED SPEAKER | |||||||||
| 4:30pm – 4:50pm | Analysis Of Different Compaction Specifications For Airport Asphalt Construction | NACOE projects & lessons learned in QLD | INVITED SPEAKER | |||||||||
| 4:50pm – 5:00 pm | Q&A to presenters | Q&A to presenters | Q&A to presenters | |||||||||
| 6:00pm – Late | Conference Gala Dinner and National Industry Awards – MC Mary Coustas | |||||||||||
Wednesday 1 November 2023 |
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| 8:00am | Registration Opens | |||||||||||
| 9:00am – 9:30am | Anita Langford, Assistant Secretary Program, Policy and Budget Branch, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts | |||||||||||
| 9:30am –10:30am | Keynote: Ian Roberts on Diversity & Inclusion - Inclusion & Diversity/ A Story Teller | |||||||||||
| 10:30am – 11:00am | Morning Tea in Exhibition area | |||||||||||
| Workshops | ||||||||||||
Technical & environment Sustainability |
Diversity |
Safety |
Education Lab
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| 11:00am – 1.00pm | How to reach Net Zero by 2050
discussion? Dr Jacqueline Balston (IPWEA) and others
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Where do we go from here to ensure our workplaces are more diverse to support sustainability?’
Sponsors: Fulton Hogan |
Safety Workshop Session “Advancing Road Worksite Safety and Stakeholder Coordination”
Setting up a safe road worksite – regulatory, industry, community safety perspective External Stakeholder Safety and Engagement (road users) Regulatory Requirements, Enforcement and Compliance Road Worker Safety Industry Specialist Workshop Moderator |
Astec automated Asphalt Drum Plant and Batch Plant control systems.
Hasting Deering/Cat - soil stabilisation Wirtgen - Asphalt Paving Dynapac CEA - Compaction |
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| 1:00pm – 1:45pm | Lunch in Exhibition area Main Stage: 1:10 pm - 1:30 pm PukaUp Foundations Program - Wayne Schwass | |||||||||||
| 1:50pm – 2:50pm | Debate – Climate change is a social and political problem, not an engineering problem. Sponsored by State Asphalt | |||||||||||
| 2:50pm – 3:20pm | Conference close | |||||||||||
| 3.20pm – 4.00pm | AGM | |||||||||||