ARM's Annual Convention

Description

ARM Convention Registration is Now Open.  Sponsorships are available and include at least one registration and the option to display a booth.

Monday December 2

5:00pm Informal Gathering: Drop in at Kip's Irish Pub (hotel lounge)

Tuesday December 3

7:00am Breakfast: Join your colleagues, new and old, for a hot breakfast in the exhibit hall

8:00am General Session

• Welcome (Monte Kerzman, ARM President)
• Convention Overview (John Cunningham, ARM Executive Director)
• Update from the MnDOT C-Suite (Jean Wallace, MnDOT Deputy Commissioner & Chief Engineer)
• MnDOT Concrete Materials Update (Maria Masten, MnDOT Concrete Engineer)
• MnDOT Grading and Base Update (Terry Beaudry, MnDOT Acting Geotechnical Section Manager)

9:45am Break in Exhibit Hall

10:15am Breakout Sessions  

How Artificial Intelligence is Impacting Your Industry

• The Impact of AI on Minnesota Employment (Tim O'Neill, MnDEED)
• Deploying AI to Optimize Concrete Mixtures (remote presentation) (Ryan Henkensiefken, Concrete.ai)

MPCA Outreach to ARM Businesses

• Air Quality 101: MPCA's Non-Metallic Air General Permit (Sydney Boogaard, MPCA)
• Diesel Replacement Program (Lexie Lyng & Evan Pak, MPCA)

Basics of Aggregate Materials Testing (Ken DeCramer, ARM Instructor & Retired MnDOT Materials Engineer)

Sustainability & Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) 

• Sustainability & NRMCA's EPD Assistance Program (Donn Thompson, NRMCA)
• A Report from ARM's Reps on the Buy Clean Task Force (Panel Discussion of Task Force Members)

12:00pm Luncheon Celebration of Student & Industry Excellence

1:00pm Breakout Sessions

Concrete Materials Research & Technology

• New ACI Programs, Now and in the Future (Mike Morrison, ACI)
• An Update of the Low Carbon Test Sections at MnROAD (Larry Sutter, Sutter Engineering)

Basics of Concrete Materials (Kevin MacDonald, Beton Consulting Engineers)

Aggregate Production Safety Today

• MSHA's New Silica Rules (Terry Weston, South Central College)
• MSHA's New Powered Haulage Rules (Terry Weston, South Central College) 

CIM Student Spotlight (Emma Roth, Josue Mendez, Nate Swanson)

2:30pm Break in Exhibit Hall

3:00pm Breakout Sessions

Current Events 

• NSSGA's EPD Support Program (Hadi Rashidi, NSSGA)
• Updating the 2000 Metro Aggregate Inventory (Heather Arends, MnDNR)
• It's a Wild, Wild World: 2024 Political Update (Marty Seifert, ARM Lobbyist & Gov't Relations Advisor)

EPD Production Resources: A Provider Showcase

• Climate Earth (Jules Conde, Climate Earth)
• Pathways (Jack Cove, Pathways)
• WAP Sustainability (Amlan Mukherjee or Ben Ciavola, WAP Sustainability)

5:00pm Rock & Roll Reception (feat. Rock Races, door prizes, & drinks in the Exhibit Hall)

• The Rock Races roll again this year, with the return of the Stonely Cup (traveling trophy)       

Wednesday December 4

7:00am Breakfast: Join your colleagues, new and old, for a hot breakfast in the exhibit hall

8:00am Breakout Sessions

Industry Business & Management 

• Industry Specific Workforce Recruiting Leads (Allie Wendt, Social Honey)
• Basics of Antitrust Law: How it Applies to Aggregate & Ready Mix Producers Every Day (Mark Geier, Larkin Hoffman)
• Cumulative Impacts Rulemaking (Hassan Bouchareb, MPCA)

All Things Concrete 

• Optimized Concrete Mixtures (Alf Gardiner, Braun Intertec)
• Use of RCA in Concrete (Dr. Raul Velasquez, MnDOT)
• Concrete Pavement Success: A Panel Discussion
  • Mike Rief, WSB
  • Scott Holmes, Olmsted County
  • Jim Grothaus, Cemstone
  • John Brunkhorst, Stonebrook Engineering
  • Glenn Engstrom, ARM (Facilitator)

9:45am Break in Exhibit Hall

10:15am Breakout Sessions

ARM Annual Membership Meeting

• Committee Reports & Board Election Results
• Board of Directors Meeting (Election of Officers)

eTicketing for IT Professionals (Rebecca Embacher, MnDOT)