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: Join your colleagues, new and old, for continental breakfast in the exhibit hall

8:00am: Welcome & Convention Overview (Monte Kerzman, ARM President & John Cunningham, ARM Executive Director

• MnDOT Senior Management Update
• Concrete Materials & Grading & Base Updates (Maria Masten & Terry Beaudry)

9:45am: Break in Exhibit Hall

10:15am Breakout Session Options:  

Artificial Intelligence in Our Industry

• The Impact of AI on Minnesota Employment (Tim O'Neill, MnDEED)
• Using AI to Optimize Concrete Mixtures (Concrete AI)
• AI in Construction (Caterpillar, Inc)

Minnesota Pollution Control's Outreach Efforts

• Air Quality 101 (Sydney Boogaard, MPCA)
• MPCA's Diesel Replacement Program (Lexie Lyng & Evan Park, MPCA)

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

Sustainability & Environmental Product Declarations (EPD's)

• Sustainability & NRMCA's EPD Assistance Program (Donn Thompson, NRMCA)
• Buy Clean Task Force Report (Panel Discussion of Task Force Members)

12:00pm - Lunch (Scholarship Presentation - ARM & CIM)

1:00pm Breakout Session Options:

Concrete Materials Research & Tech Transfer

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

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

Aggregate Production Safety

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

2:30pm: Break in Exhibit Hall - Join our exhibitors for afternoon refreshments

3:00pm Breakout Session Options:

Current Events Shaping Your Future

• Cash for Carbon: EPD Reimbursement Programs (ARM & NSSGA Staff)
• Metro Aggregate Resources Inventory:  Updating the 2000 Report (Heather Arends, MnDNR)
• The Politics & Drama of 2024:  A Political Update (Marty Seifert, ARM Lobbyist & Gov't Relations Advisor)

EPD Workshop for Producers:  The How-To from Software Providers

5:00pm: Rock and Roll Reception Featuring the "Stonely Cup" in Exhibit Hall - (complimentary beer and wine)

The Rock Races roll again this year, with the added feature of a traveling team trophy. Also to be awarded during the reception are prizes from the Silver Level Raffle Prize Sponsors.       

Wednesday December 4

7:30am: Breakfast

8:00am: Breakout Session Options:

Business & Management 

• Workforce Development (Allie Wendt, Social Honey)
• Antitrust Compliance
• Environmental Justice Impacts

All Things Concrete 

• Optimized Concrete Mixtures (Alf Gardiner, Braun Intertec)
• Use of RCA in Concrete (Bernard Izevbekhai, MnDOT Materials Office)
• Concrete Promotion Success (Panel Discussion)

9:45am: Break

10:15am: ARM Annual Membership Meeting (Committee Reports & Election Results)

11:30am: Passing of the Gavel & Board of Directors Meeting