Agenda
Agenda posted Mar. 15, 2010. Check this page for updates.
Wednesday, March 24 |
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| 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Registration opens |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Welcome reception |
Thursday, March 25 |
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| 7:00 am - 9:00 am | Continental breakfast Sponsored by BP |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Opening remarks |
Session I |
Overview, Crude and Products Outlook |
| 9:15 am - 9:40 am | Crude markets overview and outlook |
| 9:40 am - 10:05 am | Canadian market expansion implications |
| 10:05 am - 10:30 am | Post-recession refining environment |
| 10:30 am - 10: 45 am | Q&A
Speakers: - Dr. Samuel Van Vactor, President,
Economic Insight, Inc. |
| 10: 45 am - 11:15 am | Networking break/refreshments |
| 11:15 am - 11:45 am | North American coker projects update
Speaker: David Love, Editor, Energy Argus Petroleum Coke, Argus |
Session II |
Highway Funding and Construction Outlook |
| 11:45 am - 12:15 pm | US highway funding, Overview of 2009 stimulus and future expectations |
| 12:15 pm - 12:45 pm | US/Canada construction outlook |
| 12:45 pm - 1:00 pm | Q&A
Speakers: - Jay Hansen,
Vice President - Government Affairs,
National Asphalt Pavement Association |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Conference luncheon |
Session III |
Asphalt Supply and Demand |
| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | The asphalt binder business: A necessary evil or a Godsend? -- From a refiner's perspective |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | US Asphalt statistics: Trends and the 2009 picture |
| 3:00 pm - 3:25 pm | Canadian asphalt market overview |
| 3:25 pm - 3:35 pm | Q&A
Speakers: - Austin Miller, Senior Manager of Asphalt Supply and Trading,
Valero Energy Corporation |
| 3:35 pm - 4:00 pm | Networking break/refreshments |
Session IV |
Asphalt Transportation |
| 4:00 pm - 4:25 pm | Overview of rail legislation: Potential industry changes as a result of S. 2889 - The STB Reauthorization
Act of 2009 |
| 4:25 pm - 4:50 pm | USA inland barging |
| 4:50 pm - 5:05 pm | Q&A
Speakers: - Michael F. McBride,
Member,
Van Ness Feldman, PC |
| 5:05 pm - 5:15 pm | Closing comments |
| 5:15 pm - 7:00 pm | Reception |
Friday, March 26 |
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| 7:00 am - 9:00 am | Continental breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Opening remarks and presentation: Asphalt prices in a changing environment
Speaker: Nasreen Tasker,
Editor, Argus Asphalt Report,
Conference Chairperson,
Argus |
Session V |
Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago |
| 9:30 am - 9:55 am | Mexico asphalt overview |
| 9:55 am - 10:20 am | Lake Asphalt of Trinidad & Tobago |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Q&A
Speakers: - Federico Diaz,
President,
Industrias Zahori |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Networking break/refreshments |
Session VI |
Asphalt Emulsions and Roofing/Coatings |
| 10:50 am - 11:15 am | Asphalt emulsions |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Roofing asphalt industry: Facing challenges, discovering opportunities |
| 11:40 am - 12:05 pm | Asphalt coatings - What does the future hold? |
| 12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Q&A
Speakers: - Roger Hayner,
President,
Colas Solutions Inc. |
| 12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Closing comments |
