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Aug 2021

2021 Election of Board of Director

It’s that time – time to elect new members to the board. This year the election will be for 2nd Vice President of the Association.  Alberta, Ontario, and the Atlantic Regions also will have new Directors, by acclamation.

Click to view continuing members for the board and nominations for 2021.

Login and click CTAA 2021 Election (located in the rotating badges on the left of the members screen) to cast your vote!

2021 CTAA  Conference & AGM

Well, as you all should be aware, this year’s conference will be completely online. 

The online conference contains terrific value. Although the interactions of a live conference are difficult to replicate in the virtual world, the ability to hear and question speakers in the online forum without the expense of travel and accommodations (which is probably 75% of the cost of attending a conference) is perhaps too under-rated.

The online format is an opportunity to register more of your staff, including junior staff who otherwise would not have the opportunity to participate in a world class conference on asphalt technology.

You are encouraged to peruse the tentative technical program and review an example of last years presentation (a paper presentation from last year has been posted for free review here).

To see the format of the conference, keep reading below!

Registration is Open!

November 15-18, 2021
Online Virtual Conference

Future Meetings

2022 Kelowna, BC
2023 Charlottetown, PEI

Active members – just login to the  member's area and click on the 2021 graphic to start your registration.

Lapsed Members – login to the  member's area to renew your membership and then register at the member rate. (Note – lapsed members will automatically be directed to renew their membership before having access to the  member's area of the website. If you would prefer to register as a non-member (higher total cost) then contact  chuck@ctaa.ca to reset your membership so you can log into the non-members area.

Archived Members (you haven’t paid dues since at least 2019) – can still log in at the  member's area to be directed to the non-members area and the registration links. Note though that it is less expensive to first renew your membership and then register for the conference.

Non-Members (never a member) – contact  chuck@ctaa.ca to be sent a registration link for non-members

Field Placement & Compaction of Asphalt Pavements

Presenter: Todd Mansell
Caterpillar Paving Products 

Course fee of $50.00 (early-bird) is in addition to Conference Registration
(For those members that want to attend only the course and not the conference the fee will be $85 and non-members will be $125)

2021 Technical Course

This course will start out with a description of mix production and delivery as it relates to paving and compaction operations in the field.  The main focus of this course will discuss paving and compaction equipment, setup and operation for placing and compacting smooth, durable pavements.  The course will wrap up with a brief overview of some new and existing technologies and how they are being utilized to improve quality control during construction.

Course ONLY Registration

The Course on Field Placement & Compaction of Asphalt Pavements will be available to register for without registering for the conference via a special registration portal. The cost of the course without conference registration is $85 for members and $125 for non-members. Please contact the office to register admin@ctaa.ca

Highlights

Access the meeting from your desktop, tablet or smartphone with a simple URL

Connect with your fellow participants, authors & presenters

• Through 1:1 Direct Messaging via the platform
• Book 1:1 meetings with others - complete with video & screen sharing
• Exchange hellos, questions & share your thoughts during the live session chat

Enjoy engaging & enriching sessions every day

• Great variety of technical paper presentations
• Ask your questions with built-in Q&A and interactive session chat
• Provide your feedback with live polling & session feedback
• Bookmark all of your reference materials & take notes as you go

What to Expect - Program Details at a Glance

Technical Sessions with Live Q&A

The presenters will answer your questions following the presentation as normal; however, you will be able to submit questions while the presentation is ongoing and questions will be queued up for the presenter to answer.

Contractors Workshop

The contractor’s workshop will still feature a panel discussion with live polls and interactive discussion.

The AGM

The AGM will be held in the normal format and any necessary voting will be conducted via the app. Be sure to have a look at the reference materials before the meeting!

Awards

Award presentations this year will provide more information about the winners, so you won’t miss out on who the award winners were for the 2020 conference presentations and the 2021 Editors Award!

Tentative Programs

Check the Conference App for program updates.

Call for Papers

The Canadian Technical Asphalt Association invites paper proposals (Abstracts) for the 2022 CTAA Annual Conference.

Conference App

On your  PC/Laptop (best for online viewing) or phone or tablet the App can be accessed by  registered delegates from the  Conference App website. (Which is currently “under Construction”).

Each attendee must then sign in using the  email address provided when registering for the conference and create their own  password.  If you were on the App last year the system  will remember your prior password.  But since you may not remember, you can select  ‘Forgot password’ to use the link to set a new one. (Once logged into a device you will not need to provide all this information again).

Please update your personal profile by adding in your work affiliation, and even your photo!

When adding your photo, be sure to expand the crop box to include the portion of the photo you want to show.

Member Updates

2021 Scholarship Winners

Three Canadian Technical Asphalt Association scholarships were awarded this year under the categories of Applied, Undergraduate, and Graduate Scholarship. The awards are each for $2,000 and is intended to assist those individuals pursuing studies in asphalt technology.

Ramandeep Kaur

Red River College
Applied Technology Scholarship Winner

Matea Ceric

University of Waterloo
Undergraduate Scholarship Winner

Alyssa Bernier

Carleton University
Graduate Scholarship Winner

2021 Sustaining Members

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