2022 CTAA Conference & AGM
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The 67th Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting
is being held in Kelowna British Columbia at the
Delta Okanagan Grand, from November 6th to November 9th, 2022.
After two years of online conferences we are excited to meet again in person! Registration opened as of July 1st – and there is a special gift for the first 200 paid delegates, so be sure to register
(and pay) early! Register via the members area - www.ctaa.ca. Hotel reservations may be made
here.
The pre-conference Technical Course is on Asphalt Emulsion technology and will be presented by Brett Lambden of Husky Asphalt (Cenovus) and will be presented Sunday Morning to those who register
for this separate event.
The pre-conference Workshop will focus on Pavement Resiliency and planning for the future of a net zero asphalt industry. The Contractor’s Workshop on Tuesday afternoon will focus on construction
efficiencies afforded by autonomous equipment and AI.
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This year’s Technical Program, as always, promises to deliver interesting and varied content, and once again we will feature a Student Poster Session, as premiered in Montreal in 2019.
Abstracts of all the technical papers to be presented are included on the web site.
Sunday’s Welcome Reception will be held a local downtown winery and will allow participants to sample some local wine and include tasting local fare and an opportunity to make new and renew old
acquaintances at this unique venue.
The Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday morning and will be combined with breakfast, the technical sessions start following the AGM.
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2023 Charlottetown, PE
2024 Edmonton, AB
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Conference Course: Asphalt Emulsion Technology
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Sunday, November 6, 2022
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Course fee of $65.00 (early-bird) is in addition to Conference Registration, includes coffee break before session starts.
Course Presenters:
Brett Lamden,
Technical Services and Innovation Manager - Asphalt & Industrial Products, Cenovus Energy
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This course is targeted at individuals who specify, use, or test emulsified asphalts and wish to have a better understanding of these materials.
The first part of the workshop will cover basic emulsion theory as well as the terminology, testing, and handling of emulsified asphalts commonly used in the road construction and maintenance
industry.
An overview of construction and maintenance practices employing emulsified asphalts will also be presented.
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For the second time, a student poster competition will be held at the Conference. Undergrads and graduate students will present their work related to asphalt materials to the delegates. There
will be a poster session on Monday afternoon right after the last technical presentation of the day and before the Young member's reception, but the posters will remain available for the entire conference. If you are a student, or if you know a student who
wants to share his work, click the button to learn more.
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The Canadian Technical Asphalt Association is proud to offer three scholarships for students pursuing careers in Asphalt technology. Application information are sent to over 50 universities and
colleges in the Spring each year.
For this year’s scholarships we had about two dozen submissions. Evaluation of the submissions will begin now and results will be published in the August Newsletter.
Information regarding our scholarships, eligibility and the application process can be viewed on our website.
Members are asked to pass this information on to students they know or meet who are studying asphalt technology at the graduate, undergraduate or college level.
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In accordance with By-Law No. 1, Section 5.02 the Nominating Committee, appointed by the Board of Directors following the 2021 Annual General Meeting, has proposed the following
list of candidates for election to the Board of Directors for 2022-2023:
2nd Vice President
Brandon MacDonald
British Columbia Director
Kevin Bowyer
Prairie Director
Chris Campbell
Québec Director
Roxana Balba
The current Directors for Alberta, Ontario, and Atlantic Regions are Bryan Palsat, Selena Lavorato, and Brandon Feener respectively. Richard Hart will become First Vice-President
and Veronique Szabo will become President following the conference.
If you are able and willing to serve on the CTAA Board of Directors for the two-year term from November 2022 to 2023 you can nominate any member in good standing who resides in the region open
for election. In accordance with By-Law No. 1, Section 5.04, additional nominations are made by individual members or by petition to the Board of Directors endorsed by at least ten Association members in good standing and must be made within
thirty days of the publication of this Newsletter.
Nominations are made via the members area of the website—look for the badge with the link on the right side of the page.
Balloting will be done electronically on-line and notifications will be provided via email in August. Anyone wishing/requiring a paper ballot will need to contact the office to be provided that alternate voting opportunity at that
time.
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CTAA Virtual Town Hall Coming July 2022!
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Opportunity to discuss with board members:
- What CTAA is
- Member Benefits
- Networking Opportunities
- Scholarship Opportunities
- Future conferences
- And more!
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Your Membership Status - Is Your Membership Current?
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Historically, we continue to send the newsletter to those whose membership has lapsed – partly because it encourages those same people to renew their membership.
One thing we find is that it is common for members to simply forget and think they have renewed.
Not sure? Log
in to the member portal – if you Log
in you are active, if the system doesn’t let you in or directs you to a payment screen, you are not active. You should have seen 4 (four) renewal reminders sent by email from January through March (they stop once you have paid) and may even have
been sent a paper copy of your invoice although the intent is to have members renew online.
As we have reported before, dues not paid by March/April of the current year results in the membership being flagged as lapsed. Once payment is lapsed members will no longer have access to the members’ portal or be eligible for member pricing, for example.
If you did not see reminder emails your server may be blocking emails from the system, check with your IT department. As before, those members who have lapsed will not be included in the member directory (online/app or proceedings).
Your continued support is important to fund the day-to-day operations that allow our web pages to provide access to past publications for members, to edit, publish and distribute the annual proceedings and to help manage the annual conference functions. Thank-you
for being a member!
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