ACI Foundation 2022 Technology Forum Santa Fe, NM Feb. 15-17


The Technology Forum Santa Fe
February 15-17, 2022
Hilton Santa Fe Historic Plaza | 100 Sandoval St | Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

The Technology Forum Santa Fe is an industry-exclusive educational and networking event for concrete professionals powered by the Concrete Innovation Council. ACI Foundation’s 2022 Forum is your opportunity to connect with representatives from material suppliers, architecture & engineering firms, contractors, academics, top-level executives, and regulatory agencies. Join the industry-exclusive educational and networking event for concrete professionals with a diverse selection of speakers who will highlight current trends, emerging technologies, new product innovations, and discoveries within the concrete industry. It is planned to be an exciting exchange of knowledge, through multiple specialties and disciplines. Build strategic relationships and expand your network.

AGENDA:

SESSIONS PERTAINING TO CONCRETE PAVEMENTS are in RED:
TUESDAY β€’ FEBRUARY 15
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception
WEDNESDAY β€’ FEBRUARY 16
7:00 am – 8:00 am 
Registration
7:30 am – 8:00 am 
Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:15 am 
Opening Remarks
Speaker: Brian H. Green, RPG, FACI, Senior Research Geologist & CIC Chair
Company: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers ‐ Engineer Research & Development Center

8:15 am – 8:45 am 
Presentation: Additive Manufacturing of Affordable, Secure and Sustainable Housing in Support of a Healthy Global Population
Speaker: Maryam Hojati, PhD, Assistant Professor, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering-University of New Mexico
8:45 am – 9:15 am 
Presentation: Early Concrete Performance Extremes
Speaker: Tim Cost, PE, FACI-V. T. Cost Consulting, LLC 
9:15 am – 9:45 am 
Technology Showcase: Novel Method for Producing Cement & SCMs
Speaker: Cody Finke, PhD, CEO & Co-Founder-Brimstone Energy
9:45 am – 10:15 am
***Break***
10:15 am – 10:45 am
Presentation: The New FRP Bar Code
Speaker: Vicki Brown, PhD, PE, Professor-Widener University 
10:45 am – 11:15 am 
Presentation: 3D‐Printed Polymer Concrete and Composites for Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure
Speaker: Mahmoud Reda Taha, PhD, PE, F. ASCE, FACI, Distinguished Professor & Chair Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering-University of New Mexico
11:15 am – 11:45 am 
Technology Showcase: Ultra‐High-Performance Concrete Carbon Footprint
Speaker: Peter W. Weber, President/CEO-ceEntek Pte Ltd 

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm 
***Lunch***
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm 
Presentation: A Contractor’s Experience with the Evolution of Sustainable Mix Designs
Speaker: Eric S. Peterson, FACI, Director-Company: Webcor Concrete

1:30 pm – 4:00 pm 
Panel Presentations: State of the Business for Supplementary Cementitious Materials
Moderator: Patrick Frawley, PE, Director Quality Assurance-Central Concrete 
Panelist: Thomas H. Adams, FACI, Executive Director-ACAA 
Panelist: Maria Juenger, PhD, FACI, Professor-University of Texas-Austin 
Panelist: Miles Shiver IV, General Manager-Duke City Redi-Mix 
Panelist: Matthew D’Ambrosia, PE, PhD, FACI, Principal-MJ2 Consulting, PLLC 
Q&A with attendees

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm 
Reception and Dinner
At an acclaimed local restaurant

THURSDAY β€’ FEBRUARY 17:
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Registration
7:30 am – 8:00 am 
Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:30 am 
Presentation: Integration of Alternative Cements into Building Codes
Speaker: Larry L. Sutter, PhD, PE, FACI, FASTM, Associate Dean and Professor -Michigan Technological University 
8:30 am – 9:00 am 
Presentation: 3D-Printed Topology Optimized UHPC Walls with Superior Ductility
Speaker: Siham S. Al Shanti, Graduate Research Assistant and former ACI Foundation Middle East Fellowship Awardee-University of New Mexico 
9:00 am – 9:30 am 
Technology Showcase: Carbon Dioxide Utilization and Machine Learning Deliver Low-Carbon Concrete
Speaker: Gaurav N. Sant, PhD, Director-Institute for Carbon Management Company: Professor, University of California-Los Angeles 

9:30 am – 10:00 am 
Presentation: Understanding the β€œWhat, Why and How” when Specifying Permeability-Reducing Admixtures  
Speaker: Shashiprakash (Prakash) Surali, PhD, PE, CDT, FACI, Senior Engineer-BASF

10:00 am – 10:15 am 
***Break***
10:15 am – 11:45 am 
Debate: Alternatives to Cylinder Breaks for Acceptance Testing
Moderator: Rex C. Donahey, PhD, PE, Director of Innovative Concrete Technology-ACI 
Debater: Oscar R. Antommattei, PE, FACI, Chief Concrete Engineer & Materials Engineering Manager-Kiewit Engineering Group Inc.
Debater: Colin L. Lobo, PhD., PE, FACI, Executive Vice President/Division Head, Engineering-NRMCA
Debater: Brad W. Malmsten, VP, Thornton Tomasetti 
Debater: Jose Pacheco, Principle & Group Director-CTLGroup 
Debater: Eric S. Peterson, FACI, Director-Webcor Concrete 
Q&A with Attendees 

11:45 am – 12:00 pm 
Wrap-up and Adjourn
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm 
Closed Business Meeting: Concrete Innovation Council 

For registration, hotel reservations, agenda and event website, please go to: www.acifoundation.org/technology/forums.aspx

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