WAPA will host its 66th Annual Conference and Business Meeting from December 2 – 3, 2025 at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells.
Registration is now open! Use Use our one-stop Registration Form to sign up to:
- Attend – Attendees can participate in up to three breakout sessions for Professional Development Hours. (PDHs will also be offered for select general sessions.)
- Exhibit – The exhibitor fee includes two attendees again this year. WAPA members receive reduced exhibit rates.
- Sponsor – We offer WAPA members exclusive access to full-conference and limited single-event sponsorship opportunities.
Agenda
Our general session lineup for the 2025 conference will bring together decision-makers, practitioners and experts to discuss technology, safety, and updates at the state and national levels. Exhibitors will share the latest industry innovations, and we will again offer our popular technical sessions.
9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome and Opening Comments
9:15 – 10:00 | WisDOT Update
Kristina Boardman, Wisconsin DOT Secretary
Rebecca Burkel, WisDOT DTSD Division Administrator
10:00 – 10:45 | National Asphalt Pavement Association Update
Richard Willis, VP of Engineering, Research & Technology
11:05 – 12:00 | Asphalt: Refiner’s Perspective and Supply Dynamics
Brian Cloutier Crude and Feedstock Optimization Senior Manager, bp Asphalt
12:00 – 1:00 | Awards and Scholarship Luncheon
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Ethics | Jeff Russell, UW Wisconsin
BTS Update | Casey Wierzchowski and Dan Kopacz, WisDOT
Mix Busters | Mark Blow, Asphalt Institute
High Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Mixture Strategies | Tom Harman, NCAT
Making Economical Mixes While Instilling Better Quality | Richard Willis, NAPA
New Directions of Pavement Research | Runhua Zhang, UW-Wisconsin SHRC
AASHTOWare Materials and WisDOT Specification Updates | Erik Lyngdal and Brian Boothby, WisDOT
8:30 – 9:15 | Balanced Mix Design BMD – Challenges and Opportunities: Insights from Regional Peer-to-Peer Exchanges
Tom Harman, NCAT Senior Research Engineer
9:15 – 10:00 | High-Performance Pavements: Sustainable, Smooth, and Built to Last
Cindy Williams, Illinois Tollway Deputy Chief of Program Implementation
10:20 – 11:05 | WisDOT Work Zone Safety
Erin Schwark, Work Zone Operations Engineer and Andy Heidtke Statewide Work Zone Design Engineer
11:05 – 11:45 | Conference Wrap-Up and Adjournment
HOTEL
Use the following links to book your rooms at the Kalahari Resort: