Program

Special Sessions

Invited Speakers will be presenting on the following topics:

Case Studies

presentations from Australia, South Africa and New Zealand
addressing practical and real life problem areas
treatment / selection
Possible topics may include: sealing in difficult conditions; repairing failed jobs; successful difficult jobs; introducing new materials; particular issues in urban areas; challenges in obtaining adequate funding; etc.

Hypotheticals

presentations from South Africa, New Zealand and Australia
how do different countries treat specially formulated problem situations

Country Issues

New Zealand, South Africa and Australia will identify their most important sealing issue(s)
issues may be technical or non-technical

Presenters will explain:

why it is important
what they are doing about it
what should be done

Paper Sessions

Papers will be presented on a range of topics including:

Binders
Understanding seal behaviour
Seal design
Construction
Sealing equipment
Bitumen & alternatives
Treatment selection
Future developments:
climate change & greenhouse gas emissions
the effect of oil scarcity & price on binder supplies
new binders
new procedures

More information on the conference program will be available soon.

Technical Tour

A Technical Tours will be available for conference delegates. The Tour will feature issues and practices in sprayed sealing.

The tour will take place on Sunday 10 October 2010, and will depart from the Conference venue (Sebel Hotel, Albert Park).

More information on the Technical Tour will be available soon.

Trade exhibition

As part of the 2nd International Sprayed Sealing Conference, delegates will be able to attend a trade exhibition with suppliers of products and services relating to the road and transport industry. The trade exhibition will include a number of demonstrations, competitions and 'hands-on' activities to learn more about current best practice in Australia and overseas.

2nd International Sprayed Sealing Conference 2010