ISAP Activities

The Society organizes and supports conferences and projects of importance to the international asphalt paving community. Some examples include:

Developing and conducting the prestigious ISAP Conferences at 4-year intervals:

• 8th Conference in Seattle, USA, August 1997
• 9th Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002

Co-sponsoring events with other organizations, e.g.:

• International Pavement Management Conference, Durban, South Africa, August 1998; Seattle, USA, August 2001
• Gulf States Pavement Workshop, Saudi Arabia, 1998
• Practical Asphalt Conference, Australia, 2000

Organizing special workshops:

• Paving Asphalt Fumes: What are the Health Effects? Baltimore, USA, 1989
• In Search of Performance Excellence, Hawaii, 1990
• Future Prospects for a Competitive Asphalt Industry, Futures' Committee Report, 1993

Sponsoring a Distinguished Lectureship Series:

"Achievement & Challenges in Asphalt Pavement Engineering," Professor Stephen F. Brown, FR.Eng, University of Nottingham, UK
(download in Acrobat format)

"Results of the WesTrack Research Program",
Dr. Jon Epps, Granite Construction incorporated, Sparks, NV, USA.

"Reinventing the (Pavement Management) Wheel",
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Ralph Haas, CM, FCAE, FRSC, FCSCE, PhD, P.Eng, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
(download in Acrobat format)

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