The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Springs, Md., has announced its roster of speakers for its 2010 Concrete Sustainability Conference, scheduled for April 13-15 in Tempe, Ariz. The conference, sponsored by NRMCA and the School of Sustainable Engineering and The Built Environment at Arizona State University, will feature more than 50 speakers.
Several prominent keynote speakers will present during the opening and closing general session. Paul Johnson, executive dean of the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, will present on how ASU has become one of the most sustainable universities in the United States. Mark Wilhelm, principal of Green Ideas Environmental Building Consultants, will provide an update on the LEED Green Building Rating System. Wayne Trusty, president of Athena Institute, will speak on how life cycle assessment can measure environmental performance. Franz-Josef Ulm, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present work being done at the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub to improve the efficiency of cement and concrete through nanotechnology.
The NRMCA says the fifth annual conference will provide learning and networking opportunities on the latest advances, technical knowledge, continuing research, tools and solutions for sustainable concrete manufacturing and construction.
A complete list of topics and presenters is available at www.SustainabilityConf.org.