Join us at the Hilton Palacio del Rio in San Antonio, Texas for the Winter 2024 ACAA Membership Meeting!
To reserve a room at the host hotel you can call reservations at 1-800-774-1500 and reference the American Coal Ash Association (ACAA).
Pre-registration for attendance will not be available after 12:00 pm EST on Monday, January 29th, this is also the last day to request a refund. After this time, on-site registration at the hotel will still be available.
Monday, February 5:
1:30 - 5 pm - Board of Director's Executive Session (Closed Meeting)
Tuesday, February 6:
9 - 10 am - Communication & Membership Committee Meeting, Peg Rennick, Chair
10 -10:30 am - Technical Committee Meeting Pt.1, Sai Vaidya, Chair
10:30 -11 am - Coffee Break
11 - 11:45 am - Technical Committee Meeting Pt. 2, Sai Vaidya, Chair
Women's Leadership Forum Luncheon, 11:45 AM to 1:15 PM; or lunch on your own
1:15 - 2 pm – Special Presentation: World of Coal Ash Tutorial, David Melanson, Assistant Director for External Affairs and Development University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research
2 - 3:30 pm - ACAA Board of Directors, John Halm, Chair
3:30 - 4 pm - ACAA Educational Foundation Board of Directors, John Halm, Chair
Welcome Reception, 5:30 to 6:30 PM
Wednesday, February 7:
7:15 - 8:15 am - Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 8:30 am - Opening Remarks, Tom Adams, ACAA Executive Director
8:30 - 9:15 am - Coal Ash Market Business Intelligence - Bottom-Up Analysis and Direction, David Cox, Founder, FirmoGraphs
9:15 - 10 am - EPD Technical Assistance for the Cementitious Materials Industry, Dr. Eric Giannini, Director of Product Standards and Technology, Portland Cement Association
10 - 10:20 am - Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:05 am - Reactivity Tests for Supplementary Cementitious Materials, Dr. Maria Juenger, L.B. (Preach) Meaders Professor of Engineering in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin
11:05 - 11:45 am - Carbonization of SCMs, Dr. Rafic Minkara, President, NXTInnovations
Group Lunch 11:45 am - 1:15 pm - Group Lunch
1:15 - 2 pm - ERCOT and the Texas Grid, Michael J. Nasi, Partner, Jackson Walker
2 - 3 pm - Government Relations Committee Meeting, John Ward, Chair
3 - 3:45 pm - Eco Material at Rainbow Energy Center, TBD
3:45 - 4 pm - Closing Remarks, Tom Adams, ACAA Executive Director
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or having an exhibit table, please feel free to fill out this sponsor form and return it to Brooke Pirmann at brooke.pirmann.acaa@gmail.com.
Thank you to our Sponsors: Eco Material Technologies, The SEFA Group, Waste Management, Geocycle, Haley & Aldrich, RB Jergens, Ashcor, CTL Group, Hanson, LB Industrial Systems
Thank you to our Exhibitors: Agru America, CQA Solutions, Eco Material Technologies, Ellingson DTD, LB Industrial Systems, The Mouat Company, Xylem