November 8-12, 2009
Marriott New Orleans,
New Orleans, LA

Program-at-a-Glance

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Saturday, November 7

1:00 PM-5:00 PM Forum on Sustainability  TBA

Sunday, November 8

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Student Concrete Cube Competition  ACADIA/BISSONET/CARONDELET 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Application of Fracture Mechanics to Concrete Structures and Composites  SALON C 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Construction, Formwork, Scheduling, Tolerances and Communication  SALON F 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Emerging Technologies in Civil Infrastructure Application  SALON G&H 2:00 PM-5:00 PM How I Spiced Up my Concrete  SALON B 5:15 PM-6:30 PM Opening Session and Hardy Cross Lecture Series  SALON D&E 7:30 PM-9:30 PM Professor Thomas Hsu Honorary Dinner  LA GALERIE 2 9:00 PM-10:30 PM Student and Young Professional Networking Event  55 FAHRENHEIT

Monday, November 9

6:30 AM-8:15 AM Workshop for Technical Committee Chairs  SALON D&E 7:00 AM-8:30 AM Speaker Skills Training Breakfast: Spicing Up your Presentation  LA GALERIE 3 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Nanotechnology of Concrete: The Next Big Thing is Small, Part 1  SALON A 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Simple Tools and Gadgets Which Help Solve your Problems  EXHIBIT AREA 9:00 AM-12:00 PM The Leading Edge of Pervious Concrete, Part 1  SALON G&H 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Things You Need to Know About Workability of Concrete  SALON C 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Thomas T.C. Hsu Symposium, Part 1: Recent Advances in Seismic Shear of Wall-Type Structures  SALON B 12:00 PM-2:00 PM Student Lunch: Navigating the Task-Relationship Minefield: Long Term Success in the World of Work  SALON D&E 2:00 PM-5:00 PM "What's New" on Concrete Reinforcing Detailing  SALON F 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Nanotechnology of Concrete: The Next Big Thing is Small, Part 2  SALON A 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Quality Management Systems for Concrete Construction  SALON C 2:00 PM-5:00 PM The Leading Edge of Pervious Concrete, Part 2  SALON G&H 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Thomas T.C. Hsu Symposium, Part 2: Recent Advances in Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis of Concrete Structures  SALON B 7:30 PM-10:00 PM 123 Forum  SALON C

Tuesday, November 10

9:00 AM-12:00 PM Contractors Day Session - Part 1  SALON F 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Design Methods for Non-Traditional ICF's  SALON G&H 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Planning for Successful Concrete Projects  SALON A 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Temperature Effect on Concrete Performance  SALON C 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Thomas T.C. Hsu Symposium, Part 3: Five Decades of Progress in Shear and Torsion  SALON B 12:00 PM-2:00 PM Contractors' Day Lunch: Where will the Next Contractor's Dollar be Coming From?  SALON E 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Can This Concrete Self Consolidate?  SALON C 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Contractors Day Session - Part 2  SALON F 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Hot Topic Session - Minimizing Pavement Cracking, Part 2: Construction  SALON G&H 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Open Paper Session  SALON A 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Thomas T.C. Hsu Symposium, Part 4: Recent Advances in Shear and Torsion of Concrete Bridges  SALON B 7:00 PM-10:00 PM Concrete Mixer at Mardi Gras World

Wednesday, November 11

9:00 AM-12:00 PM Current Trends in Structural Health Monitoring Systems of Concrete Structures, Part 1  SALON B 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Fiber Reinforced Self-Consolidating Concrete, Part 1  SALON G&H 9:00 AM-12:00 PM How Do You Spice Up a Concrete Bridge to Be Earthquake Resistant?  SALON A 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Materials Science Modeling as a Solution to Concrete Problems, Part 1  SALON F 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Sulfate Influence Properties of Early Age Concrete  SALON C 12:00 PM-2:00 PM International Lunch: Building Green in the Desert  SALON E 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Corrosion of Post-Tensioned Systems  SALON A 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Current Trends in Structural Health Monitoring Systems of Concrete Structure, Part 2  SALON B 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Fiber Reinforced Self-Consolidating Concrete, Part 2  SALON G&H 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Materials Science Modeling as a Solution to Concrete Problems, Part 2  SALON F

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