The 2007 Annual Meeting was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in San Antonio, on March 11-14, 2007. There were 266 attendees from 17 countries around the world, representing suppliers, consultants, contractors, universities, government agencies and other researchers. Their common interest is research into materials and methods on how to build better roads.

Highlights:

A Government Industry Forum was held on Sunday, March 11. The following subjects were discussed: 1) How to Market Recycling of HMA Successfully; 2) Specification Considerations for Using RAP in HMA; 3) Alternatives to Hot Mix Recycling; 4) National Asphalt Roadmap.

The Technical Session included 23 papers, which were grouped into the following 5 sessions: 1) Quality Control in Construction 2) Advancements in Testing of Asphalt Binders 3) Hot Mix Asphalts Properties and Performance, 4) Predictive Modelling for Asphalt Mixtures and Pavements and 5) Asphalt Mixture Testing Methodologies.

Finally, there was a Symposium Session, titled "Innovative Construction Practices."

Each of the sessions included presentations by experts in the field followed by open discussions. The papers and discussions will be published in Volume 76 of the AAPT Journal. There were 57 paper offers for the March 2007 AAPT Meeting. The Board of Directors developed the technical sessions from these offers.