On 19th February 2015 the Estonian Asphalt Pavement Association and the Estonian Road Cluster in cooperation with ÜLE OÜ and Estonian Road Administration will organise an international Bitumen Conference, the first of its kind in Estonia.

The Conference aims to introduce the various types of bitumen used for road construction in regions where the climate is similar to that of Estonia. We would also like to find out which binding agents should be used in bituminous mixtures so that it would meet our expectations. How we measure our expectations of the binding agents in the bituminous mixtures or in surface dressing is another topic addressed at the event.

One of the speakers at the Bitumen Conference will be Prof. Hussain U. Bahia who will speak of his own experience with bitumen and bituminous mixtures in the USA and who is one of the founders and developers of the Performance Grading system (Superpave) in the USA. Sven Sillamäe will talk about the bitumen study that is currently being conducted in Estonia and the observations of various foreign experts regarding the types of bitumen used in Estonia. Miglė Paliukaitė will provide an overview of a bitumen study in Lithuania, a topic she also addressed in her doctoral thesis, and Terhi Pellinen will speak of the synergy between bitumen and bituminous mixtures as well as of study trends in Finland.

The Conference will take place in the Assembly Hall of Tallinn University of Technology on the 19th February 2015 at 10.00 - 16.30.

The Conference will be held in English.

You can download the Conference Program HERE and the registration form HERE.

The deadline for registration is 10^th February 2015.

The Conference is organised with the support of Enterprise Estonia and the European Regional Development Fund.

For more information:
Märt Puust
Estonian Asphalt Pavement Association
mart.puust@asfaldiliit.ee
+372 5135336

Marek Koit
ÜLE OÜ
marek@yle.ee
+372 5101681