Présidente / Chair: Susan Tighe, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

MECHANISTIC INVESTIGATION OF GRANULAR BASE AND SUBBASE MATERIALS: A SASKATCHEWAN CASE STUDY – Curtis Berthelot, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Geological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK; Allan Widger, Executive Director, Engineering Services, Saskatchewan Highways and Transportation, Regina; Tom Gehlen, Vice-president, Pavement Scientific International, Saskatoon, SK

MONITORING PAVEMENT RESPONSE DURING SPRING THAW AND VALIDATION OF THE THAW WEAKENING INDEX – Guy Doré, Professor, and Pascale Pierre, Engineer, Université Laval, Québec City, QC; Kate De Blois, Engineer, and Yves Savard, Engineer, Ministère des Transports du Québec, Québec City

LONG-LIFE ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS TECHNOLOGY – John Emery, President, John Emery Geotechnical Engineering Limited, Toronto

GUIDE FOR THE MECHANISTIC-EMPIRICAL DESIGN OF NEW AND REHABILITATED PAVEMENT STRUCTURES: MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION - IS YOUR AGENCY READY? – Chris Olidis, Senior Engineer, and David Hein, Applied Research Associates Division Manager, ERES Consultants, Toronto

INVESTIGATION OF POLYMER MODIFIED ASPHALT BY SHEAR AND TENSILE COMPLIANCES – Ota Vacin, Researcher and Assistant Professor, Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON