N0CC 2024 Speakers

Help us educate the construction industry on sustainable net zero practices.

9:00AM

Expo & Check-In

10:00AM

Opening Remarks

Aali

Dr. Aali Alizadeh

Co-Founder, President, and CTO

Giatec Scientific Inc

Location: Concrete Stage

10:05AM

Break

10:10AM

Towards Net-Zero: Leveraging Waste Plastic in Construction Materials for Sustainable Resource Management and Circular Economy

Location: Concrete Stage

Mehrtash Soltani, Ph.D

Research Associate

ConTI Lab, Chung-Ang University

10:10AM

Multiplex Construction Canada’s Sustainability Actions and Initiatives

Location: Cement Stage

Anya Barkan

Senior Sustainability Manager

Multiplex

10:35AM

SmartMix – Your Concrete Advantage

Location: Concrete Stage

Sarah McGuire

AVP, Business Development

Giatec

10:35AM

Reducing Environmental Impact with Connected Technologies and Data-Driven Decision Making

Location: Cement Stage

Jeff Newlin

Chief Revenue Officer

Command Alkon

Alex Moody

Director, Solutions Specialists (Presales / Sales Engineering)

Command Alkon

11:00AM

Break

11:10AM

Panel – Advancements in Low-Carbon Construction Technologies

Location: Concrete Stage

Panelist

Dr. Jason Weiss

Professor

Oregon State University

Panelist

Heather J. Brown, Ph.D.

Vice President of Quality Control/Quality Assurance

IMI

Panelist

Pouria Ghods, Ph.D

Co-Founder and CEO

Giatec Scientific Inc

Panelist

Brandon Williams

Business Development Manager

Sublime Systems

Panelist

Donn C. Thompson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

Senior Director, Building Innovations

NRMCA

Panelist

Lisa Barnard, LEED AP, WELL AP

Sustainability & EPD Program Manager

CHRYSO & GCP; SAINT-GOBAIN CONSTRUCTION CHEMICALS

12:10PM

Keynote

Location: Concrete Stage

Chris Ward

President and CEO

Heidelberg Materials North America

12:40AM

Expo & Networking

Location: Tradeshow Hall & Net-Zero Networking Hall

1:25PM

Sustainable Supply Chain in the Construction Industry

Location: Concrete Stage

Prabh Banga

Vice-President, Sustainability

Aecon Group Inc.

1:25PM

Produce faster or greener? Options of using high-power ultrasound in concrete production.

Location: Cement Stage

Dr. Nora Baum

CFO

Sonocrete

1:50PM

Carbon Accountability: A Contractor’s Journey

Location: Concrete Stage

Denyse Van Opbergen

Senior Manager, Climate & Sustainability

EllisDon

1:50PM

Using Electrical Resistivity to Determine the Efficiency of Supplementary Cementitious Materials to Prevent Alkali-Silica Reaction in Concrete

Location: Cement Stage

Krishna Siva Teja Chopperla, Ph.D

Giatec Paper Award Winner

Oregon State University - Paper

2:15PM

Leading the Way to Net Zero

Location: Concrete Stage

Larry Rowland

Sustainability Market Manager, North America

Heidelberg Materials

2:15PM

Machine learning in concrete science: Applications, challenges, and best practices

Location: Cement Stage

Zhanzhao Li

Graduate Research Assistant

Pennsylvania State University

2:40PM

Break

2:50PM

NRMCA Concrete Carbon Calculator: How to Reduce, Quantify, and Specify Carbon

Location: Concrete Stage

Brandon Wray

Senior Director, Building Innovations

NRMCA

2:50PM

Reducing CO2 emissions from concrete

Location: Cement Stage

Prannoy Suraneni

Knight Career Development Assistant Professor

University of Miami

3:15PM

Adoption of Performance Standards & Specifications to Enable Sustainable Concrete

Location: Concrete Stage

Professor Doug Hooton

Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering

University of Toronto

3:15PM

Increase Operational Sustainability and Profitability with Targeted Technology Adoption

Location: Cement Stage

Craig Marris

Chief Sustainability Officer

EROAD

Dean Marris

Chief Data Science Officer

EROAD

3:40PM

Break

3:45PM

AI-Driven Reduction in Carbon Emissions and Material Usage

Location: Concrete Stage

Alex Leblond

EVP Client Strategy and Industry Partners

Marcotte

3:45PM

EPD 3.0, A vision of the future for EPDs

Location: Cement Stage

Chris Erickson

CEO & Co-Founder

Climate Earth

4:10PM

Optimized Design Approaches to help reach Net Zero in Continuously Supported Concrete

Location: Concrete Stage

Ellyn Veal

Senior Applications Engineer

FullForce Engineered Solutions

4:10PM

CAC Concrete Zero Action Plan

Location: Cement Stage

Sarah Petrevan

VP, Industrial Decarbonization and Sustainability

Cement Association of Canada

4:35PM

Break

4:40PM

Closing Remarks

Location: Concrete Stage

Pouria Ghods, Ph.D

Co-Founder and CEO

Giatec

4:45PM

Expo and Networking

Circular Economy in Construction – Part 1