Agenda | Net Zero Construction Conference 2025

Explore the sessions, speakers, and topics shaping the future of sustainable construction at NOCC25.

N0CC 2024

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

9:00AM

Expo & Check-In

10:00AM

Opening Remarks

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

Agenda | Net Zero Construction Conference 2025

N0CC 2024

9:00AM

Expo & Check-In

10:00AM

Opening Remarks

10:05AM

Break

10:10AM

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

10:10AM

Multiplex Construction Canada’s Sustainability Actions and Initiatives

10:35AM

SmartMix – Your Concrete Advantage

10:35AM

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

11:00AM

Break

11:10AM

Panel – Advancements in Low-Carbon Construction Technologies

12:10PM

Keynote

12:40AM

Expo & Networking

1:25PM

Sustainable Supply Chain in the Construction Industry

1:25PM

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

1:50PM

Carbon Accountability: A Contractor’s Journey

1:50PM

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

2:15PM

Leading the Way to Net Zero

2:15PM

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

2:40PM

Break

2:50PM

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

2:50PM

Reducing CO2 emissions from concrete

3:15PM

Adoption of Performance Standards & Specifications to Enable Sustainable Concrete

3:15PM

Increase Operational Sustainability and Profitability with Targeted Technology Adoption

3:40PM

Break

3:45PM

AI-Driven Reduction in Carbon Emissions and Material Usage

3:45PM

EPD 3.0, A vision of the future for EPDs

4:10PM

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

4:10PM

CAC Concrete Zero Action Plan

4:35PM

Break

4:40PM

Closing Remarks

4:45PM

Expo and Networking

Circular Economy in Construction – Part 1