December 4

Opening session, 9- 11:30 a.m.

ACA Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality – 2025 Deliverables
American Cement Association President and CEO, Mike Ireland

ACAA 2025 Production and Use Survey – Construction Markets
American Coal Ash Association Government Affairs Committee Chair, John Ward

Calcined and Raw Pozzolan Market Development
Natural Pozzolan Association Executive Director, Joe Thomas

Slag Cement Industry Update
Heidelberg Materials North America Director of Sustainable Innovations and Development, Claire Nowasell

Electric Arc Furnace Steel Emissions Reduction, Recycling Metrics
Steel Manufacturers Association President, Philip Bell OR
Vice President – Energy, Environment & Infrastructure Policy. Eric Stuart

ACA, ACAA, NPA, SMA Media Panel, Attendee Q&A 

Lunch, 11:45 a.m.-12.45 p.m. 

Carbon Accounting, Reporting and Claim Validation, 1-3 p.m.

Environmental Product Declarations: Automated, Expedited Delivery
Climate Earth CEO Karl Laughton, Chairman Chris Erickson

Steel Climate Standard Emissions Target Certifications 
Global Steel Climate Council Executive Director, Adina Renee Adler

2025-26 Hot Rolled, Fabricated Steel EPD Releases
American Institute of Steel Construction Vice President of Sustainability & Government Relations Brian Raff

2027 Steel Reinforcement Bar Industry Average EPD Survey
Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute Sustainability Manager Parisha Chanodia, P.E., S.E.

2025 PCI Regionalized Industry Average EPDs for Architectural, Insulated, Structural Products
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Director of Sustainability, Thomas Ketron 

2025 PCR for Concrete | 2026 Industry Average EPD for Ready Mixed Concrete
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Director of Sustainability, Tiffany Reed-Villareal, P.E.

Industry Average EPD for Concrete Masonry Units | Concrete Carbonation Research
Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes Association VP, Engineering & Advocacy, Nick Lang, P.E.

NEU, ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete Validation and Verification Program
American Concrete Institute Managing Director, Communications and Marketing, Brian Wheeler

Construction and Design Support, 3:30-5 p.m.

American Concrete Institute Code-323:24, Low-Carbon Concrete–Code Requirements and Commentary
ACI Committee 323 – Low-Carbon Concrete Code Chair and New Jersey Institute of Technology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor, Matthew Adams, Ph.D.

American Institute of Steel Construction Sustainability Toolkit
AISC Vice President of Sustainability & Government Relations, Brian Raff

AGC Playbook on Decarbonization and Carbon Reporting
Associated General Contractors of America Senior Director, Environment and Sustainability, Melinda Tomaino

December 5

Architect and Engineer Perspectives, 8:30 a.m.-Noon

AIA Climate Action Pledge Update
American Institute of Architects Climate Action Pledge Programs Director, Melanie De Cola

ASCE Structural Engineering Institute SE 2050 Signatories Update
SE 2050 Commitment Program Chair and Arup Senior Structural Engineer, Lauren Wingo

Prestandard for Assessing the Embodied Carbon of Structural Systems in Buildings
HGA Senior Associate, Ethan Fogle, P.E.

ACI 318, AISC 36-22, ASCE 7-22: Code Updates for Reduction of Embodied Carbon

• ACI 318 Chair and University of Texas at San Antonio Professor of Civil Engineering, JoAnn Browning
• AISC Vice President of Sustainability & Government Relations, Brian Raff
• Walter P Moore Senior Principal and Director of Sustainable Design, Dirk Kestner, P.E.  

2025 Lower Carbon Concrete Guide
Walter P Moore Senior Principal and Director of Sustainable Design, Dirk Kestner, P.E.