Event Details
Ames, Iowa
Gateway Hotel and Conference Center
2100 Green Hills Drive
Ames, IA 50010
515-292-8600
December 9, 2025
Event runs from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Registration opens at 9:30 a.m.
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Description
The workshop will feature practical and relevant presentations on data-driven pavement preservation practices, geographical information systems’ (GIS’) role in pavement inventory, pavement management integration challenges, and success stories from city, county, and metropolitan planning organization (MPO)/regional planning affiliation (RPA) perspectives, as well as networking opportunities.
Who Should Attend
This event is designed for city and county engineers, public works directors, consultants, planners, MPOs, RPAs, GIS administrators, street superintendents, or supervisors responsible for making pavement maintenance, rehabilitation, or reconstruction decisions, as well as those who are responsible for developing a pavement management program.
Agenda
| Time | Event Details |
|---|---|
| 10:00 AM | Welcome |
| 10:05 AM | Agency Updates – Priorities and challenges and how IPMP can help |
| 10:45 AM | Iowa DOT Updates on Pavement and Other Assets Data Collection – Ashley Buss, PhD, PE, Iowa DOT |
| 11:00 AM | Funding and Pavement Condition Data Priorities for Iowa Counties – Lee Bjerke, PE, Secondary Roads Research Engineer, ICEA/Iowa DOT |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 12:45 PM | Effectiveness of Pavement Preservation Treatments – Alireza Sassani, PhD, Research Scientist, Iowa State University |
| 1:20 PM | IPMP Update and GIS Services |
| 1:50 PM | Modernizing Ames Pavement Management System: Data-Driven, Modular, Maintainable – Matt Haubrich and Jason Reichart, PE, HDR Inc. |
| 2:25 PM | Break |
| 2:35 PM | Emerging Technology for Local Transportation Agencies: LLMs and Agentic AI – Alireza Sassani, PhD, Research Scientist, Iowa State University |
| 2:50 PM | Use of Aerial Imagery for Pavement Condition Evaluation – Farhad Aghasi, Iowa State University |
| 3:10 PM | dTIMS Best Practices and Tips |
| 3:40 PM | Closing |
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