The Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists is actively soliciting paper offers for its 2009 Annual Meeting and Technical Sessions. Papers reporting on studies concerning any aspect of asphalt paving technology or related fields are considered for presentation and publication in the Association's prestigious Journal. (The Journal has an ISSN number and is I.S.I. certified.) These can include research, design, construction and maintenance issues dealing with all types of asphalt cement, asphalt mixtures and pavement applications, including innovative ideas as well as improvements to current practice. Papers offering a practical approach of interest to industry personnel will be particularly welcomed. All papers will be subjected to the Association's peer review process, the results of which dictate whether papers are of sufficient quality for acceptance. Final decisions are made by the Board of Directors.

The annual meeting is attended by specialists from academia, research organizations, material producers, contractors, National and State authorities and consultants from around the world.

Papers presented along with discussions at the 2009 meeting will be published in Volume 78 of the AAPT Journal. Please note that the maximum length of papers in the specified format is 35 pages. Please see the Summary of Instructions to Authors or the full length Instructions to Authors for further formatting rules.

The papers offered for the 2009 Annual Meeting can be submitted at the MIRA site (http://www.miracd.com/AAPT2009/), which will be available on May 1, 2008.The deadline for submitting papers is on August 1, 2008.

The following schedule will be used for selecting and publishing papers for the 2009 meeting:

August 1, 2008
Papers must be uploaded to the MIRA website (http://www.miracd.com/AAPT2009/).

October, 2008
Board meeting

October, 2008
Notification of acceptance

December, 2008
Final electronic draft due on website

Please read the Information on Submitting Papers, Summary of Instructions to Authors, or the full length Instructions to Authors.
If you have any questions on offering of papers or requirements, call the office at 651-293-9188, or email to aapt@qwest.net.