SAVE THE DATE!

2025 Convention and Safety Conference
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December 2nd & 3rd

Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Illinois

Registration will open September 11th.

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​Annual Convention    December 3-4, 2024

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Tuesday, December 3rd
7:00 am-Noon:  Exhibitors check-in & set-up (note earlier start time this year)
8:30-3:00:  Safety Conference
10:00:  IAAP Board of Directors Meeting, Spec Tech Committee Meeting
Noon-1:00:  Lunch Buffet available on the 2nd floor Diamond Room
1:00:: Associates Expo Opens (note earlier start time this year)
1:00-3:00  Aggregate Policy Seminar, Environmental Committee Meeting
3:00-9:30:  Associates Expo, Opening Reception, Casino Night, Silent Auction, Bags Tournament & More (NEW THIS YEAR! All takes place in the Expo Hall)
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Wednesday, December 4th
7:00-8:00 am:  Breakfast in Expo Hall
7:00-12:15:  Associates Expo Open
8:00-9:15:  Opening Session: Board Elections, Committee Reports, Industry Awards
9:15-9:45:  Lightening Talks
9:45-10:30: Designated Expo Time
10:00-10:15:  IAAP Board Caucus (Board Members Only)
10:30-11:15:  How to Conduct a Quarry/Pit Tour for Legislators & Students
10:30-11:15:  How to Develop EPDs for Your Aggregate Products at No Cost
11:30-12:15:  Understanding MSHA’s Final Silica Rule and Legal Challenges to the Rule
11:30-12:15:  Rocks and Minerals of the Energy Transition and Future Reclamation Concerns
​12:15-2:00:  Lunch, Industry Leadership Award, Keynote Speaker Colonel Todd Wood, $5,000 Education Raffle Grand Prize Drawing 
2:00 Convention Concludes
2:00 IAAP Sustainability Committee Meeting

• ​​Convention ticket: $250 IAAP Member or $300 Non-member includes educational programming and seminars, expo, food and beverages throughout the event, contribution to IAAP PAC, AND CASINO NIGHT 
• Expo booth: $425 per space (available to IAAP members only)
• Your company may sponsor the Annual Convention and Aggregate Miner Safety Conference.  Details here.

​Aggregate Miner Safety Conference     December 3, 2024

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​This year’s Safety Conference promises to be very informative with topics of critical interest to aggregate miners, supervisors and safety professionals in Illinois and surrounding states. You may also talk with vendors offering products designed to enhance mining safety.

​Tuesday, December 3rd
8:30 am to 3:00 pm

Topics include:

• 9:00 am: Priority Issues, Accidents and Safety Concerns in Illinois, Pat Kirk (MSHA)
• 9:30 am:  Take-home Communications and Conflict Management Skills and the Role These Play in Building Safety Culture, Libby Pritchard (former NSSGA Director of Occupational Health Safety & Sustainability)
• 10:45 am:  Rigging Safety, Mark Ward (Rockford Rigging)
• 11:30 am:  The Health Effects of Silica and Exposure, Jenny Friel (3M)
• 12:15 pm:  Lunch
  
• 12:45 pm:  Magic of Fire, Wes Taylor (Illinois Eastern Community Colleges)
• 1:45 pm:  Jobsite Equipment Safety, Maryanne Graves (John Deere)
• 2:15 pm: Looking Back, Looking Forward:  MSHA's Surface Mobile Equipment Rule and 2025 Outlook, Nick Scala (Conn Maciel Carey)

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• ​Tickets: $100 IAAP Member or $115 Non-member includes seminars, safety T-shirt, and food & beverages during conference.​

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​Exhibitor Information

Opening Reception

Casino Night

Lightning Talks

​​​Sponsors & Sponsorship Opportunities

​​Registered Attendees, Exhibitors and Sponsors

Silent Auction to benefit IAAP PAC

Sustainability Community Service Project 2024

​​​Map to Crowne Plaza hotel

​​​Crowne Plaza footprint

2023 Convention Photos

2024 Educational Seminars

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Hotel Room Block

Host hotel is the Crowne Plaza Reserve your room HERE. When using online registration, be sure to select the correct dates you will need a hotel room. or call (217)  529-7777 > Option 1 > Group Code: A2X Be sure to make your reservation on or before November 15, 2024 to receive these special rates.

Connected to the Crowne is the Holiday Inn Express Reservations: (217) 529-7771

Other nearby hotels

​Hilton Garden Inn 3100 S Dirksen Pkwy (217) 529-7171	​Drury Inn & Suites 3180 S Dirksen Pkwy (217) 529-3900	​Comfort Suites 2620 S Dirksen Pkwy (217) 753-4000	​Country Inn & Suites 3092 Stevenson Dr. (217) 544-5151
​Hampton Inn 3185 S Dirksen Pkwy (217) 529-1100	​Microtel Inn & Suites 2636 Sunrise Dr. (217) 753-2636	​Candlewood Suites 2501 Sunrise Dr. (217) 522-5100	​Residence Inn 2915 Stanford Ave. (217) 527-1100