IEEE-IAS/PCA Conference Speakers Announced | For Construction Pros

Business consultants sharing their newest technical trainings, the Portland Cement Affiliation (PCA) Spring Financial forecast, and a panel discussing how the U.S. presidential administration is affecting the cement and concrete trade, plus extra, are all deliberate for the company for this 12 months’s IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Convention. 

The 2025 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Convention is scheduled for Could 4-8, positioned in Birmingham, Alabama.

David Simchi-LeviPortland Cement AffiliationDavid Simchi-Levi, an internationally acknowledged thought chief in provide chain administration and analytics, would be the featured speaker on the Could 6 Opening Common Session. He will likely be adopted by a panel dialogue with senior leaders from throughout the provision chain who will share insights into right this moment’s real-world challenges and the dire must construct extra focused logistics networks.

On Could 7, on the PCA Business Insights Session, Paul Chadwick, the extraordinary author who introduced comedian superhuman “Concrete” to life by means of critically acclaimed storytelling, will likely be this 12 months’s keynote speaker. Chadwick will clarify what impressed him to decide on cement and concrete to encase a human spirit, and why he set Concrete forth on the unforgettable adventures the character encounters.

Paul ChadwickPortland Cement AffiliationView the convention’s full agenda of days and instances of occasions right here.

“This 12 months’s line-up manages to the touch on most of the new and probably pivotal challenges confronted by the cement, concrete, and building industries right this moment,” mentioned Mike Eire, PCA President and CEO.

“Attendees will hear from the consultants on all the things from what it’s going to take to supply resilient infrastructure for CCUS tasks, to how U.S. cement producers are working to align their priorities with these of the Trump White Home, whereas nonetheless advancing with their plan to succeed in carbon neutrality by 2050.” For extra info or to register for the 2025 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Convention, go to www.cementconference.org.

PCA gratefully acknowledges the 2025 Capstone sponsors for his or her beneficiant assist of the convention: Cement Alliance, Christian Pfeiffer, DALOG, DCL, FLSmidth Cement, Industrial Ally, A Salas O’Brien Firm, MMR,  Refratechnik North America, Inc., Schneider Electrical, Sintek North America, thyssenkrupp Polysius North America, and Vortex.  

Planning for the following occasion is already underway. The 2026 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Convention will be held in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 26–29, 2026.