2026 Transportation Infrastructure Durability Conference

TIDC26 NO-COST REGISTRATION

📆 WHEN:

August 19th – 20th,
2026

📍WHERE:

UMaine Wells Conference Center
Orono, ME

📩 CONTACT:

tidc.ascc@maine.edu
For More Info

Wednesday, August 19th

8:00 AM
Registration Check-in & Breakfast
9:30 AM
Day 1 Welcome – Proceedings Begin
9:45 AM
Keynotes
10:30 AM
Keynote Q&A Panel
11:00 AM
Break
11:15 AM Presentation Session 1
X-BRIDGE 1.0: Design Challenges and Solutions, & Procurement Bidding Options
12:15 PM
Lunch
1:15 PM Presentation Session 2
Composite Advances in Infrastructure & Future Trends
2:15 PM
Break
2:30 PM Presentation Session 3
CT Girder Manufacture Highlights
3:30 PM
Day 1 Closing
4:30 PM
Basalt International Facility Tour (Sign up during Registration)

Thursday, August 20th

8:00 AM
Registration Check-in & Breakfast
9:00 AM
Day 2 Welcome – Proceedings Begin
9:15 AM
UMaine Address
9:45 AM Session 4
StateDOT Leaders Panel Session
10:45 AM
Break
11:00 AM Presentation Session 5
Organizational Challenges of Embracing Composite Components Adoption
12:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM Presentation Session 6
Digital Twins-construction & AVs-Human Machine Interface
2:00 PM
Day 2 Closing
2:30 PM
ASCC & VEMI Lab Tours (Sign up during Registration)

Build Faster. Build Affordable. Build for the Future.

Why Attend TIDC26?

Hear Presentations &
Ask Questions About

Transportation Infrastructure Research, Advancements, and Future Developments:

Composites in Transportation Infrastructure
U.S. DOT Infrastructure Research Landscape
X-BRIDGE, and the First Demonstration Project in Hancock Maine
Advanced Driving Systems & Public Challenges with Autonomous Vehicles

Who Should
Attend?

Anyone engaged in
Transportation Infrastructure:

DOT Professionals at the National, State, and Municipal Levels
Transportation Engineers, Designers, Fabricators, Planners, & Project Managers
Materials Manufacturers, Technology Providers, & Industry Organizations
Universities Looking to Advance Composite Solutions in Transportation

The Transportation Infrastructure Durability Conference is the University of Maine’s no cost annual forum for all things at the forefront of transportation innovation, this year with a focus on the UMaine / U.S. DOT ARPA-I (Advanced Research Projects Agency – Infrastructure) collaborative project: X-BRIDGE (eXceptional Bridges through Innovative Design and Groundbreaking Engineering).

X-BRIDGE is a corrosion free bridge system. The goal is to construct bridge superstructures in half the time, at half the cost, and with twice the lifespan with minimal maintenance cost.

TIDC26 NO-COST REGISTRATION