The 2025 Annual Road Profile Users’ Group (RPUG) conference will be held in Dallas, TX from April 28 – May 1, 2025.
The theme for the 2025 RPUG conference is “Saddle Up!”
Quick Links
- Download the Brochure
- Agenda Downloads: At-a-Glance Agenda Detailed Agenda Coming Soon!
- Online registration
- Meeting Location and Hotel Info
- Speakers Info and Abstracts Coming Soon
- View Presentations After the Show
Navigator Links:
- Link up with an industry veteran to be your RPUG tour guide
- Participate in the upcoming virtual orientation
Travel-Related Links:
- Directions to finding the hotel and venue
- Ground transportation options from Dallas Airports: Love Field DFW
- Dallas tourism information
Workshop Links:
- ProVAL Workshop (1PM to 5PM, Monday, April 28) is open to all RPUG attendees
- ProVAL workshop sign-ups – Use the RPUG Contact Me form and enter your name, email, and “ProVAL workshop 2025” in the message body.
Who Should Attend
- Equipment Operators & Vendors
- Pavement Management Engineers
- Construction & Design Engineers
- Researchers
- Federal, State & Local Gov. Agencies
- Paving Contractors
- Data Collectors
- Universities
- Equipment Manufacturers
- Consultants
- Tire Industry Professionals
Call for Presentations
RPUG encourages you to present on the latest-&-pertinent topics for roadway and highway pavement Surface characteristics (PSC) as follows:
- 3D Pavement Surface Measurement Technology/Certification and Automated Pavement Distress Identification and Reporting
- Profile Data Collection Standards and Certification
- Impact of Updated Ride Specifications on Construction Practices and Incentive/Disincentive Programs
- Influence of Surface Characteristics on Rolling Resistance, Vehicle Emission, and Tire Wear
- Network Pavement Surface Measurements
- Pavement Roughness and Ride Comfort
- Pavement Surface Characteristics Data Quality Management
- Pavement Surface Texture Measurement and Analysis
- Real-time Surface Properties Measurement during Construction
- Tire-Pavement Friction/Noise Measurement and Analysis
- Updates to PSC Equipment
Please submit a presentation abstract of 300 words or less in a one-page MS word document via the RPUG contact page .
- Example abstract
- Abstract Template
- Instructions for speakers to prepare bios, presentations. (2024-04-22)
- Presentation PPT template
- Download the 2025 Call For Abstracts
Important Dates
- December 19th, 2024 – Call for Presentation Abstracts
- February 3rd, 2025 – Deadline for submitting abstracts of presentations
- February 28th, 2025 – Notification of accepted titles/abstracts for presentations
- April 4th, 2025 – Deadline for the early-bird registration
- April 4th, 2025 – Deadline for the early-bird hotel reservation at the conference rates
- April 23rd, 2025 – Deadline for submission of presentations (including visual aids) & bios
- April 28th – May 1st, 2025 – RPUG conference
Hotel Reservation
The 2025 meeting will be hosted at the Embassy Suites Convention Center Hotel in Denton, TX. More Hotel info Here
Early bird hotel reservation at the group rate is available here until April 4, 2025.
Ground Transportation
There are several options for travel from the Dallas Airports to our meeting in Denton (Dallas suburb). Most users have elected to use Uber, Lyft or Taxi. Public Transit buses also make this trip.
Sponsorship
RPUG is looking for critical sponsors to contribute again and help make this year’s event a success! Click Here to learn more about how you could help.
Registration Fees
A registration fee of USD $475 is required. A late registration fee of USD $500 may apply if passing the early-bird deadline. Spouse/guest pass is USD $325.
Equipment vendors are invited to attend the meeting to exhibit their products. Exhibitor registration of USD $2,250 includes two participants.
You can register by either:
- Click here to register online.
- Download the registration sheet and fill out the registration form on the last page. Then, Mail: (with payment) National Center for Pavement Preservation, 2857 Jolly Rd. Okemos, MI 48864.
Invitation Letters and VISA Requirements
If you are traveling from a foreign country to the US, please the US VISA requirements.
Contact us if you need any assistance, such as an official RPUG invitation letter.
Continuing Education (CEU) Credits
We will also offer certificates of continuing education (CEU) credits to RPUG attendees upon request.
RPUG Navigator Program
Returning for 2025 is the RPUG Navigator Program started in recent years and aimed at helping all RPUG meeting attendees feel welcomed and included, and promote a sense of community within the group.
Click here to learn more about the program
Click here to sign up for a RPUG veteran “tour guide” to take advantage of the program, or simply talk to anyone at the meeting with the Navigator logo on their badge or wearing a Navigator lanyard.
Contacts
- Registration, sponsorship opportunity, and CEU credits: Contact Patte Hahn of the National Center for Pavement Preservation at +1 (517) 432-8220 or email hahnp@egr.msu.edu.
- Presentation/Moderating Sessions: Email Info@RPUG.org or use the RPUG contact page.