The IEEE-IAS/ACA Cement Conference is the world's largest event for the cement industry, taking place annually in spring in the US (and ocassionally in Canada). Here Global Cement gives the latest informatoin on the up-coming event, and a review of previous events.

68th IEEE-IAS/ACA 2026 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The 68th annual IEEE-IAS/ACA Cement Conference will take place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 26 - 29 April 2026.
For the latest information on the event visit: www.cementconference.org
Global Cement Magazine will exhibit in Fort Lauderdale on stand 416 - please come and visit!
67th IEEE-IAS/PCA 2025 - Birmingham, Alabama
The 67th IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Technical Conference took place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA in May 2025
Click on the link below to download the PDF file of the presentation.
View the image gallery from the 67th annual IEEE-IAS/ACA Cement Conference 2025
66th IEEE-IAS/PCA 2024 - Denver, Colorado
The 66th IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference took place in Denver, Colorado.
View the video of Rob McCaffrey's presentation on YouTube, on how the global cement industry will look in 2050, given at the 66th IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Technical Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA on 30 April 2024
65th IEEE-IAS/PCA 2023 - Dallas, Texas
The 65th IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference took place 23-27 April 2023 in Dallas, Texas.
64th IEEE-IAS/PCA 2022 - Las Vegas, Nevada
The 64th IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference took place 1-5 May 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, after a two year delay due to Covid. Robert McCaffrey of Global Cement gave a keynote presentation on 'Secret changes in the cement industry.'
62nd IEEE-IAS/PCA (2020), 63rd IEEE-IAS/PCA (2021) - Digital events due to Covid
61st IEEE-IAS/PCA 2019 - St Louis, Missouri
Robert McCaffrey, the editorial director of Global Cement, presented ‘The global cement industry in 2050’ at the 61st IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Technical Conference 2019 taking place at St Louis in Missouri. The presentation used data from a variety of sources to explore how the cement and concrete industries could look in 2050 including shifts in societies, demographics, technologies, business and the environment.
For more information about the presentation and to download a copy visit: www.globalcement.com/reports/cement-2050
60th IEEE-IAS/PCA 2018 - Nashville, Tennessee
The 60th IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference took place in Nashville, Tennessee - see Global Cement's video review on YouTube. Read the full conference review here.
59th IEEE-IAS/PCA 2017 - Calgary, Canada
Ed Sullivan, the Portland Cement Association’s (PCA) chief economist, gave an economic forecast for US cement consumption.
58th IEEE-IAS/PCA 2017 - Grapevine, Texas
The 58th annual IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference took place on 15 - 19 May 2016 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.
57th IEEE-IAS/PCA 2015 - Toronto, Canada
56th IEEE-IAS/PCA 2014 - Washington DC, USA
The 56th IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference took place in Washington, DC from 13 - 17 April 2014 and featured a tour of the Martinsburg Cement Plant owned by Essroc.
55th IEEE-IAS/PCA 2013 - Orlando, Florida
The 55th annual IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference was held at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida, USA on 14 - 18 April 2013. The event attracted a total of 916 delegates from across the US and further afield who heard a total of 45 high-quality presentations and were able to visit 165 different exhibitors.


