Virtual Learning
What are the Latest Trends in Winter Road Maintenance?

• Date: Nov 23, 2026
  Time: 9:30 - 10:30 am CT; 8:30 - 9:30 am MT
  Delivery: Live Zoom Webinar (desktop/laptop and mobile devices)

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Why Attend

This presentation will identify emerging technologies and strategies in winter road maintenance. Topics to be covered are new tools, materials, and methods being adopted to improve efficiency and safety during snow and ice events. Participants will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of current winter maintenance practices by assessing traditional approaches compared to newer innovations in terms of cost, environmental impact, and operational performance/effectiveness.

Interactive Features

• Engage with presenter and peers via chat or Q&A
• Live polling / surveys / annotations – varies by presentation
• Downloadable reference materials

Who Should Attend

Equipment operators, snow plow drivers, snow and ice managers, equipment/spec managers, and maintenance decision makers.

Your Presenter(s)

Mark serves as a Business Application Manager and winter maintenance expert for Vaisala Inc. In his role he serves as a resource that is helping clients/agencies/etc. to improve their operations and works with them to solve problems, offers training opportunities and serves as customer support. Mark is an expert in winter maintenance operations, chemical use including liquid programs and blending liquid de-icers. Mark also serves as a winter maintenance researcher on behalf of Vaisala. Mark joined Vaisala in 2014.

Prior to joining the Vaisala team, Mark was with McHenry County Division of Transportation (retired,) for 30 years where he served as Maintenance Superintendent. Mark has presented at Snow and Ice seminars all across North American and abroad, many environmental seminars and for various Municipalities across North America and internationally Mark is also an author and has been published in every major industry Magazine, white papers and completed research for Clear Roads, NCHRP and agencies.