2025 Road Salt Education Summit

This road salt education conference is targeted to municipal snowplow crews, private contractors, municipal leaders and board members, state agency staff and others interested in learning about, using, and/or supporting the use of best practices during snow and ice management that maintain public safety while at the same time reducing use of salt. The agenda includes peer-to-peer learning and sharing, an introduction to a variety of reduced salt best practices, information about policies use in other states to limit liability of commercial salt applicators, and the science of salt and its impacts to local waterways. Vendors will be on hand to demonstrate and share information about cutting edge technologies designed to increase knowledge of snow fighters so you can make informed decisions about when, where, and how much salt to distribute in any given location. 

Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Registration opens at 8:30 AM)
Location: Outbound Stowe, 876 Mountain Rd, Stowe, VT 05672

Registration is closed. 

Interested in being part of the vendor fair or sponsoring the event? Three levels of sponsorship are available or determine your own level of support for this educational event. Learn more here.

General agenda (detailed agenda):

8:30 AM Registration opens / Vendors "open" for the day
9:00 AM Welcome and setting the stage for the day
9:10 AM Plenary session: Impacts of road salt and planning to benefit waterways
9:45 AM Learning from Each Other: Municipal and private contractors' stories
10:45 AM Gold sponsor presentations - Innovative Surface Solutions and Metal Pless
10:55 AM Vendor Expo 
11:45 AM Lunch and speakers - Weather forecasting resources to aid snow removal efforts  
12:30 PM Road salting limited liability policies 
1:10 PM Calibration and Brine Demos (including both on-site training with S&D Snowblowing and vendors, and an off site opportunity to visit and learn about Hyde Park's brine and pre-wetting system)
3:00 PM Adjourn