At the recent ASTM and Kuwait Cement Company Third Cement Conference and Workshop in Kuwait, pictured from left are: Tim Brooke, ASTM vice president of laboratory services; Eng. Awatef S. Al-Ghunaim, undersecretary, ministry of public works; Ali H. Al-Kandari, marketing and sales manager, Kuwait Cement Company; Majdi Almowakee, head of client relation section, Kuwait Cement Company; Dr. Khadija Z. Al-Mutairi, head of construction materials, Construction Management Labs, Government Center for Testing and Quality Control and Research, Ministry of Public Works; and Yousef Mostafa Abdullah, assistant undersecretary for media services and new media sector, Ministry of Information.