In conjunction with Dubai Municipality's Dubai Central Laboratory, ASTM supported the 2nd Annual Quality Assurance for Sustainable Construction Materials Conference, held Dec 10-11. ASTM provided keynote address, "The Role of ASTM International in Improving Quality Standards," to the 180 attendees. While in Dubai, ASTM staff also visited the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company to present information about ASTM's new self-guided online training courses on ASTM test methods for petroleum.