Full Schedule for Thursday, April 29, 2010
April 6, 2010
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Distributors and retailers featured session
Game’s On — The Future is Here
Speaker: Jonathan Trivers, Marketing Wit & Wisdom
Room S320EFG
Ultimate Waterproofing Techniques
Speakers: Michael Byrne, MB&A; David Gobis, CTC, CSI, Ceramic Tile Consultant
Room S330EF
Epoxy Mortars and Grouts
Speaker: Dr. Neil McMurdie, MAPEI Corp.
Room S330GH
Recent Developments in Sound Reduction Membranes
Speakers: Fred Jackson and Richard Maurer, The Noble Company
Room S330CD
8:00-10:00 a.m.
Stone Trends 2010
Speaker: Vince Marazita, Marazita & Associates
Room S230GH
Fabricators Forum
Speakers: Rafael Bernal, Great Lakes Granite & Marble; Michael Twiss, Columbia Stone, Inc.; Brett Rugo, Rugo Stone LLC, Natural Stone & Mosaic Contractors; Guido Gliori, Grazzini Brothers & Co.
Moderator: GK Naquin, Stone Interiors
Room S230EF
9:15-10:15 a.m.
Ceramic
Tile Specification: Facts, Myths, and Tools
Speaker: Patti Fasan, Professional Attention to Tile
Installation
Room S105A
Greening
Your Bottom Line
Speaker: Robin Pharo, Healthy Homes
Room 102BC
Performance, Energy Efficiency and Improved Indoor Environmental Quality With Tile, Marble and Terazzo
Speaker: Maria Viteri, AIA, LEED, AP, International Masonry Institute
Room S330AB
The Amazing Race
Speaker: Patti Fasan, Professional Attention to Tile Installation
Room S230ABC
Comfort Zones
Speaker: Paul Bumblauskas, PFC Services, Inc.
Room S330EF
Thinset Mortars
Speakers: Michael Micalizzi and Sam Biondo, MAPEI Corp.
Room S330Gh
It Pays to be Certified
Speaker: Scott Carothers, Ceramic Tile Education Foundation
Room S331AB
Exterior Stone Adhered Veneer Standards — An Industry Update
Speaker: Chuck Muehlbauer, Marble Institute of America
Room S230D
9:15–11:30 a.m.
Designing Floors to Facilitate Aging in Place
Speaker: Glenda Gilmore Andes, PhD, CKD, CAPS
Room S330CD
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Ceramic Tile Specification: Facts, Myths & Tools
Speaker: Patti Fasan, Professional Attention to Tile Installation
Room S230ABC
Green Residential Flooring Trends
Speaker: Catherine Lane, Elan Design Studio
Room S230EF
1:30–3:00 p.m.
Architects and designers featured session
Four Florida Moderns: Explorations in Materials for Modernism
Speakers: Albert Alfonso, Alfonso Architects, Inc.; Guy Peterson, FAIA, OFA; Rene Gonzalez, Rene Gonzalez Architects; Chad Oppenheim, Oppenheim Architecture + Design
Moderator: Saxon Henry, Author, Four Florida moderns
Room S320EFG
The NTCA Contractors Forum
Moderators: James Woelfel, Artcraft Granite and Marble; Nyle Wadford, Neuse Tile
Room S230ABC
3:15–4:15 p.m.
Bath Trends Features in the Installation Design Showcase
Speakers: Pepe Calderin, Pepe Calderin Design; Alena Capra, CKD, CBD, Green AP, Alena Capra Designs, LLC; Joseph Cook Fava, Fava Design Group; Giselle Loor, b+g design, inc; Edward Nieto, Nieto Design Group, Inc.
Moderator: Pamela Lerner Jaccarino, Luxe Interiors + Design
Room S230ABC
Designer, Sell Thyself: Editors Offer Advice on How to Get Into Ink
Speakers: Amy Elbert, Traditional Home; Jean Lin, Otto.com; Robert Nieminen, Interiors & Sources; Charlyne Schaub, South Florida Sun-Sentinel and City-Shore
Room S230EF
Red Hot Customer Service: 35 Ways to Heat Up Your Sales and Improve Your Bottom Line
Speaker: Lisbeth Calandrino, Fabulous Floors Magazine
Room S330AB
Tired of Talking Green? Let’s Sell Green!
Speaker: Paul Bumblauskas, PFC Services, Inc.
Room S330CD
The Science of Sealing: What to Know, What to Use and Why
Speaker: Rod Sigman, Aqua Mix
Room S330EF
The Need for Professionalism in Inspecting
Speaker: Robert Daniels, Team of Flooring Inspectors, LLC
Room S330GH
Wholesale/Slab Distributors Forum
Speakers: Jonathan Zanger, Walker Zanger; Saket Hans, OHM International; Rup Shah, MS International
Moderator: Scott Lardner, Rocky Mountain Stone
Room S230GH
Fabrication — Do You Know Your Cost?
Speaker: GK Naquin, Stone Interiors
Room S230D
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