Expectations for Surfaces 2011, which will take place Jan. 24-27 at its new venue-Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Convention Center-are different this year as prognosticators eye 2011 for a rebound in residential building. The NWFA will be present at Surfaces, both on the expo floor at booth S2138, which it will share with Hardwood Floors, and at various seminars held at the convention center and the NWFA's new training facility just six miles away. More than 130 NWFA members will be exhibiting at Surfaces this year, and you can easily locate them with Hardwood Floors' "Surfaces 2011 Pocket Guide" and map (pages 1 and 2) highlighting NWFA members.
Here is a list of wood-flooring-related events:
Jan. 24, 9 a.m.-noon, Lagoon B at Mandalay Bay Convention Center "Understanding and Ending Moisture-Related Flooring Problems" Presenter: Peter Craig
Jan. 24, 9 a.m.-noon, NWFA's training facility at 6165 Annie Oakley Drive "How to Compete When You Can't Compete on Price" Presenter: Ed Rigsbee
Jan. 25, 4-5:30 p.m., Lagoon H at Mandalay Bay Convention Center "Common Causes and Corrections for Installation Failures" Presenters: Don Conner, Jon Namba, Gerald Sloan and Jim Walker
Jan. 26, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., NWFA's training facility at 6165 Annie Oakley Drive "Factory Finish Installation Overview Demo/Hands-on" Presenters: Don Conner and Rusty Swindoll
Jan. 26, noon-1 p.m., Lagoon F at Mandalay Bay Convention Center "Membrane Solutions for Crack Isolation and Sound Control" Presenter: Neil McMurdie
Jan. 26, 4-5:30 p.m., Lagoon J at Mandalay Bay Convention Center "State of the Industry Panel" Presenters: Ed Korczak, Bart Bettiga, Werner Braun, Christopher Davis, Bill Dearing and Dean Thompson
Jan. 26, 4-5:30 p.m., Lagoon H at Mandalay Bay Convention Center "Proper Substrate Preparation for Hardwood, Bamboo & Laminate" Presenter: Jon Namba
For information on attending events hosted by NWFA at its Las Vegas training facility, contact Penny Erb at [email protected]. The association's Las Vegas training center is located at 6165 Annie Oakley Drive.
Basic registration for Surfaces 2011 is $35 and includes access to all three days on the show floor and all on-floor education/demonstrations. A special registration of $125 is required for additional access to all Surfaces and StonExpo workshops, seminars and mini sessions. All the seminars offered at Surfaces 2011 can be researched here.
This year's Opening General Session, which will take place Jan. 25, from 8:30 to 10 a.m., will feature best-selling author Aron Ralston. Ralston is best known as the mountain climber who in 2003, after being pinned by a boulder, was forced to amputate his own lower right arm to free himself. Ralston will discuss perseverance and achievement in this fluctuating economy.
