Coverings Connected Set for Nov. 17
ARLINGTON, Va. – Natural Stone Institute President Michael Picco will be part of the fifth Coverings Connected online event on Nov. 17.
Picco will present “Achieving Green Building Goals with Natural Stone” from 11 a.m.-noon EST, along with Sarah Gregg, marketing manager with Natural Stone Institute.
The CEU-eligible session will include understanding the inherent attributes that make natural stone an easy option for sustainability goals; exploring best practices; how to source and specify sustainably produced natural stone; and identifying credits available through common green-building programs that can involve natural stone.
Picco is also president of Picco Engineering in Concord, Ont.
Other presentations on Nov. 17 include “Tile Installations and Critical Lighting” at 12:30-1:30 p.m. EST, where Mark Heinlein, training director for the National Tile Contractors Association, will present information on how to plan for critical lighting to minimize potential negative effects during and following tile installations.
“Supply Chain Disruption: Making the Inflexible, Flexible,” presented by Helgi Thor Leja, senior director with Distribution Performance Solutions at 2-3 p.m. EST, will address one of the most pressing and current issues for manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and others in the tile and stone industry. The session will focus on, and reveal solutions for, the overall disruption to the supply chain.
For more information about the Nov. 17 edition of Coverings Connected and to register for free, visit coverings.com/connected.
“Back by popular demand, Coverings Connected in November is going to present never-before-seen tile and stone content across a wide spectrum of topics, such as materials and trends, installation and fabrication, and workforce and profits,” said Jennifer Hoff, president of Taffy Event Strategies LLC, the show management company for Coverings.
The programming will offer an advanced glimpse of the trends and learning opportunities being planned for Coverings 2022, which is scheduled for April 5-8, 2022, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Sponsors of the show are Ceramics of Italy/Confindustria Ceramica, Ceramic Tile Manufacturers Association of Spain (ASCER)/Tile of Spain, Tile Council of North America (TCNA), National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), and Ceramic Tile Distributors Association (CTDA).