May 23 2008
The Hardwood Flooring Summit is the first educational conference dedicated to hardwood flooring. The Summit will take place in Atlanta, Georgia onAugust 14th through 17th, 2008. The conference will host over forty skilled speakers and instructors on wood flooring. Experts in every facet of the hardwood flooring industry will teach and train the attendees (who will include retailers, claims personnel, distributors, manufacturers, inspectors, and installers). This conference is open to everyone in the flooring industry seeking professional advancement via educational means.
The Hardwood Flooring Summit will include speaker sessions, forty-five breakout classes, as well as expert panels and debates. In addition to the main portion of the conference, The Hardwood Flooring Summit is offering a two day claims photography and inspection report writing course on August 12th and 13th. This extra two day course is included with registration of The Hardwood Flooring Summit. There will also be an optional hardwood flooring mill tour on either of the two days prior to the main portion of the conference.
The World Floor Covering Association has approved the utilization of their $500 trade scholarship. Regular members of the WFCA who are attending The Hardwood Flooring Summit may be eligible for this scholarship opportunity.
The list of speakers is scheduled to include:
- Brian Bond, PhD.: Virginia Tech University, Professor of Wood Science
- Ed Korczak: National Wood Flooring Association - CAE, Executive Director/CEO
- Don Conner: National Wood Flooring Association Certified Professionals -President & Mullican - Technical Director
- D. Christopher Davis: President & CEO, World Floor Covering Association
- Dan Natkin: Mannington Hardwood Business Manager
- Joe Amato: Mannington - Award winning wood floor designer
- Don Finkell: Anderson Hardwood Floors - CEO and President
- Erin McCall: Anderson Hardwood Floors
- Len Daubler: Anderson Hardwood Floors - Technical Director
- Rick Jones: Scandian - Technical Director
- Todd Shutte: BonaKemi - Director of Sales
- Steve Lima: Bostik - Technical Director
- Carl Williams: Academy of Textiles and Flooring
- Lew Migliore: Floor Covering News - columnist
- Kevin Mullany: NWFA Board Member, NWFA Inspector
- Tony Miraldi: Technical Director and Claims Manager, Somerset
- Riley Gazzaway: Top industry retailer. Former President of The World Floor Covering Association.
- Mike Sundell: Prior President of Basic Coatings.
- Chesty West: Technical Director and Claims Manager, Zickgraf
- Steve Marley: Technical Director and Claims Manager, Johnson Premium Hardwood Flooring
For additional information on The Hardwood Flooring Summit, contact Dan Blake at 1-(877)888-1013.