The Greenbuild International Conference and Expo opens Wednesday, November 14, and continues through Friday, November 16, at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

Greenbuild is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building, offering a face-to-face experience for sustainability to professionals in architecture, construction, engineering, planning, and interior design.

Education Track Highlights

The conference features more than 200 education sessions, tours, workshops, summits, and expo hall educational activities across 16 education tracks. These tracks include building a green economy; smart and sustainable design; materials; greening residential; natural considerations in sustainable design; and many more.

The opening plenary session, held from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday in the Skyline Ballroom, features human rights lawyer and professor Amal Clooney. Later that same day, a Leadership Awards Reception from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is slated from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Willis Tower. The annual awards event recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations committed to the advancement of green building design, construction, and operations.

Meanwhile, the closing plenary is led by Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The closing plenary is slated for 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, also in the Skyline Ballroom. Since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in September 2017, Cruz has become a leading voice in search of enhanced infrastructure.

Exhibitors in the Expo Hall presenting targeted daily education sessions that may be of interest to coatings contractors include GAF (booth L1611) and Benjamin Moore & Co. (booth L435).

Expo Hall Opportunities

In all, more than 600 exhibiting companies are scheduled to present in the Expo Hall, featuring a wide array of products and services for the sustainable building industry.

For coatings professionals, exhibitors of note may include Tnemec Co., Inc. (booth 1239); ThermaCote (booth 549); Sherwin-Williams (booth 1334); Seal-Once (booth 732); Light Wave Stripping Inc. (booth S1052); Carlisle Construction Materials (booth 614); STEGO Industries, LLC (booth 234); Polyguard Products, Inc. (booth 1128); ROCKWOLL (booth 357); and Skanska USA Building Inc. (booth 1321).

A complete list of exhibitors and education sessions can be obtained by visiting the Greenbuild website.

For more information, contact: Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, (972) 536-6456, www.greenbuildexpo.com