2025 Summit Program

July 15
  • 3:00pm – 5:00pm: Sustainability 101: Navigating Key Initiatives and Terminology in the Flooring Industry
  • 5:00pm – 6:30pm: Opening Reception
July 16
  • 8:00am – 9:00am: Welcome Remarks & Keynote
      • Bill Griese, TCNA
      • Peter Templeton, USGBC
      • Corey Clayborne, AIA
  • 9:10am – 10:10am: Morning Panel - Sustainability Landscape 2025 & Beyond
      • William Paddock, WAP – Moderator
      • Jenna Hamilton, GBI
      • Andy Kireta, ASTM International
      • Melanie De Cola, AIA
      • Corey Enck, USGBC
  • 10:10am – 10:40am: Coffee break & Tabletops

  • 10:40am – 12:00pm: Workshop 1: Sustainability Landscape 2025 & Beyond

  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Lunch & Tabletops

  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm: Afternoon Panel: Flooring Circularity
      • Mike Johnson, ILFI - Moderator
      • Nelson Russom, Turner Construction
      • Jonathan North, Mohawk Industries
      • Alan Solomon, Sawkill Lumber
      • Jim Whitfield, MAPEI
  •  2:00pm – 3:30pm: Workshop 2: Flooring Circularity

  • 3:30pm – 4:30pm: Snack Break & Tabletops

  • 4:30pm – 5:30pm: Afternoon Panel: Sustainability Education & Awareness Across the Flooring Value Chain
      • Bill Griese, TCNA - Moderator
      • Brenda Cashion, NAFCD Member Representative
      • Scott Humphrey, WFCI
      • Elsa Mullin, Skanska US Building Inc
      • Jack Cove, Pathway Ai
      • William Paddock, WAP
  • 5:30pm – 7:00pm: Evening Reception Sponsored by Coverings

 

July 17
  • 7:00am – 7:30am: Breakfast

  • 7:45am – 8:00am: Shuttles to Capitol

  • 8:30am: Capitol doors open/security check

  • 9:00am – 9:15am: Top Takeaways from Day 1 & Ray Anderson Award
  • 9:15am – 9:30am: EU Sustainability Briefing
    • Alessandro Filipponi, Confindustria Ceramica
       
  •  9:30am – 10:30am: Architectural Panel
      • Scott Conwell, IMI - Moderator
      • Anica Landreneau, HOK
      • Ashley Savage, SmithGroup
      • Paul McKeever, TVS Architecture & Design
      • Joshua Rubin, Perkins&Will
      • Katie Mesia, Gensler
  •  10:30am – 10:40am: Sustainability Award
  • 10:40am – 11:00am: Coffee Break

  • 11:00am – 12:30pm: Keynote Briefings
    • Elizabeth Von Lehe, ASID
    • Eric Corey Freed, Cannon Design

  • 12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch, Congressional Atrium

  • 1:45pm – 2:00pm: Buses depart Capitol from Peace Circle

  • 1:30pm – 4:00pm: Capitol tour
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