Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124 Page 125 Page 126 Page 127 Page 128TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2017 8:00-9:30am Critical Changes to Industry Standards, Guidelines and Best Practices Moderator: Eric Astrachan, Executive Director, Tile Council of North America Panelists: TBD This is an over- view of the most critical recent changes to stan- dards to better specify, sell, bid, and install tile and stone with an emphasis on the cur- rent real-world challenges. Hear from standards committee mem- bers about major changes to the TCNA Handbook, ANSI Standards, NTCA Reference Manual, and the MIA+BSI DSDM. 1:30-2:30 pm Thin Tile Track New Directions for Gauged (for- merly Thin) Porcelain Tile Presenters: Dan Marvin, Director of Technical Services, MAPEI Americas; Noah Chitty, Director of Technical Services, Crossville, Inc. Conference programs: Contractor/Installer Sessions The Coverings conference program provides stellar information for architects, contractors/installers, fabricators, builders/remodelers, design- ers, retailers, and distributors. Broken out in the list below are the semi- nars targeted specifically to installers, which were curated and devel- oped by NTCA. New this year within the Contractor/Installer track are “mini-tracks” – which include Thin Tile, Contractor Beginner-Intermediate, and Contractor Advanced Business Topics. In addition, on Thursday, NTCA’s newest trainer/presenter, Luis Bautista, will offer four sessions completely in Spanish for the Spanish-speaking contractor audience. Some of these sessions may also be useful for other audiences as well. For a full listing of all conferences, expanded course descriptions and details, go to www.coverings.com. 76 TileLetter | February 2017