INDUSTRY NEWS and effective tool for retail part- ners. The four-day event took place in Nashville, Tenn., and included a tour of Dal-Tile’s new state-of-the- art production facility in Dickson, Tenn. The Daltile Statements Dealer Program equips dealers with spe- cialized merchandising, rebate programs, placement on Daltile websites and displays that show- case the entire Daltile product line to give customers a complete shop- ping experience, said Brian Smith, Daltile marketing manager. “Members of the advisory board were carefully selected based on their prowess in the industry and because they offer an ideal cross- section of retailer types,” said Jeremy Sax, general manager of dealer sales for Daltile. “We have small retailers and large retailers from across the country represent- ed. Some of our board members are strictly retail only, while others also sell to trade customers such as builders and commercial. This ensures we get feedback from every angle, allowing us to put together the strongest possible program for our nationwide network of 245 Daltile Statements Dealers.” Advisory board members for the Daltile Statements Dealer Program include: Steve Dalene (Dalene Flooring), Dan Huffman (Tile Expo, Inc.), Phil Koufidakis (Baker Bros Area Rugs & Flooring), Kelly Taylor (Ambassador Floor Company), Steven Chesin (Carpets N More), Daniel Kennedy (PS Wholesale Floors), Rick Murray (Rusmur Floors Carpet One), and Michael Longwell (Airbase Carpet & Tile). Cersaie comes to Bologna Sept. 25-29 The 35th edition of Cersaie – the renowned international exhi- bition of ceramic tile and bath- room furnishings – will take place at the Bologna Exhibition Center in Bologna, Italy from September 25-29, 2017. The show attracts over 800 exhibitors from around the world and guests that include architects, interior designers, tile installers, distributors, and media. Cersaie (cersaie.it) is organized by Edi.Cer SpA and promoted by Confindustria Ceramica in collabo- ration with Bologna Fiere. Cersaie’s annual conference and seminar series Building, Dwelling, Thinking will include notable fig- ures from the international archi- tecture and design community. Award-winning Chilean architect Sebastián Irarrázaval will be a guest speaker, alongside Elisa Valero Ramos from Spain. Most recog- nizable today for his Caterpillar House, Irarrázaval has represented Chile three times at the Venice Biennale and is a winner of numer- ous awards including aoa (aso- ciación de oficinas de arquitectura de chile) award in 1999 as best young architect. Ramos specializes in bio-climatic and energy sav- ing design, as well as educational 122 TileLetter | September 2017