The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) has a full roster of activities, events, and features for those attending the Coverings show in Orlando, especially for the contractor community. Before the show gets rolling, the NTCA has two events on its agen- da. Monday morning, April 8, in room S230A, NTCA will hold a Board of Directors meeting from 7 a.m. – 11 a.m., which is open to all. Later Monday afternoon, NTCA will co-sponsor the Clean the World charity event, along with MAPEI and Florida Tile. Teams will assemble 1,600 hygiene packets on Monday afternoon at the Orange County Convention Center, which will then be distributed to local veterans in the community. NTCA is brimming with educa- tion at Coverings. Below is a sam- pling of some Conference Sessions that contractors will want to check out. Be sure to visit www.coverings. com for expanded descriptions and to register, where necessary. Not- to-be missed sessions are: Tuesday, April 9 ––––––––––––––– 8:30 am – 9:30 am • Town Hall Meeting – Residential: What Homebuilders & Specifiers are Saying about the Stone & Tile Industry, featuring modera- tors Bart Bettiga of NTCA and Jim Hieb of the Natural Stone Institute offering perspectives from industry influencers that can benefit your business. • 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Town Hall Residential Roundtable: Homebuilders & Specifier Expectations is the follow-up to NTCA Meetings, demos, education, tours, vignettes, awards – and banding together for charity – mark NTCA activities at Coverings Volunteer teams will assemble 1,600 hygiene kits to distribute to area veterans through Clean the World. A raft of conference sessions geared towards contractors is on tap at Coverings 2019. 36 TileLetter | 2019