DALLAS, May 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- METROCON Expo & Conference is pleased to announce the conference line-up for its 2018 event, which is taking place Thursday, August 9 & Friday, August 10 at Dallas Market Hall in Dallas, Texas.
Environmental champion Steve Glenn is this year's Keynote Speaker. Glenn is Founder & Managing Director of LivingHomes, a designer and developer of modern, prefabricated homes that combine world-class architecture with an unparalleled commitment to healthy and sustainable construction. Glenn will discuss the opportunities and challenges of prefabrication and focus on the strategies he uses to create LEED Platinum level homes.
Interior Designers and Architects seeking to expand their industry knowledge and earn continuing education credit have 41 courses from which to choose. All courses focus on Health, Safety & Welfare topics and are IDCEC-approved, and many are also approved by AIA and/or GBCI. During each of the nine time slots over the two-day conference, attendees will find at least one course that will apply to the following: Healthcare Design | Residential Design | Workplace Design | AIA-approved | Sustainability | GBCI-approved.
METROCON18 features several exclusive, timely sessions by leaders from respected firms like Corgan, Freese and Nichols, Gensler, HKS, HOK, IA Interior Architects, Perkins+Will, PDR, REES, Sherlock, Smith & Adams, and The Beck Group. A small sampling of topics include:
For the first time, attendees can also register for a tour of Landmark Sponsor Dallas Market Center's "Light + Design on TEN" in the adjacent World Trade Center. The new 20,000 SF lighting center showcases a curated collection of the world's leading lighting manufacturers and designers.
Industry members and students, in additional to design professionals, will also find value in two not-for-credit Seminars:
METROCON is the largest not-for-profit, self-produced, volunteer-driven, design specification-focused regional expo and conference in the USA. This marks the event's 16th year, as well as the second year the following five associations serving the built environment have joined forces to plan and execute it (listed in alphabetical order): ASID Texas Chapter, ASID Texas Gulf Coast Chapter, CSI Dallas Chapter, NEWH Dallas Chapter, and USGBC Texas Chapter.
Registration for Programming and the Trade Show opens Friday, June 1, 2018 @ 8:00 AM (CST).
For more information visit www.metroconexpo.org or contact Show Manager Laura McDonald Stewart, RID, FASID, IIDA, LEED AP at 888-633-2112 or 195858@email4pr.com.
SOURCE Metrocon, Inc.