By Alexander Landa
Big names and startups alike will be in the exhibitor hall throughout the week. Window, hardware, flooring, and other vendors will be bringing out their A-game to inform all in attendance about their new innovative products and strategies. The interactive floor plan can be found here.
There will be three days of demos for a Construction Training Zone so you can see daily demos that show off best practice installation techniques for energy efficient remodeling and construction. Full details here.
If you're going to learn as much as you can, see the full list of workshops here. The sessions we're sponsoring can be found here. For a full list ABX 2016 speakers, go here.
Some of our favorite events we're sponsoring are:
A05: Good Medicine: the WELL Building Standard
B44: Mapping the Materials Universe: Lessons and Strategies
B68: Designing for Net Positive Water and Energy
C21: How Green Building Make Your Clients Smarter – Harvard Study
What would a big event like this be without partying a bit? On Monday 11/14, Amanda Sturgeon will be speaking at the ABX Pre-Mixer: Living Building Challenge. Register for the pre-mixer here. You can also attend the Quebec is Quality Reception + USGBCMA Project Showcase on Wednesday 11/16. Register for this project showcase here.
Two weeks from today is the first day of ABX 2016! We're getting super excited to go and hope to see you there!
PE | Associate, LeMessurier
Vice President, AEW’s Architecture & Engineering group
Interior Designer, Jacobs, Boston
Senior Vice President, Market Transformation and Development U.S. Green Building Council
AIA LEED AP BD+C | Senior Associate, Gensler Boston 
LEED Fellow, WELL AP | Founder and Principal, Ecoworks Studio
LEED AP BD+C | Environmental Sustainability Manager, Armstrong World Industries
Sustainability Director, Steven Winter Associates
Assistant Professor of Exposure Science | Director of the Healthy Buildings program
Managing Director, Harvard University Office for Sustainability
Principal & Director of Certifications and Consulting, Epsten Group, Inc.
Vice President of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Jamestown
Founder and Principal, Linnean Solutions | LEED AP, O+M; EcoDistrict AP
Associate Principal, BuroHappold Engineering
Senior Vice President, Sustainability at Kilroy Realty Corporation
Co-Founder, Facilitator at The Laurentia Project | LEED AP BD+C, LFA
Founder and President, Board of the Healthy Building Network
Building Technology Director, Kingspan North America
LEED® AP ID+C, BD+C, USGBC Faculty, WELL® AP, WELL Faculty and Fitwel Ambassador
Workplace Strategy Expert and Researcher, EYP
Principal, Integrated Ecostrategy
Senior Vice President, International WELL Building Institute
AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
Principal, Bruner/Cott
Architect, Associate, and Sustainability Design Leader, Stantec Architecture and Engineering
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Products & Materials Specialist, BuildingGreen
Director of Acquisitions and Development
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Vice President of Sustainable Development, Shaw
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Global Head of Sustainability, Superior Essex