Event Schedules
Location – Gwinnett Center • 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway • Duluth, GA 30097
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Scheduled transportation to and from the Gwinnett Center from the Marriott Hotel is provided.
All classes and seminars are included with your general admission ticket.
**Where available – Click on BLUE TEXT for further description of course
NOTE: Seminar registration will be on the general admission registration website form.
Classes are TOPIC specific-NO SALES PITCHES
Thursday, October 11th
Gwinnett Convention Center
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Registration / check-in
10:00 – 11:30 am
Welcome and Keynote – “How to Increase Production and Avoid Pitfalls”
David Padget – IPCI
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Exhibit floor, workshops, demos, etc.
1:00 pm – On slab demonstration by Braxton – Bragg
2:00 pm – On slab demonstration by Kut-Rite
3:00 pm – On slab demonstration by Ameripolish
Marriott Hotel – Welcome Reception
7 pm – 8 pm
Registration, check-in, pick up conference binders, network
8 pm – 9 pm
Cocktails and hot/cold hors d’oeuvres ***2 free drink tickets to all attendees ***
Introduction and Recognition of Sponsors
Friday, October 12th
Gwinnett Convention Center
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Registration and check-in
8:15 am – 9:45 am
**Overview and Theory – Emphasis on Abrasives / Machines / Equipment
Mike Orzechowski, PE – DITEQ
Overlay Systems – Installation, Polishing, and Coloring
Carl Cabot / Rapid Set
Business Curriculum – Pricing and Estimating
Brian Wilson – WerkMaster
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Exhibit floor, workshops, demos, etc.
11:00 am – On slab demonstration by 3M
2:00 pm – On slab demonstration by Superabrasives
**Lunch available on site 12 noon – 1 pm**
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Full Industry Roundtable on the Exhibit Floor
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Marriott Hotel
7:00 pm – 7:20 pm
Presentation of Concrete Surfaces “Polished Concrete” photo contest awards
7:20 pm – 8:30 pm
“Off the Grid”
Saturday, October 13th
Gwinnett Convention Center
8:30 – 9:45 am
**Understanding Concrete
Ed Dunstan, PE
Best Practices and Case Studies – Maintenance
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Business Curriculum – Branding, Digital Marketing and Social Media Tools to Build Your Business
Rafael Cabrera – Tools For The Capitalist
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Global Leadership Summit
“How to be sure polished concrete is sustainable and distinct.”
USGBC LEED speaker
11:45 – 12:45 pm
Business Curriculum – How To : Architect Lunch & Learn
**Additional Fee to attend this class - Lunch & Premium Take-Home Content Included
Sean E. Reilly, AIA, LEEP AP – Kerns Group Architects
Jason Griffasi – Concrete Innovations / ICPSC
1:00 – 2:15 pm
**The Chemistry of Densifiers
Darryl Manuel – Vexcon
Flexible Rubber Diamond Dot Polishing Systems
Webster Ryan – Superior Surface Solutions
2:30 – 3:30 pm
**Understanding Abrasives: Metal, Resin, Hybrid, Specialty, Surface Area, RPM…
Jim McArdle, PhD. – 3M
How to Deal with Project Waste – Waste Water & Slurry Disposal
Mike Boeddeker - Pristine Concrete
3:45 – 5:00 pm
Powering Your Worksite Understanding Electrical Systems
Lee Gibson – Bay Equipment Instrumentation -
The 3 most important ways to measure, document, and apply instrumentation
Harry Gressette – Polished Solution
Sunday, October 14th
Marriott Hotel
8:15 – 9:25am
Surface Preparation and Coating Removal Prior to Polishing
Harry Price and Sam Cates – EDCO
9:40 – 10:40 am
Maintenance Mind Maps, Flow Charts, and Process Blueprints
Chris Van Veen – Granquartz
10:50 – 11:55 am
Repair – Using a pre-polish filler to repair cracking and spalling
Jim Marchillo- Metzger/McGuire
**Fundamental Concrete Polishing Education
ICPSC reserves the right to change schedule content, topic, and times at its own discretion.
You will not be allowed to enter a seminar that is in session.
