Thank you for joining us in Las Vegas for the 27th annual BEC Conference! View recaps of the event as they've been post on NGA's LinkedIn and Glass Magazine's X (formerly Twitter) accounts.
- Download the BEC Conference 2025 Program
- View the final Registrant List
- View the NGA Installing Committee meeting agenda (as of 2/25; subject to change), taking place Monday morning, March 3
Schedule of Events
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Welcome Reception
7:45am - 9:00am
NGA Installing Committee Meeting
9:15am - 9:45am
BEC Conference Welcome & Greetings
9:30am - 10:10am
State of the Glazing Industry: Getting Back to Basics
featuring Jeff Haber, W&W Glass
10:25am - 11:00am
Trends that are Changing the Glass Industry
featuring Suresh Devisetti and Alan Kinder, Guardian Glass LLC
11:45am - 12:15pm
How Your Company Can Benefit from the Second-Chance Workforce
featuring Courtney Little, president & general counsel, ACE Glass; Marcus Singleton, COO, ACE Glass; and, moderator Jenni Chase, VP of workforce development, NGA
1:00pm - 1:15pm
NGA Sound Bite: Initiatives for the Glazier
1:30pm - 2:00pm
The Power of Safety – How it Influences Your Business
featuring Jeff Wolfla, CRIS, CESCP
Vice President, Insurance and Safety
Boyd, Shackelford, Barnett & Dixon, LLC
2:15pm - 2:45pm
Killer Contract Clauses and Other Legal Pitfalls: Q&A between a glazier and construction lawyer
3:30pm - 4:00pm
New Codes & Standards that Impact Your Glazing Business
featuring Tom Culp, Birch Point Consulting and NGA energy codes consultant; with, Urmilla Sowell, NGA vice president advocacy and technical services
4:10pm - 4:20pm
From Sketch to Reality: Modifying solutions to bring project visions to life
sponsored presentation by YKK AP America Inc.
featuring John McGill, general manager, Project Center, YKK AP America Inc.
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Near- and Long-Term Economic Trends that will Impact Your Market Success
featuring Jay Bowman, FMI Corp
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Tabletop Display Networking Hour
9:20am - 9:30am
BEC Conference Welcome Back
9:45am - 10:20am
What Lean Construction Means for Your Glazing Firm
featuring David MacNeel, On Point Lean Consulting
10:30am - 11:00am
Networking Break & Tabletop Displays Open
11:00am - 11:30am
Glass Cast Live from the BEC Conference
featuring Priscilla (PK) Koeckeritz, president & CEO, Brin Glass Co.; Alyssa Wolf, VP, Assured Glass Co.
11:45am - 12:30pm
The Other 85% - What You're Not Getting Out of Bluebeam
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featuring Troy DeGroot, Director of Bluebeam Professional Services, UChapter2
12:30pm - 12:35pm
Closing remarks
Tabletop Display
View the current tabletop display floorplan and participants!
