NeoCon To Host Networking Events

Chicago, IL, March 16, 2012 -- The 44th annual NeoCon, to be held June 11-13 at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, will have a number of special events for networking and unwinding.
 
DIFFA/Chicago Believe 2012 GardenGala
6:30 p.m., June 9
Marriott Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile
Designers, architects and design industry leaders will show their support and continue to fight towards a future without AIDS at the Believe 2012 GardenGala, a creative black-tie/garden-party-chic event. 
 
LEED Green Associate Overview & Exam Prep
9:00 am - 5 p.m., June 10
Merchandise Mart Conference Center
Michelle Cottrell, IIDA, Vice President & Director of Education at Green Education Services, Author of Guideto the LEED Green Associate Exam (Wiley, 2010) will lead the LEED Green Associate Overview & Exam Prep workshop.
 
COOL, IIDA Black Tie Awards Celebration
7 p.m., June 10          
The Ritz Carlton Hotel
Attendees will kick off NeoCon with an elegant evening of cocktails, awards, dinner and dancing at the 2012 IIDA black-tie awards gala, celebrating the winning projects and design firms of the 39th Annual Interior Design Competition and 20th Annual Will Ching Design Competition.
 
2012 Best of NeoCon Award Winners’ Breakfast
7:30 a.m., June 11
The Renaissance Hotel Chicago
Celebrating its 23rd year, the Best of NeoCon® (BON) honors new commercial interiors products. These products are introduced to the market in 42 categories ranging from Architectural Products to Workplace Technologies.
 
Showroom Parties
5 p.m., June 11          
The Merchandise Mart floors 3, 10 and 11
Attendees will showroom-hop on floors 3, 10 and 11 to see fabulous products, network and wine and dine with colleagues and friends from the industry in select showrooms.
 
BIFMA International’s Annual Membership Meeting
7:15 a.m., June 13                  
Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, Wolf Point Ballroom
Members of the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA International) and invited guests are encouraged to attend this year's breakfast meeting to hear BIFMA's annual state-of-the-industry and state-of-the-association reports. Pre-registration is required.
 
Meet the President’s Day
9 a.m., June 13           
The Merchandise Mart NeoCon 2012 Show Floors
Attendees will have the opportunity to network with some of the industry’s top influential leaders as presidents of exhibiting manufacturers.
 
Innovation in Reuse: Designing Green Buildings with Reclaimed Materials [SE2]
9:30-11 a.m., June 13
The Merchandise Mart, Room MMCC1
Fee:  $55
NeoCon attendees will have the chance to hear from a panel of experts who will discuss a world of opportunity in deconstruction, reclamation and reuse.