GlassBuild America 2025: Speakers, Sessions, and Key Industry Insights

Date: 24 October 2025
Source: National Glass Association

Date: 24 October 2025

Time to mark your schedules. Here is the rundown of education and special events slated for GlassBuild America!

Tuesday November 4th

NGA Installing Committee Meeting

8:00am - 9:00am

Glazing Executives Forum (Additional Registration Required)

9:30am - 5:00pm

Exhibit Hall Open

10:00am - 5:00pm

Blueprint for Collaboration Breakfast: Celebrate the 2025 Glass Magazine Awards

10:00am - 11:15am

Presenters: Max Perilstein & Lakisha A. Woods, CAE

Kickoff Panel: Protect with Glass

11:30am - 12:30pm

The Code Changes Shaping the Built Environment

Speakers: Tom Culp & Urmilla Sowell

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Intertek Hurricane Demo

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Face it: The imperative of increasing indoor thermal resilience and façade thermal performance

Speakers: Edlyn Garcia La Torre, Ivan Lee, & Erik Olsen

2:15pm - 3:15pm

Keynote: Construction Forecast

Speaker: Connor Lokar

3:20pm - 3:50pm

Profit First for Contractors: Cash Management System

Speaker: Shawn Van Dyke

4:00pm - 4:45pm

Members Only Happy Hour

4:15pm - 5:00pm

Wednesday November 5th

Family Business Breakfast

10:00am - 10:30am

Exit Planning and Succession at Family Businesses

10:30am - 11:00am

Speakers: Joe Bazzano & Kevin Kennedy

Intertek Hurricane Demo

11:00am - 11:30am

Innovative Strategies to Mitigate Impacts from Supply Chain Disruptions

11:30am - 12:30pm

Moderator: Janice Yglesias

Speakers: Abe Eshkenazi, Chip Gentry, & Jeff Robinson

From Overlooked to Unstoppable: The Workforce Revolution You're Missing

12:45pm - 1:15pm

Speaker: Joshua Johnson

What's Trending in Glass Fabrication

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Moderator: Katy Devlin

Speakers: Vipul Bhagat, Jenni Chase, & Dan Reinhart

The AI Advantage: How Glass and Glazing Companies Will Win in the Next 18 Months

2:15pm - 2:45pm

Speaker: Stefanie Couch

Intertek Hurricane Demo

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Best in Show Awards

3:00pm - 3:45pm

Window & Door Industry Update

3:30pm - 4:10pm

Speaker: Chris Beard

4:15pm - 4:45pm

Field Testing for Water Penetration in Fenestration Systems

Speaker: Aaron Blom

Thursday November 6th

Women in Glass + Fenestration

9:00am - 12:00pm

Speakers: Sheronda L. Carr, Stefanie Couch, & Lakisha A. Woods, CAE
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