TOP GLASS REPORT Top Glass smashes expectations A strong second edition raises hopes for the future. Top Glass, Canada’s conference event for the commercial glazing industry, smashed through expectations on April 15 at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ont., with glaziers, fabricators and architects swarming an expanded show floor and education seminars packed to standing room only. The one-day event welcomed over 280 attendees from right across Canada, and attracted coverage by the U.S. trade press. The event was powered by strong support from industry suppliers, including Gold Sponsors Tremco and Alumicor, and Speaker Sponsors Erdman Automation and RavenBrick. In just its second year, Top Glass has shown remarkable growth. Compared to the inaugural event, show organizers recorded: • 281 attendees up from 150 -87 per cent increase • 42 exhibitors up from 30 -40 per cent increase • 51 architects and building engineers -more than triple the number from 2014 • 135 glazing contractors and building envelope fabricators • Total glass building professionals on the floor: 402 The four seminar sessions relocated to a room in the same hall as the show floor, making it easier for attendees to move back and forth between the sessions and the exhibits. The first two sessions were standing-room only, and even the final session of the day was more than three-quarters full. “I was delighted to be part of the second edition of Top Glass,” said Angelo Cairo of Stouffville Glass, OGMA president. “The amount of great networking opportunities at this event far surpassed our expectations. Also, the amount of new companies we got to meet looking to get their hands on to whatever useful information the OGMA had to offer was great to see. The two awards we presented to the Flynn Group and N45 Architects went very well and we were happy to recognize them for their achievements.” SAVE THE DATE! APRIL 20 Top Glass returns April 20, 2016 to the International Centre in Mississauga, Ont. Free online registration is now open at topglasscanada.com. Watch @GlassCanadaMag and glasscanadamag.com for announcements and updates. 4 TOP GLASS 2015 | Digital Wrap-up HEARD ON THE SHOW FLOOR Here are some of what the attendees had to say about Top Glass 2015. “The education program was so interesting. I really liked the talk about Chinese curtain wall. You can’t get that kind of information anywhere else!” -MARY ENG, ARCHITECT
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