Buyers and news media can start their Show early with a visit to the New Exhibitor Preview before the Show opens. Take advantage of this opportunity to see new products from 90 first-time exhibitors.

Featuring 60 current and new exhibitors with products designed and developed with eco-friendly materials and principles that consumers are seeking out. Open to buyers and news media only.

IHA - Introductions and Welcome Speeches

Randy Huis, Volpe & Keonig PC, Intellectual Property Attorneys

Jeff Mau, Digitas, and Tod Szewczyk, Leo Burnett

Kim Kircherr, K2 Outcomes LLC

Elliot Brackett, Co-Founder & CEO, Exceptional Products, Inc.

Susana Cheng

Moderator: Catherine Del Spina; Adam Badaway, Posh

Kim Kirchherr, K2 Outcomes LLC

Paul Williams, GE Lighting

Daniel Shapiro, Red Points

Daniel Shapiro, Red Points

Sean Wilkerson, Innovation Development Outreach & Program Specialist; Dennis Forbes, USPTO; Scott Baldwin, Trademark Attorney, USPTO

Courtland Jenkins, Eastman; Phil Notheis, CamelBak

Luke Peters, CEO, Retail Brand & Newair

Joeffrey Trimmingham and Paitra Russell, Philip Reese

Dave Bartos, Endure Productive; Jim Norris, Canadian Tire; Eddie Sutton, Vanderbilt Home Collections; Edison Nation

Young Home + Housewares Professionals are invited to join their industry peers in a casual and fun environment full of music, cocktails and conversation.

IHA, NPD and Springboard Insights

IHA, NPD and Springboard Futures present the five consumer trends that will guide home + housewares purchases in the next 12-24 months and provide insights on how every product category can take advantage of these trends.

Scott Baldwin, Trademark Attorney, USPTO

Kate Usher, TrendBible

Jim DeBetta, We Know Inventing; Sharon Weisman, Licensing International; Luke Peters, Retail Band & Newair; Edison Nation; Pamela Mical, Honey-Can-Do International

Geoff Crain, Kingstar Media

Richard Babick, Janine Michalek and Jane Freiman, Design Research

Sandy Cleary, Founder & CEO and Dara Trujillo, CMO, SLC Group Holdings

Rosemary Coates, Reshoring Institute

Michael Graif, Mintz, P.C.

Kedma Ough, MBA & Author

Michelle Lamb and Leigh Ann Schwarzkopf, The Trend Curve

Presented by Hawthorne

Karla Crawford Kerr; Allison Fishman, Dremel, RotoZip and Bosch; Catherine-Gail Reinhard, Storebound, Dash and Sobro; Steven Yde, Wahl Clipper Corp.

Peter Greene, Numerator

David Hernandez, lotus823

Yan Zhang, Air Dog USA

John Bancroft, Fit for Commerce

Mindy Zemrak, Supervising Casting Producer for Shark Tank

Patti Carpenter, carpenter + company/Trendscope

Dave Bartos, Endure Productive; Robert Yusim, Product Council; Sharon Weisman, Licensing International; Trish Dowling, All Star Products; Edison Nation; Allesandra Hankinson, The Grommet

David Wilson, Zozimus

Tom Mirabile, Springboard Futures

What will the world look like 10 years from now and how will living spaces be impacted? There is specific data around where society is heading and intelligence about how consumer behavior will evolve. Look at how these projections can inform product development, retail experience and consumer purchasing.

David Altman, CEO, MarketShare Advisors International

Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International

Marsha Everton, The AIMsights Group

Susan Olivier, Dassault Systemes

Warren Kress, Euromonitor International

John Bancroft, Fit for Commerce

Joe Derochowski, The NPD Group

Rick Smith, Co-Founder, President/CEO, HyVIDA Brands, Inc.

Leatrice Eiseman, Pantone Color Institute

IHA's Color Expert & Executive Director, Pantone Color Institute, walks you through the leading trends and the rationales for the how, when and why they will work in the marketplace.

Stacey Kalamaras, Kalamaras Law Office and Mollie Young, Nametag International

Gavin Lew, Bold Insight

Joe Derowchowski, The NPD Group, with Peter Giannetti, HomeWorld Business

Carol Schroeder, Orange Tree Imports

Allison Zisko and Andrea Lillo, HFN

Steve DeBretto, Executive Director, Kinzie International Development Corporation

Laurie Burns, Tabletop Industry Expert; Allison Zisko, HFN

Catherine Del Spina

Tanya Gross, Small Shop Chicago; Robert Yusim, Product Council; James Ryan, Canadian Tire

gia judges: Wolfgang Gruschwitz, Scott Kohno, Henrik Peter Reisby Nielsen, Anne Kong

Hosted by the International Business Council

All international attendees and news media are invited to end their day at the Show with food, drinks, music, international networking and plenty of fun.

The non-profit HCF, celebrating its 23rd year, hosts this event to raise funds for critical causes, unite the Housewares industry and honor its leaders. 2020 honorees: Lifetime Achievement for Retail Innovation Award: Johnny Morris, Founder & CEO, Bass Pro Shops; Humanitarian of the Year: Daniel Leppo, EVP & GM, Menswear, Youngworld & Home Furnishings, Bloomingdale's; Lifetime Achievement Award: William Endres, President, Select Brands, Inc.

Ken Kerry, Script to Screen

Amy Meadows, Windows Matter

Leatrice Eiseman, IHA's Color Expert and Executive Director, Pantone Color InstituteS

Lee focuses on the most adaptable hues that can be used successfully in a range of color combinations.