The inaugural event is scheduled for April 30-May 2, in Rosemont, Illinois, and will showcase the latest design and building processes, products and emerging technologies.

There’s a one-panel strip of the absurdist newspaper comic “The Far Side” that I remember well from childhood. It shows human-sized insects sitting in a theater for a horror movie called “Return of the Killer Windshield.” It still makes me laugh when I think about it, but the joke probably works better visually than verbally.

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This year the AHR Expo used radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to verify attendance, which allows for the scanning in of each person without stalling the crowd and creating long wait times.

Aside from the keynote presentation, the conference program will also feature an interactive educational experience and a robust exhibit hall.

Final hearing for 2021 ICC codes upcoming in October.

2018 event in Las Vegas shows where industry can set a better course in design, construction and daily life.

Show will include more than 2,000 exhibitors, 100-plus seminars and product presentations.

Chicago’s McCormick Place provides on-demand options for trade show exhibitors.

The 2017 Greenbuild Expo was held Nov. 8-10 at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center.