Schedule 2025
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2-Day WORKSHOP: Designing and Building Temples with Natural Stone: the workshop will take place over two days and will be held in the Radisson Downtown Salt Lake City Hotel, on the second floor in the Wasatch Foyer & Ballrooms
Participants will be able to park in the Hotel lot, as space allows, Buffet Lunches will be served on both days. There will be water to drink. We will try to cater to special diets (Non-gluten, Vegetarian, etc.) but we cannot guarantee special diet options. We suggest you bring your own lunch if that is the case to be safe. Dinner on Monday night will be sponsored by PICCO ENGINEERING see below) |
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Nov. 10-11, 2025
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DAY 1: Monday, November 10
(draft: To be confirmed) 8:30 - 9:00 Check-in / Registration 9:00 Intro / Prayer 9:15 - 9:45 Intro to Stone Conference / Overview of Stone Protocols by Vince Marazita The World of Temple Stones / Best Practices 9:45 - 10:15 Work Flow and Scheduling for Budget Conscious Design - Dave Richards - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; 10:15 - 11:15 International Temple Design - Tanya Davis / Buenos Aires Temple - Otto Gehring / Wellington Temple 11:15 - 11:30 Break 11:30 - 12:30 Domestic Temple Designs: SPD Panel Moderator/Architect Dave Richards Interior Design: Melanie Jones Landscaping: Kevin Shields Maintenance: Jesse Crockett 12:30 - 3:30 Lunch & Learn / Buffet Lunch and visit Table Top Displays - Visit with Industry Vendors 3:30-4:30 Streamlining Stone - Roundtable Session PICCO ENGINEERRING Mike Picco / Daniel Picco / Karl Doucas Closing remarks 
Dinner Reception
EVENT SOLD OUT! sponsored by Picco Engineering When: Monday Nov. 10, 2024 Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm Dinner Reception at the Cucina Toscana Address: 282 300 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Phone: (801) 328-3463 Website: toscanaslc.com 
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TTeDay 2: Tuesday, November 11
(draft: To be confirmed) 8:30 - 9:00 Check - In / Registration 9:00 - 9:15 Welcome Remarks: Bill Williams Director of Design (Special Projects Department) 9:15 - 10:00 Seminar 1: World of Natural Stone - Visual Reviews (Interiors / Exteriors) - Vince Marazita / Stone Trends -Most Specified Temple Stones - Maggie Marazita / Stone Trends 10:00-11:00 Seminar 2 Exteriors Case Study: Burley Temple Bruce Knaphaus / Kepco + Stefano Ghirardi - Fabrication NWL Architects 11:00 - 11:30 Break 11:30 - 12:30 Seminar 3 Replacement and Improvement (R&I) Opportunities Terrie Larsen - Interior Design Jesse Crockett - Maintenance and Materials 12:30 - 3:30 Lunch and Learn / Buffet lunch and visit table top displays - Visit with Industry Vendors 3:30 - 4:00 Exterior Facades from Procurement to Installation- Bobby Johnston - GLOBAL STONE & TILE 4:00- 4:30 Stone Base Design: from Concept to Fabrication to Installation; Best practices for cost savings Jeff Wirtz - PERITIA STONE Final Remarks - Stone Trends International |