The National Association of Home Builders' International Builders Show is a week away, opening Feb. 8 in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.
The show runs Wednesday through Saturday with education and exhibits and a scheduled address Friday by Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
The event offers builders dozens of education sessions covering building materials and other technical subjects, financing and the economy, marketing, green building and more.
More than 1,000 exhibitors are signed up.
NAHB is still taking registrations.