Education
Acquire Industry Knowledge. Connect with Industry Experts.
LEARN FROM TOP BUSINESS LEADERS.
IBS: All Homes Start Here is heading back to Vegas Feb 25 – 27, 2025 with unmatched and unrivaled education tailored for residential construction industry professionals. IBS Education is always an attendee favorite.
The 2025 lineup will not disappoint.
Walk away with the latest trends, newest techniques, forward-thinking business strategies and actionable items to apply to your business right away.
Super Sessions
Sometimes, more is better. When it comes to Super Sessions, this is absolutely the case. We’ve transformed three popular IBS Education sessions into super-charged educational experiences.
Learning Labs
Learning Labs are fast-paced sessions using unique presentation formats (think lightning rounds and Ted-talk style), interactive technology, audience participation and more.
Game Changers
These daily keynotes feature business thought leaders who transform how we think about and address critical housing industry issues.
Building Knowledge Sessions
These 60-minute sessions in 9 tracks are the foundation of education at the Builders' Show. Find the best industry education on today's most relevant and hottest topics.
Before the Show
NAHB Courses
These courses fully immerse you in specific industry topics to increase your skill sets while earning NAHB CEUs and, in some cases, continuing education for AIA and AIBD. Pre-show NAHB Courses require a separate registration.
Building Science Symposium
What began as a small 1-day meet-up in a local Kansas City brewery and has since grown into an annual 6-city national tour, the Building Science Symposium had its culminating event at the 2024 Builders' Show. It's making a comeback at IBS 2025! Led by today’s top high performance experts and builders, this IBS pre-show event offers industry-best insights for elevating your building practices, from understanding standards and integrating performance components to providing durable, energy-efficient enclosures. Hear best practices for flashing, air control, vapor and moisture management, IAQ and more. Share a few cold ones with fellow industry pros and discuss countless challenges and solutions for better building techniques.
Includes morning refreshments, lunch and a networking happy hour to close your day.
Education On Demand
The biggest challenge you face when attending the Builders' Show is how to see and do everything that's jammed into a three-day show. We'll let you in on a little secret: It’s impossible.
That's why Education On Demand is such a valuable tool. It's the full library of recorded sessions from the Builders’ Show and as an Education+Expo Pass registrant, it's the tool you can rely on to give you the information you missed or want to revisit after the Builders’ Show ends.
First Time Attendee Deal
If you’re attending the Builders’ Show for the first time as an NAHB Member, put your NAHB membership to work for you. Start enjoying NAHB member benefits like joining us at IBS: All Homes Start Here to access 100+ amazing IBS Education sessions, 1,600+ brands, manufacturers and suppliers on the show floor, attend live demos, niche networking and education in Centrals, experience 100s of new product launches and more (at a deep discount with an exclusive rate)!
*Manufacturer and software provider registrants are not eligible.
"I sat at every session with a notebook, said, 'Oh this is a great idea,' and ended up with 14 pages. What I took from the show we started immediately applying to the business and we're still trying to distill it down and implement all of it in our strategy."
Andrew Brindley, H-E Homes
"The IBS experience allows you to see everything and focus while you're there. Seeing the trends at the show gave me the confidence to say, 'Okay, that is a good direction to go in.' You get an overview of the entire industry and tactics that you can implement right away."
Lauren Merritt, Loren Homes, Inc.