Headlining the KBIS Keynote on Wednesday, Feb. 20, is Cindy Allen, editor in chief of Interior Design magazine and chief design officer of its parent, Sandow Media. In “Part 2” of her insightful and entertaining talk at the January 2018 edition, Allen will share observations, predictions and trends for 2019 and beyond, and lead a panel of design experts in a lively discussion.

The keynote will take place at 1:30 p.m. in Room N109-110 of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The panel includes designers Laura Bohn and Alison Damonte and architect Adam Rolston. They’ll discuss and celebrate international design with an emphasis on the best of global kitchens and baths.

Bohn, principal of New York-based Laura Bohn Design, an international full-service interior design firm, is also a co-founder of The Designers Collaborative, a support group for top designers, and a member of both the ASID and Decorators Club. She is a visiting critic at New York-area design schools and has taught at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute, from which she graduated. She’s received  two Roscoe awards for her fabric and wallpaper designs, has been inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame, and has been featured in numerous TV programming including CNN Style, A&E, Interiors by Design and HGTV, and many books and magazines.

Rolston is creative & managing director and a partner in Inc NYC, an open source, multi-disciplinary, architecture and design studio based in Manhattan. The Los Angeles native attended the Syracuse University School of Architecture and has served as senior designer and project architect for many large-scale, commercial office, residential condominium, private residential, hospitality and retail projects around the world. He’s a registered architect in the State of New York, a member of the American Institute of Architects New York chapter and the U.S. Green Building Council.

Damonte, principal of Alison Damonte Inc., founded her full-service interior design firm, based in San Francisco’s eclectic Mission District, in 2012. Armed with a degree in political science from Washington University in St. Louis and a dream of becoming an architect, she landed a marketing position at architecture firm WRNS Studio. She fine-tuned her skills by attending courses at UC Berkeley Extension and developed her passion for Sixties-era minimalism, bold color and shapes, and gravitated toward interior design. Her work has been featured in Interior Design, Apartment Therapy, California Home and Design, HGTV, Rue, San Francisco Magazine and Wallpaper. In 2016, Damonte received California Home and Design’s award for Best Residential Interior Design project over 3,000 square feet.

Allen will also highlight the partnership between the NKBA and Interior Design, which resulted in the Interior Design Homes: Best of Kitchen and Bath issue and other assets.

Allen was named editor in chief of Interior Design in 2001 and chief design officer of Sandow in 2015. She has not only led the publication and its initiatives, but she has also championed design as a whole and is regarded as one of the industry’s key influencers. Allen provides overall vision and oversees all design and editorial content for the ID brands and strategic perspective and leadership support for the company’s design-related projects and partnerships. In November, Interior Design Homes published a special “Best of Kitchen and Bath” issue in collaboration with the NKBA.

This keynote address and panel discussion is open to all registered attendees.