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2012 SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE Wednesday Schedule Ramada Inn, Fishkill, NY
6:00 am	Registration and Coffee
6:30 - 7:30 am	EARLY BIRD DEC Credits: 3a, 3b and 10 = 0.50 each CNLP Credits = 1.0 STMA CEUs = .1	Summer Stress and How to Manage it Joseph Vargas, Jr., Ph.D., Michigan State University
7:30-8:15	Trade Show & Break
8:15-9:45	GENERAL SESSION DEC Credits: CORE = 1.00 CNLP Credits = 0.5 STMA CEUs = .15 ISA CEUs = 1.0	Update: Pesticide Registration and Inspections Catherine Ahlers, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation NYSDOT Update: Rules of the Road, How to Prepare for an Inspection Douglass Eighmey, New York State Department of Transportation, Commercial Vehicle Safety Bureau Aboveground Fuel Storage Compliance Tony Rizzi and Pat Dunn, American Petroleum Construction & Equipment Co., Inc.
9:45-10:30	Trade Show & Break
10:30-12:00	GOLF TURF DEC Credits: 3a, 3b and 10 = 0.50 each CNLP Credits = 1.5	The Science of Physical Properties in the Real World… Beyond the Textbooks David Doherty, International Sports Turf Research Center, Inc.
	LAWN & LANDSCAPE CLT TRAINING DEC Credits: 3a, 9, 10 and 25 = 1.50 each CNLP Credits = 1.5 STMA CEUs = .15 ISA CEUs = 1.0	Surveying the Landscape Pests of 2011, in Preparation for 2012 Rick Harper, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County
	SPORTS TURF DEC Credits: 3a, 3b and 10 = 1.50 each CNLP Credits = 1.5 STMA CEUs = .15	IPM for Kentucky Bluegrass Athletic Fields Joseph Vargas, Jr., Ph.D., Michigan State University
12:00-1:00	Lunch & Trade Show
1:00-2:00	GOLF TURF DEC Credits: 3a and 10 = 1.00 each CNLP Credits = 1.0 ISA CEUs = 1.0	Managing Trees in a Golf Course Setting Rick Harper, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County
	LAWN & LANDSCAPE CLT TRAINING DEC Credits: 2, 3a, 9, 10 and 25 = 1.00 each CNLP Credits = 1.0 STMA CEUs = .1 ISA CEUs = 1.0	Not so Evergreen? Recognizing and Controlling Diseases on Conifers in the Landscape Jennifer Stengle, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Putnam County
	SPORTS TURF DEC Credits: 3a, 3b and 10 = 1.00 each CNLP Credits = 1.0 STMA CEUs = .1	IPM for Athletic Fields – Looking Ahead to Save Your Behind Tamson Yeh, Ph.D., Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County
2:00-2:30	Trade Show & Break
	GOLF TURF/LAWN & LANDSCAPE/CLT TRAINING DEC Credits: 2, 3a, 6a, 9, 10 and 25 = 1.00 each CNLP Credits = 1.0 STMA CEUs = .1	Identifying and Developing Management Programs for Invasive Plants Randy Prostak, University of Massachusetts Extension
	SPORTS TURF DEC Credits: 3a, 3b and 10 = 1.00 each CNLP Credits = 1.0 STMA CEUs = .1	IPM for Athletic Fields – Now Do I Really Have to Eat the Dandelions? Tamson Yeh, Ph.D., Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County