The 28th Annual New England Regional Turfgrass Conference and Show will be held March 4-6 in Providence, Rhode Island.
The conference will include more the 70 hours of educational seminars and sessions will address all turf management areas over the three days by several speakers from across the United States and England. The exhibit halls will house more than 150 companies with more than 35,000 square feet of exhibit space purchased. Cutting-edge equipment and management products will be on display. Most of the show schedule is similar to years past, but new this year is a six-hour Synthetic Turf Fields Maintenance seminar for those who have responsibilities for synthetic turf at their facilities. Speakers and topics for the Synthetic Turf Field Maintenance seminar include:
- Communication: With Boards and the Public Concerning Synthetic Fields – Chris Huntress, Huntress Associates,
- Field Testing Standards and Procedures – Jeff Gentile, Firefly Sports Testing
- Synthetic Field Maintenance Throughout the Year – Abby McNeal, CSFM, City of Louisville, Colo.
- Best Practices for Painting Synthetic Turf Fields – Brad Finn, CSFM, University of Houston
- Synthetic Field Cleaning and Repairs – Arthur Eddy, Replay Maintenance USA,
- Planning and Implementing Field Replacement – Meg Buczynski, Activitas, Inc. and David Pinsonneault, CSFM, City of Lexington, Mass.
- Next Generation of Synthetic Fields – Alastair Cox, European Synthetic Turf Council (ESTC)
For more information about the New England Regional Turfgrass Conference and Show, visit https://www.nertf.org/