Schedule at a Glance
President's Message
Schedule at a Glance
Tues., Jan. 21
6:30 - 8:30 am............Continental Breakfast
Convention Center - West Registration
6:30 am - 6:30 pm...... Registration Open
Convention Center - West Registration
7 am - 5 pm.................Full Day Seminar on Wheels
Departs from Convention Center - Convention Way
9 am - 4 pm.................SAFE Golf Tournament
Departs from Grand Hyatt - Market Street
2:30 - 5 pm.................STMA 400 – Evaluation and Preparation of Fields for Heavy Use
Convention Center Room 103B
STMA 401 – What Are Your Weeds Telling You?
Convention Center Room 101B
STMA 402 – Playability and Safety of Bermudagrass Sports Fields
Convention Center Room 102A
STMA 403 – Understanding our Changing Weather and Climate
Convention Center Room 102B
STMA 404 – Developing and Implementing Best Management
Practices for Sports Field Water Conservation
Convention Center Room 101A
3:30 - 7:30 pm............STMA Certification Exam
Grand Hyatt – Mission A&B
6 - 9 pm...................... Chapter Officer Training
Grand Hyatt – Bowie A, B, C
Wed., Jan. 22
7 - 8 am...................... Continental Breakfast
Convention Center - West Registration
7 am - 6:30 pm........... Registration Open
Convention Center - West Registration
8 - 9:15 am................. Opening General Session with Keynote by Dr. Rick Rigsby
Convention Center - Lila Cockrell Theater
9:30 - 10:45 am......... STMA 100 – Improving Plant Performance with Plant Protection Products
Convention Center Room 101A&B
STMA 101 – Why Research Matters to Field Managers
Convention Center Room 102A&B
STMA 102 – Making the Impossible Possible: Seed to Playing in 35 Days
Convention Center Room 103A
STMA 103 – Bridging the Generation Gap in the Turf Industry
Convention Center Room 103B
STMA 104 – Safe Playing Fields: IPM, Legislation, and the Sports
Turf Manager
Convention Center Room 001A
STMA 105 – The History of STMA and the Annual Conference – Part 1
Convention Center Room 001B
11 am - 12 pm............ STMA 106 – Establishing Pest Thresholds on School Grounds
Convention Center Room 101A&B
STMA 107 – Replacing your Synthetic Infill Playing Surface
Convention Center Room 103B
STMA 108 – Aerification Today…Methods and Styles to Help
Improve Playing Conditions
Convention Center Room 103A
STMA 109 – Complete Baseball Field Renovation
Convention Center Room 102A&B
STMA 110 – New Trends and Technology in Sports Turf
Convention Center Room 001A
STMA 111 – The History of STMA and the Annual Conference – Part 2
Convention Center Room 001B
