Pre-registration for Pesticide Recertification Day is mandatory. Credits will not be awarded if a pesticide certification number is not provided in advance. It is also required that you present your pesticide license at the event.

General Classes for CORE credit, presented in the morning session, will include Wild and Honey Bee Biology & Health, Invasive Pests, Oh My! and DEC Update. In the afternoon, participants have a choice of three breakout sessions: Ornamentals and Turf, Agriculture Plant and Structural and Rodent, where they may gain additional pesticide credits in these specific categories.

Speakers at the General Morning Session will include Maria van Dyke of Cornell University, Margaret Kelley from NYS Ag & Markets and Mark Solan from New York State DEC. In the afternoon, Joellen Lampman of the NYS Integrated Pest Management Program will speak during the Ornamentals and Turf breakout session. Aaron Gabriel and Laura McDermott of Cornell Cooperative Extension and will speak during the Agriculture Plant breakout session while Matt Frye and Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann of NYS IPM will be speaking during the Structural & Rodent breakout session.