Professional Certified Applicators of Long Island, Inc.


631-744-0634

Professional Certified Applicators of Long Island invite you to attend their
23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND SYMPOSIUM
to be held on Thursday, January 16, 2025
at the Radisson Long Island Hotel,
 110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, New York 
rom 7:00AM to 4:00PM 

sponsored by Professional Tree Surgeons Supplies & ESSCO Services, Breakfast Sponsored by Nassau-Suffolk Turf Services.
DEC, CNLP, ISA credits Applied For

Joyce Rodler – NYSDEC Section Supervisor for NYC and LI
Olivia Saccamano – NYSDEC Pesticide Control Specialist
Michael Deutsch – M. S. BCE
Gary Carbocci – Bartlett Tree Experts-BCMA
Vincent Simeone- Planting Fields
Daniel Gilrein – CCE of Suffolk County
Moses Cucura – Suffolk County Dept. of Health
Dr. Margery Daughtrey – CCE of Suffolk County
Mina Vescera – CCE of Suffolk County
Abby Bezrutczyk Marino – LIISMA
Kelley Altland – BASF
Joseph Broyles – Progressive Grower
Marie W. Boulier – CCE of Suffolk County

Radisson Long Island Hotel (631) 231-1100
Formally: UpSky Hotel and Conference Center
110 Vanderbilt Motor Pkwy, Hauppauge NY 11788
Via Long Island Expressway (495) – Wicks Road Exit
Park at the Grand Ballroom Entrance in back

7:00 – 8:00am Registration/Continental Breakfast 
            Sponsored by Nassau Suffolk Lawn Svcs.

8:00 – 8:30am Introductions

12:15pm – 1:45pm Lunch (Nassau/Suffolk Room)

1:15 - 2:15pm Joyce Rodler Core “NYSDEC Update”

3:45pm Door Prizes (must be present to win)


Vanderbilt Room
8:45 – 9:45am Olivia Saccamano CORE “Regulatory NYSDEC Requirements”
10:00 – 11:00am Vincent Simeone 3A, 3B, 25 “Selecting Deer Resistant Plants” 
11:15 – 12:15pm Dan Gilrein 3A, 3B, 25 “Devils You Know, Some You Don’t: A Landscape Review"
2:30 – 3:30 Margery Daughtrey 3A, 3B, 25 “Beware of Bad Things That Happen To Good Plants”: Boxwood, Bloomers and Trees”


Encore Room
8:45 – 9:45am Moses Cucura 3A, 8 “Suffolk County Tick Surveillance”
10:00 – 11:00 Mina Vescera & Abby Bezrutczyk Marino 7A, 7F, 8 “Pesticide Management Tools To Know & Invasive Species Management”
11:15 – 12:15 Marie Boulier CORE “What do those acronyms stand for?”
2:30 – 3:30pm Kelley Altland 3A, 7A “2025 Rodent Control Update”


Huntington Room
8:45-9:45 Joseph Broyles 3A, 3B “New Products or New to You”
10:00-11:00 Gary Carbocci CORE “Handling Pesticides Safely”
11:15 – 12:15 Michael Deutsch 7C “Termite Management”​