Monday, January 9, 2023

Time

8:00 – 8:10 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks – The Mission of TTA

Chris Sykes, TTA President

Training for the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Pesticide Certification Exam

Learn all you need for the Category 3 and Category 7 Exams required to be a certified application in TN

Dr. Darrell Hensley

University of Tennessee

8:10 – 10:00 AM

Keynote Speaker

The Vital Nature of Vision…Always Commit to Better Days Ahead

Danny Bader

10:00 – 10:10 AM

Break

10:10 AM – 12:00 PM

Do You Have A People Plan?

John and Jodie Cunningham

12:00 – 1:30 PM

TTA Awards Luncheon and Annual Business Meeting

1:45 – 5:00 PM

Supply Chain Roundtable

Austin Lanzerone, Barenburg – Bob McLean as contact

Dr. Jeff Marvin, PBI Gordon

Jonathan Huff, Nouryon

Jim Moon, Harrell’s

Boyd Montgomery – Jeff Wyatt as contact

Take the Exam to Become a Certified Applications in TN

Dr. Darrell Hensley

University of TN

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

TIME

Turfgrass Deep Dives

7:00 – 7:30 AM

Prayer and Fellowship
Scott Lehman, In His Grip Golf Ministries

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM

2022 Rounds for Research Update
Paul Carter, CGCS, Bear Trace at Harrison Bay

8:15 AM – 10:15 AM

Shade Management for Sports Fields, Golf Courses, & Lawns

Drs. John Sorochan and John Stier, Univ. of Tennessee

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM

BREAK

10:30 – 12:30 PM

What’s New in Pest Management?

Drs. Jim Brosnan and Brandon Horvath, Univ. of Tennessee

12:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Lunch and Fun on the Trade Show Floor

6:00 – 9:00 PM

Top Golf Event

Transportation Provided

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

TIME

Golf Turf

Sod & Sports Turf

Hands-On Workshop

Hands-On Irrigation Workshop

8:00 – 10:30 AM

TITLE TBD

(GC of TN & Honors Course Projects)

Gil Hanse

Will Misenheimer

Clayton Peele

Lucas Sykes

Sand Selection for Sports Turf

Adam Thoms, PhD
Iowa State University

Equipment Managers Workshop

If the turf is the canvas, the mower is the paintbrush. Learn how to properly configure mowers to optimize turfgrass quality and reduce pest invasion

Irrigation Technology Workshop

TBD

Adam Porteneir, Nashville SC

Eric Holland, Precision Turf

10:30 – 10:45 AM

Break

10:45 – 11:45

The Road to Winged Foot

Steve Rabideau
Winged Foot

Branding Your Facility

Jeff Mondor

Aerflo

11:45 – 12:00 PM

TGCSA Update (15 min)

TVSFMA update
(15 min)

12:00 PM

Adjourn