Turf Symposium focuses on efficiency

This year’s University of Guelph turf management class is organizing a symposium featuring a number of turf professionals, students and professors, guest speakers and of course, great food and prizes. The event takes place on the morning of Friday, November 27th at the Cutten Club in Guelph, Ontario. Industry leaders will deliver presentations that relate to this year’s topic – Doing more with less: Turf in tough times, which will provide new knowledge and strategies moving forward in the current and future state of the industry.

Cutten Club - Guelph, ON

Speaking at the symposium are Keith Bartlett, superintendent at St. George’s Golf and Country Club, site of the 2010 Canadian Open, entrepreneur Ron Schiedel, co-owner of Green Horizons sod farms in Hamilton, Ontario and pathology expert, Dr. Tom Hsiang of the University of Guelph. Together, these speakers represent multiple corners of the turf industry and can provide extensive insight for all types of turf managers at any level. Registration is free to anyone who manages turf and wants to learn how to be successful in a rapidly changing field.

I think meeting fellow turf managers and getting the chance to create potential partnerships and employment opportunities will be the highlight of the symposium for many people. Seeing what everyone has to offer in terms of advice and how to continue to be better with fewer resources is what I am most looking forward to. Getting the most out of what you have should be a focal point of any operation so I think this theme can be applied to not only turf, but a lot of other things we do as well.

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