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P ost Conference R eport – 2025
Post Conference Report – 2025

By Amber Carpenter, NYSAPLS Managing Director

NYSAPLS 66th Annual Surveyors Conference and Exhibition On Wednesday, January 22nd,
January 22-24, 2025 our official “opening” day, attendees
Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, NY gathered mid-morning for
On behalf of the members of the an opening Welcome Keynote
conference committee and staff, thank Presentation featuring NYSAPLS
you to all that who attended the NYSAPLS President Thompson and Patti
66th Annual Surveyor’s Conference and Brooks, our NY Director and newly
Exhibition at the Turning Stone Resort & elected Treasurer for the National
Casino in Verona, New York. I also would Society of Professional Surveyors.
like to personally thank anyone who After lunch we held our annual
came up to the registration desk or awards ceremony to honor the 2025 scholarship winners and
stopped me in the hallway to say hello to welcome the newest licensees to the profession. Congratulations to
me or my staff. We sincerely look forward all for your accomplishments. In addition, we presented the
NYSAPLS’ Pillars of Excellence Awards. A listing of scholarship
to seeing all of you, helping out where we recipients, new licensees and all conference contest winners can be
can and watching our members and found on page 21.
friends enjoying the conference.
Our annual student networking day was also held Wednesday
A total of 742 conference registrants afternoon. Students and licensees were paired up during lunch
attended this year’s event, including a and attended the awards ceremony together. The Awards Ceremony
sold-out tradeshow with 39 companies was sponsored by Islip Land Surveying, PC. Award Programs
utilizing over 53 exhibit booths to showcase their products and services. sponsored by MJ Engineering and Land Surveying, PC. Student
Attendees traveled from all areas of New York State and some hailing across lunches were sponsored by the NYSAPLS Auxiliary (Wed) and
the country to join our annual celebration. Attendee registrations included Westchester Putnam Association of Professional Land Surveyors,
a dynamic combination of professional land surveyors and engineers, CEOs, in memory of Art McLaughlin (Thurs). Participants spent the
field crew, office staff, sales team members, volunteers, students, college afternoon together visiting exhibits and attending educational
professors and more. The association provided multiple hours of continuing sessions. Thank you to all that participated! We look forward to
education throughout the event, with a total of 34 programs presented from this program growing each year.
Wednesday – Friday.
On Wednesday evening, we gathered for a grand welcome
On Tuesday, our Government reception in the exhibit hall with our vendors, sponsored by Maine
Relations Committee co-hosted another Technical Source and Control Point Associates, Inc. PC. Attendees
round table with the help of our friends enjoyed delicious fare and cocktails while networking with their
from the NYS GIS Association to discuss peers and viewing the latest and greatest survey technologies and
public access to digital land records in business services offered by our vendors. Thank you to Lafave, White
New York. The round table featured a & McGivern, LS, PC for sponsoring tickets for the students to attend
panel including representatives from this fun event as well. Our friend, Johnny Miller, from On the Spot
NYS Department of Transportation, NYS Information Technology Services, Photos was on hand to take photos of attendees. Some beautiful
NYS County Clerks Association as well as NYSAPLS and NYSGISA. Thank you photos of our members and exhibitors were taken. They can be
to all that attended this important event. We invite you all to visit our mapping viewed at: https://otsphotos.com/nysapls_conference_photos/
resources page (https://www.nysapls.org/page/Links) where you’ll find continued on page 20
mapping portals, important archived documents and indexes. Stay tuned for
more great things to come from the efforts of our amazing Government
Relations Committee.
Tuesday also featured our annual LS PAC fundraiser reception. On behalf
of your PAC committee, thank you to all that attended the reception and
participated in the silent auction. A total of $3,730 in PAC donations were
received during the conference.

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