Public Works Training School Tentative Agenda (subject to change)

• 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

  Meet and Greet Reception in the Bookmaker's Lounge at the Holiday Inn

• 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.

  Breakfast

• 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

  NYCOM Registration Desk Opens

• 8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

   Public Works School Orientation 

• 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

  Plenary Session

  • A Day in the Life of a Public Works Professional
• 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

  Concurrent Sessions

  • Wastewater Update
  • Budgeting for Department Heads
• 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.

  Lunch

• 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

  Concurrent Sessions

  • Roadway Preservation and Maintenance
  • NYS Drinking Water Updates with NY Section AWWA
• 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

  Concurrent Sessions

  • NYMIR Hot Topic
  • Lead and Copper Rule Update
• 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

  Concurrent Sessions

  • Multi-Year Planning
  • Get to Know NYWEA
• 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

  Welcome Reception

• Evening

  Dinner on Your Own

• 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

  Breakfast

• 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

  NYCOM Registration Desk Opens

• 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

  Early Riser Roundtable

  • Priority #1 - SAFETY
• 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

  Concurrent Sessions

  • MS4 Permit Good Housekeeping/Pollution Prevention Programming
  • Local Road and Street Safety Plans
• 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

  Concurrent Sessions

  • Managing Zombie Poles: A Plan that Works
  • Reasonable Suspicion: Drug and Alcohol Awareness
• 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

  Awards Luncheon

  • Presentation of Attendance Certificates
• 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

  Plenary Session

  • Managing Stress in the Workplace
• 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

  Concurrent Sessions

  • Salt Reduction and Snow Plowing
  • The Pavement Management Blueprint
• 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

  Concurrent Sessions

  • LED Street Lighting
  • Cornell Local Roads 
• 8:00 p.m. - 10:0 p.m.

  Evening at The Bunker (307 Broadway, Saratoga Springs)

• 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

  Breakfast

• 8:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

  NYCOM Registration Desk Opens

• 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

  Early-Riser Roundtable

  • Peer-to-Peer Q&A 
• 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

  Concurrent Sessions

  • Riding into the Sunset: Planning for Retirement
  • Cyber Security: Protecting Your Infrastructure
• 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

  Concurrent Sessions

  • Managing in a Union Environment
  • Ethics for the Public Works Professional
• 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

  Plenary Session

  • Legal Panel