wednesday, february 23, 2011

1ST QUEBEC GOLF
INDUSTRY TRADESHOW
PRESENTED BY
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CLUB OWNERS, MANAGERS, SUPERINTENDENTS
AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS
Hôtel des Seigneurs, Saint-Hyacinthe
February 21, 22 and 23, 2011
Three days on the
future of Quebec golf
For more information, visit www.asgq.org or www.atgq.qc.ca,
or contact the convention manager at 514-282-2743
or [email protected]
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A Word from the Presidents
The golf industry is currently facing a number of major challenges. That’s a fact that no one can deny.
With this first Quebec golf industry tradeshow, we are responding to the very logical demand to combine the strengths of our
two associations, the QGSA and the ATGQ, in a single event.
This tradeshow will give participants a great opportunity to get
to know each other better, but also to ask themselves the hard
questions.
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How can we give our industry new impetus?
What are our options?
What steps should we take?
What will our roles be?
In short, there’s no end to the list of reasons to attend this
three-day event in Saint-Hyacinthe.
We’ve put together a superb program for you. High-profile speakers will join us to address topics that are truly ground-breaking for an event of this kind. You can also take advantage of
the conference to take part in a host of activities, shore up your
network and find out about the latest industry developments by
attending suppliers’ product and service presentations during
the tradeshow exhibition. In fact, no effort has been spared to
ensure the tradeshow delivers everything you’re looking for. On
Wednesday morning, the program even allows you to choose
your training session from a number of concurrent possibilities.
The exhibition will also be an ideal opportunity to chat with suppliers, seize new business opportunities and get a head start on
your procurement activities.
Finally, you won’t want to miss the round table on the future of
the industry, moderated by Daniel Melançon of Golf Mag.
We’ve pulled out all the stops to ensure that every Quebec golf
club is on hand, so don’t miss out on this opportunity to brush
up on your skills and get ready for the future. After all, learning
is always an investment!
Eve Gaudet
ATGQ
President
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Eric Ward
QGSA
President
TRADESHOW EXHIBITION
You can view the floor plan and list of exhibitors on the
QGSA website at www.asgq.org or the ATGQ website at
www.atgq.qc.ca
Monday, February 21, 2011
12:30 p.m.
Exhibition hall opens
LUNCH in exhibition hall
Presentations of supplier products
and services (ongoing)
4:45 p.m.
Exhibition hall closes
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
9:15 a.m.
Exhibition hall opens
10:30 a.m.
Activity in exhibition hall
12:00 p.m.
LUNCH in exhibition hall
Presentations of supplier
products and services (ongoing)
4:00 p.m.
Exhibition hall closes
An event
not to be
missed
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NETWORKING ACTIVITIES
Monday, February 21, 2011
6:00 p.m.
Turf Care Night at Dooly’s
Turf Care has put together a structured
networking activity that you won’t soon
forget, complete with a dinner featuring
regional specialities.
On the program:
• Team pool tournament
• Darts tournament
• “Texas Hold’em” poker tournament
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
6:00 p.m.Plant-Prod Cocktail
7:00 p.m.OJ Gala Night
• Tributes and awarding of
association honours
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ROUND TABLE
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 2 p.m.
Moderated by Daniel Melançon,
Salut, Bonjour weekend! sports
reporter and host of Golf Mag.
TOPIC
Golf is at a crossroads! What lies ahead for the game
and industry? Where will you fit in?
With the cooperation of Frédéric F. Payeur, a demographer with Institut de la statistique du Québec, who will
get the debate started.
Recent trends point to a drop in the number of people
playing golf. But what’s the cause? Is it demographic
trends, declining interest, the appearance of competing
activities, the environmental movement or access to a
wider range of activities for young people?
Panel members will represent different facets of the golf
industry:
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Superintendent – young generation:
Guillaume Després, Club de golf Béloeil
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Experienced Superintendent:
Richard Rhéaume, Club de golf Beauce
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Golf industry supplier:
Normand Drapeau, Agronomist, Bayer Environmental Sciences
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Golf player – young generation:
Éric Laporte, Club de golf Montcalm
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Seasoned golf player:
Yvan Beauchemin, Club de golf KI-8-Eb
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Young golf course owner:
Denis Beauchamp, Château Bromont Golf Club
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Long-time owner:
Pierre Deslandes, Club de golf La Providence
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Ski industry executive:
Louis Dufour, President of the Board of Directors,
Mont St-Sauveur International (MSSI)
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Multi-sport centre director:
Neil Champagne, Intrawest
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Representative of the 50-and-over age group
from a recognized organization:
Adèle Girard, Executive Director, Conseil québécois des ressources humaines
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Monday, February 21, 2011
8:30 to 12 p.m. Turfgrass Nutrition and
Fertilizer Programming
Turfgrass fertilization programs have always been
considered to be a critical component in producing a
high quality turfgrass surface. But recently some have
suggested that nutrient management is not that important and that using soil tests to develop programs
is overrated. Are some nutrients being applied excessively while others are not even meeting sufficiency
levels? Do you believe in feeding the plant or feeding
the soil? How strongly should environmental considerations influence your program? This presentation will
discuss these issues and where fertilization programs
have been and where they are going in the future.
Speaker:
Kevin Frank is an Associate Professor and Extension
Turfgrass Specialist at Michigan State University. Dr.
Frank attended the University of Wyoming and played
collegiate golf while earning a B.S. with Honor in
Agronomy. He went on to earn a Master’s (1996) and
Ph.D. (2000) in turfgrass physiology and management
form the University of Nebraska. Dr. Frank was appointed as an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University in 2000 and promoted to Associate Professor in
2006.
Dr. Frank coordinates the educational programming
for the Michigan Turfgrass Conference and Field Days,
and provides educational programming to professional turf managers through presentations and articles
throughout the year. Dr. Frank presents two seminars
at the Golf Industry Show and has been a regular
speaker at both the GIS and Canadian International
Turf Conference. Dr. Frank also teaches three turfgrass
courses in China every year as part of the MSU China
Turf Program. Dr. Frank’s research includes long-term
nitrogen fate in turfgrass, fertilizer programming, and
winterkill recovery
Kevin W. Frank, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Extension Turf
Specialist, Michigan State University
12:00 to 2:00 p.m.LUNCH in exhibition hall
Presentations of supplier products and services
(ongoing)
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Monday, February 21, 2011
4:45 p.m.
Exhibition hall closes
6:00 p.m.
Turf Care Night at Dooly’s
Turf Care has put together a structured networking activity that
you won’t soon forget, complete with a dinner featuring regional
specialities.
On the program:
• Team pool tournament
• Darts tournament
• “Texas Hold’em” poker tournament
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
8:00 to 9:15 a.m. CONFERENCE BREAKFAST
Training session provided by Plant-Prod Québec
IN FRENCH Preserving Your Trees: An Ongoing
Challenge
Trees play a key role on golf courses. Since they represent major investments of both time and money,
being able to diagnose their problems and take the
necessary corrective measures is critical. This presentation looks at how problems experienced by golf
course trees and shrubs are diagnosed and the range
of potential solutions.
Speaker:
Jean-Paul Soucy, Agronomist,
Plant-Prod Québec
Jean-Paul Soucy graduated from the University of
Guelph in Horticulture. He has worked for 35 years
in the areas of crop protection, fertilization and production as a writer, consultant, producer, agricultural
consultant, teacher and representative.
9:15 a.m.
Exhibition hall opens
10:30 a.m.
Activity in exhibition hall
Presentations of supplier products and services
12 to 1:45 p.m. LUNCH in exhibition hall
1:45 p.m.
INFORMATION SESSION:
Recertification for categories CD and CD4
Pesticide application and application in ornamental
horticulture
2:15 p.m.
Presentations of supplier products
and services (ongoing)
4:30 p.m.
Exhibition hall closes
6:00 p.m.
PLANT-PROD QUÉBEC COCKTAIL
7:00 p.m.
OJ GALA NIGHT
•Tributes and awarding of
association honours
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
8:15 to 9:15 a.m. QGSA Annual General Meeting (AGM)
9:30 to 11 a.m.
IN FRENCH
Concurrent training session 1A
Your Challenge: Being Both
a Boss and a Coach
This presentation stems from the firm conviction
that managers, superintendents, assistant superintendents and suppliers who supervise personnel
play a key role in ensuring the success of their golf
club. To a great extent, it is they who determine
to what extent the business plan is implemented,
whether the organization has a healthy, positive climate, and whether key stakeholders stick around.
Today, no golf club can afford to underperform on
any of these three fronts. This seminar never fails to
meet the needs of any organizations or individuals
who wish to put in place an ongoing, proactive form
of supervision (the coach model) that is completely
unlike the traditional model based on authority and
control (the boss model).
In this dynamic presentation, Pierre Touchette will
draw on analogies, images and examples taken primarily from the world of sports to give you a new
arsenal of management tools.
Speaker:
Pierre Touchette
Pierre Touchette has lectured and taught at HEC
Montreal since 2001 in the fields of human resources
management, relationship-based sales, sales-force
management and coaching
Armed with 17 years of experience in training and
coaching, he is recognized as a specialist in the field.
His expertise in professional development and skills
as an executive coach enable him to meet the needs
and challenges of businesses from a wide range of
industries.
Pierre Touchette held various positions in major Canadian businesses, including as senior management
advisor, before starting his own consulting firm. He
now identifies solutions to problems of organizational performance and efficiency.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
9:30 to 11 a.m.
Concurrent training session 1B
Best Stress Management
Strategies Promoting
Environmental Stewardship
This presentation will describe important cultural
management practices that limit stress on the turf
and subsequently reduce the need for pesticides
and other inputs. The presentation will focus on
mowing and rolling practices, management of irrigation, timing and amount of topdressing, aerification/cultivation techniques and timing, and proper
selection of turfgrass species for golf turf repair/
construction. Emphasis will be placed on limiting
stresses affecting turf, which would help reduce
pesticide use and promote efficient use of water,
fertilizer, and other inputs.
Speaker:
James (Jim) Murphy, Ph.D
Dr. Murphy is the Extension Specialist in Turfgrass
Management at Rutgers University in New Jersey,
USA. He started that position in 1991. He received
his M.S. and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He conducts a research and extension program on
identifying the best management practices for turfgrasses grown in the metropolitan region surrounding New Jersey, New York City, and Philadelphia. He has published numerous articles on turfgrass
management and frequently speaks at turfgrass
education conferences. He has received a number
of awards including: the Excellence in Research
Award from Seed Research of Oregon, and the Recognition, Distinguished Service, and Hall of Fame
Award from the New Jersey Turfgrass Association.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
11:15 to 12:30 p.m. Concurrent training session 2A:
Sustainable Development
IN FRENCH
Speaker:
Marc Belley, Executive Director of
the firm Takt-etik
and
The classification of Quebec
golf courses
Speaker:
France A. Martin, ATGQ General Manager
Sustainable development has become an inescapable reality for golf courses. Drawing on her experience at several golf clubs, the speaker will present
a recently developed sustainable development
policy that golf clubs may adopt as is or tailor to
their own needs. The head of Takt-etik, Marc Belley,
will present the program’s other components, including the guide and the development recognition
program, all of which are made available to golf
clubs seeking to improve their business practices.
Classification: For the last year, the committee
representing golf associations and other stakeholders and the Corporation de l’industrie touristique du
Québec (CITQ) have been discussing the creation of
a Quebec golf course classification system to assist
golfers. France A. Martin will present the classification grid, the classification registration process and
the dispute management process. Based on an assessment of each course’s grounds, services, clubhouse, facilities and sustainable development, the
classification grid identifies strong points as well
as points requiring improvement. It is a reference
guide for golfers and a management tool for golf
clubs.
This initiative will involve managers and superintendents, who will be called upon to provide input
into quality standards for products and services provided to golfers.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
11:15 to 12:30 p.m. Concurrent training session 2B
Target clientele:
Assistant superintendents
11 h 15 à 12 h 30
Applying Theory to Real Life
Summary:
Blake McMaster, Superintendent, Royal
Montreal Golf Club
Blake McMaster is the golf and property manager
at the Royal Montreal Golf Club since 1995. He was
the host-superintendent for the 1997 and 2001 Bell
Canadian Open and for the 2007 Presidents Cup. He
received several awards, amongst others, he was
named QGSA’ s Superintendent of the year in 2006
and «Score Magazine» Superintendent in 2007. He
was also Golf Course Superintendent at Brampton
G.C. from 1975 to 1995.
Concurrent training session 2C
Updating Control of Dollar
Spot Disease
This presentation will address the cultural management practices affecting dollar spot disease as
well as summarize important aspects of fungicide
management. Adjustments in mowing and rolling
practices can help reduce disease. Also management of turf wetness as affected by dew removal
and irrigation will also be discussed. Soil conditions
and N fertility will also be discussed. Understanding
the relative susceptibility of various turfgrass species
and cultivars will aid in decisions about re-grassing
through overseeding, renovation seeding, or re-sodding. Factors affecting fungicide efficacy will also be
covered.
Speaker:
James (Jim) Murphy, Ph.D
Dr. Murphy is the Extension Specialist in Turfgrass
Management at Rutgers University in New Jersey,
USA. He started that position in 1991. He received
his M.S. and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He conducts a research and extension program on
identifying the best management practices for turfgrasses grown in the metropolitan region surrounding
New Jersey, New York City, and Philadelphia. He has
published numerous articles on turfgrass management
and frequently speaks at turfgrass education conferences. He has received a number of awards including: 12
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
the Excellence in Research Award from Seed Research
of Oregon, and the Recognition, Distinguished Service,
and Hall of Fame Award from the New Jersey Turfgrass Association
12:30 to 2:00 p.m. CONFERENCE LUNCH:
Learning to Embrace Change
The goal of this presentation is to help participants
adapt more easily and more quickly to change, in
order to better mobilize their own resources. Adapting more effectively to change significantly reduces
the number of internal conflicts, leading to greater
synergy and a work environment that is more dynamic and, most importantly, more harmonious.
Through concrete role-playing exercises, this activity will show participants how they can improve the
way they perceive change along with various techniques and methods for maximizing their adaptability by developing a positive, proactive attitude.
Speaker:
Richard Aubé, Motivational speaker
and author
Richard Aubé is much more than an author and
motivational speaker. He is a passionate man with
an infectious sense of humour who travels across
North America urging people to say “no” to conformity and rediscover their dreams and passions
in order to attain greater personal and professional
fulfillment.
A neurolinguistics practitioner, Richard Aubé has
spent the last 20 years developing a theory of
behaviour that explains why some people are successful and completely happy. He has collected an
incredible number of anecdotes, stories and reallife experiences over the years and put these basic
keys to success and happiness to the test for himself.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
2:00 to 3:45
ROUND TABLE
Golf is at a crossroads! What lies
ahead for the game and industry?
Where will you fit in?
With the cooperation of Frédéric F. Payeur,
a demographer with Institut de la statistique
du Québec, who will get the debate started.
Moderator:
Daniel Melançon
First and foremost the outdoor sports reporter for
Salut, Bonjour!, Daniel Melançon is also a regular
contributor on RDS and the host of the program
Golf Mag. He has also been seen on Sucré Salé as
the cultural correspondent and been a regular contributor to Deux filles le matin.
A Montrealer by birth, Daniel is a graduate of the
Jonquière CÉGEP’s Media Art and Technology
program, where he specialized in radio. Hired by
the Réseau des sports (RDS) network in 1994, he
worked as a reporter and news reader until 2003,
when he began hosting various sports events.
Recent trends point to a drop in the number of
people playing golf. But what’s the cause? Is it
demographic trends, declining interest, the appearance of competing activities, environmentalists’
positions, or access to a wider range of activities
for young people?
Our moderator Daniel Melançon is sure to leave no
one indifferent. His considerable knowledge of the
ski industry and the high-quality contributors representing these many different perspectives will provide for a well-informed debate and hopefully give
our industry a boost
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Reception
The conference reception service will open
at 7:30 a.m. on February 21, 2011.
Identification
Participants must wear their name tags at all times for
admission to the activities and training sessions.
Cancellation Policy
The organizing office must be notified of any cancellations in writing. No refunds will be made after
JANUARY 21, 2011.
Tradeshow Organizing Office
Quebec Golf Industry Tradeshow
1370 Notre-Dame St. West
Montreal, Quebec H3C 1K8
Telephone: 514 282-2743
Fax: 514 282-4292
E-mail: [email protected]
Accommodations
Deadline for reserving a room: January 28, 2011
A block of rooms has been reserved for tradeshow attendees at Hôtel des Seigneurs in Saint-Hyacinthe. Get
the participant’s discounted rate by signing up for one
of the registration packages that include accommodations or by reserving your room through the Tradeshow
Organizing Office.
Hôtel des Seigneurs
1200 Johnson St.
Saint-Hyacinthe, Qc J2S 7K7
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