2025 MALSCE Convention

Description

Sponsored by MALSCE Sustaining Members:

Allen & Major Associates, Inc., Beals and Thomas, Inc., Bluesky Geospatial Limited,  Brennan Consulting, Inc.,

BSC Group, Inc., CHA, Crocker Design Group,  DGT Associates, Eastern Topographics, E.T. Engineering Enterprises,

Feldman Geospatial, Field Resources, Inc., Hancock Associates, Keystone Precision Solutions, Maine Technical Source,

Merrill Engineers & Land Surveyors, Nitsch Engineering, RJ O'Connell & Associates, Inc., Samiotes Consultants Inc.,

Spiller's, Topcon Solutions Store, VHB Waypoint Technology Group, WSP

The 2025 MALSCE Convention features:

In-depth Presentations on technological advances, standards of practice, and business trends impacting the land surveying and civil engineering professions.

Convention Exhibitors featuring exhibits of the latest technologies and services, and two hours of live demonstrations

Plan & Field Notes Contests Submitted entries will be displayed at the Convention. Attendees will vote for the best plan in various categories and Field Notes of the Year. Download the 2025 MALSCE Plan & Field Notes Contests Entry Form and submit an entry.

Networking Breaks, Benefit Auction, and more! To donate an item for Friday’s auction to benefit the MALSCE Education Trust simply bring it to the convention registration desk. To donate an item before the convention, contact Rich Keenan: 617/305-4110 or rkeenan@engineers.org.

Reserve your overnight room by Saturday, February 8, 2025! Click here to learn how to reserve an overnight room at the Boxboro Regency Hotel & Conference Center for Thursday and/or Friday, February 27 and 28 at the $102 MALSCE Convention attendee rate.

Click here to view the full convention flyer

Registration Fees

Full Convention (includes access to all Convention sessions, meals, and activities except Saturday’s Refresher Course) $400 MALSCE Member*, $520 Non-Member

Friday Convention Only (includes access to all Friday sessions, meals, and activities) $295 MALSCE Member*, $420 Non-Member

Saturday Convention Only (includes access to Saturday’s session, meals, and activities except for the Refresher Course) $125 MALSCE Member*, $190 Non-Member

*Members of CALS, MSLS, NHLSA, NYSAPLS, RISPLS and VSLS can attend for the MALSCE member rate.

The convention features the following sessions:

Friday, February 28, 2025

• Convention Exhibit & Exhibitor Demonstrations
• How to Be an Effective Expert Witness in Court Honorable Howard P. Speicher, Associate Justice, Massachusetts Land Court
• Keys to Surveying in Massachusetts and Preparing For Licensure William “Terry” McGovern, PLS, Project Manager, Zenith Land Surveyors LLC, and Adjunct Faculty, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology 
• Legal Aspects of Business Joseph Lichtblau, Esq.
• Optimizing Survey Workflows: Practical CAD, Tech Tools, and AI for Survey Technicians Shaine R. Bonin, PLS, EIT,  Principal, Northeast Geospatial Consultants, LLC, Senior Project Engineer, Bowman Consulting Group LTD
• Review of Recent Complaints and Their Disposition    Paul J. Tyrell, PE, PLS, LEED AP, Associate Vice President, HDR, Chair, Massachusetts Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
• GNSS Best Practices Dan Martin, Northeast Regional Geodetic Advisor, NOAA/NOS/National Geodetic Survey 
• Elevating the Customer Experience Elise Simard, President, SpeechComm, Inc.
• The Last Mile: Final Push for New Datums, Progress, and What is Still to Come Dan Martin, Northeast Regional Geodetic Advisor, NOAA/NOS/National Geodetic Survey 

Saturday, March 1, 2025

• Leadership Elevated: The Power of Emotional Intelligence Elise Simard, President, SpeechComm, Inc.