Download your Certificate of Attendance!

You can download your certificate right from your SAMPO member profile. This certificate will show the dates of your attendance and the contact hours you earned. Go into your member profile, click "Event History" and then click the printer icon next to "Long Island Regional Conference."





Download presentation materials from your favorite sessions

As speakers send us their presentation slides, handouts, and other useful resources, we are making them available to attendees on our website. You can view and download session materials here: Long Island 2025 Conference Materials

Keep checking back as we continue to update the folder.





Have you taken the Attendee Survey?

We would love to hear your feedback on the conference so we can continue improving each year! Check for an email from info@nysampo.us with the subject line "SAMPO Attendee Survey" and let us know how we did. All responses are confidential.

Event Block Schedule:

Tuesday, October 21

• 3:00pm - 6:00pm - Vendor Check-In and Set Up
• 5:00pm - 7:00pm - Attendee Registration
• 6:00pm - 6:15pm - Moderator Meeting
• 6:00pm - 8:00pm - Welcoming Meet & Greet for Attendees and Vendors

Wednesday, October 22

• 6:15am - 7:00am - Pilates Mat Class
• 7:30am - 9:30am - Attendee Registration
• 7:30am - 8:30am - Welcome & Buffet Breakfast
• 8:00am - 10:00am - Spotlight on Vendors
• 10:00am - 11:30am - Keynote: "Picture Perfect Procurement" with Rick Grimm
• 11:30am - 12:30pm - Spotlight on Vendors
• 12:30pm - 1:30pm - Lunch, Special Recognitions, & Raffles
• 1:45pm - 3:00pm - Vendor Opportunity Class with Jeanne Carozza & Alyssa Hull

Concurrent Sessions:

• 1:45pm - 3:00pm - "Purchasing 101" with Lorraine Hein & Carolyn Secor
• 1:45pm - 3:00pm - "Intro to AI" with Sean Carroll
• 1:45pm - 3:00pm - "From Freedom to Framework: Using Department Surveys to Strengthen Procurement" with Ashley Scutt
• 3:00pm - 3:15pm - Refreshments Break

Concurrent Sessions:

• 3:15pm - 4:30pm - "Purchasing 101 (Continued)" with Lorraine Hein & Carolyn Secor
• 3:15pm - 4:30pm - "Get Out There with LinkedIn!" with John Flynn and Panelists Paul Brennan, Ashley Scutt, & Gina Klug
• 3:15pm - 4:30pm - "Advanced AI" with Sean Carroll
• 6:00pm - 8:00pm - Networking Dinner at Ruggero's Restaurant (Located at the Shoppes at East Wind; Pre-Registration Required)

Thursday, October 23

• 6:15am - 7:00am - Pilates Mat Class
• 7:30am - 8:00am - Attendee Registration
• 7:30am - 8:30am - Welcome & Buffet Breakfast
• 8:30am - 9:45am - General Session: "Office of the State Comptroller Audit Findings" with Erina Fitzgerald, Esq.
• 9:55am - 10:55am - Roundtable Sessions for Counties/Towns/Villages and School Districts

Concurrent Sessions

• 11:00am - 12:15pm - "Updates in Prevailing Wage Law" with NYS DOL
• 11:00am - 12:15pm - "The Future of Public Procurement: From Compliance to Strategic Leadership" with Paul Brennan
• 11:00am - 12:15pm - "Procurement Records: Why They're Important & How to Create Them" with NYS OGS Procurement Services
• 12:15pm - 1:15pm - Lunch

Concurrent Sessions

• 1:15pm - 2:30pm - "Negotiations" with Larry Lutz
• 1:15pm - 2:30pm - "Leadership Best Practices: From Principle to Practice" with Mike Bagley
• 1:15pm - 2:30pm - "Contract Management: Best Practices" with NYS OGS Procurement Services
• 2:30pm - 2:45pm - Refreshments Break
• 2:45pm - 4:00pm - Q&A with Dhanraj Singh, NYS Chief Procurement Officer

**Please note that our event schedule is subject to change.

Hotel Room Block:

Guests are welcome to stay at the East Wind Long Island Hotel. To reserve your room at the SAMPO room rate, please call the hotel directly and tell them you are with SAMPO. 

Phone: (631) 929-3500

Website: https://eastwindlongisland.com/

East Wind Long Island

5720 NY-25A

Wading River, NY 11933

If hotel room block is full, check out the following options nearby

(Call or visit web links for room rates)

• Hotel Indigo www.indigoeastend.com 631-369-2200
• Holiday Inn Express Riverhead  www.hiexpress.com 631-548-1000
• Hilton Garden Inn  www.gardeninn.hilton.com/riverhead  631-727-2733
• Fairfield Inn Medford  www.marriott.com/fairfield-inn 631-447-6200
• Holiday Inn Express Stony Brook www.stonybrookny.hiexpress.com  631-471-8000
• Hampton Inn Brookhaven www.hamptoninn.com 631-732-7300
• SpringHill Suite by Marriott- Bellport www.marriot.com/hotels  631-924-0090
• Homes 2 Suites by Hilton-Brookhaven www.hiltson.com 631-775-1450