2025 NYESTA Summer Conference in Rockland County, hosted by NYESTA in conjunction with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Rutgers University

Start
Tuesday, August 05, 2025
1:00 PM
End
Thursday, August 07, 2025
1:00 PM
Location
Rockland County, NY

Registration

(depends on selected options)

Base fee:

Banquet Ticket Only – $60.00
This ticket gets you into the NYESTA Banquet only on Wednesday evening at the Hilton Garden Inn in Nanuet. The semi-formal dinner will be held in the Hudson room. This payment does not include a conference T-Shirt. They may be purchased separately.
Full Conference Member tickets – $140.00
For NYESTA members in good standing. See email link to register. Includes a full conference ticket.
Full Conference non-member ticket – $160.00
Includes a 1 year membership to NYESTA and a full conference ticket.
Wednesday Only Conference (non-member) – $60.00
Be sure to choose a lunch for Wednesday only in the registration form. Does not include the awards banquet dinner. Please choose a separate ticket for the awards banquet if interested. Includes one year membership to NYESTA and conference T-shirt.
Wednesday Only Conference (NYESTA member) – $40.00
Be sure to choose a lunch for Wednesday only in the registration form. Does not include banquet at the Hilton Garden Inn on Wednesday evening. If interested, please purchase ticket separately.
Wednesday only plus Banquet – $100.00
One day conference fee plus the awards banquet at the Nanuet Hilton Garden Inn. The semi-formal awards dinner will be held in the Hudson room. Payment includes a one year NYESTA membership, Wednesday lunch, and conference T-shirt. See the conference schedule.
Wednesday only plus Banquet (NYESTA member) – $80.00
One day conference fee plus the awards banquet at the Nanuet Hilton Garden Inn. The semi-formal awards dinner will be held in the Hudson room. Payment includes a Wednesday lunch, and conference T-shirt. See the conference schedule. Be sure to select T-Shirt size and lunch preference.

Registration is closed

NYESTA Conference in the Hudson Highlands

August 5th-7th, 2025

Room Reservations

Registration begins 4/04/25

^{Tuesday August 5th}

1:00-3:00: Check-in/registration – @ Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University, Geosciences building lobby (building 2)

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964

3:00-4:00: Tour of the LDEO campus facilities including Core Lab, Tree Ring Lab, and Geochemistry Lab led by Dr. Michael Passow

4:00-5:00: Talk by Dr. Juan Martinez, Senior Research Staff Assistant at the Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN) of the Columbia Climate School.

6:00 Dinner on your own

8:00 pm: Stargazing with telescopes and binoculars (bring your own too). Anthony Wayne recreation area.

Wednesday August 7^th

Breakfast on your own

8:00 AM: Meet in Hilton Garden Inn parking lot to organize a carpool.

8:00 AM -5:00 PM:

All day field trip led by Dr. Alec Gates of Rutgers University to the Geology of the Western Hudson Highlands, NY. (This preview is from an older trip, and at a professional level, but the content and sites should be similar).
Box lunches will be provided. A specific field guide to follow. The trip will cover the Earth Science topics of Earth's History, Plate Tectonics, Rocks and Minerals, and Glacially Modified Landforms.
Please wear hiking shoes and be prepared for weather changes. Most observation spots will be short hikes from the cars, while the end of the day hike to higher a viewing spot will be moderately strenuous.

5:00 PM: Return to hotel

6:00-9:00 PM: Annual Awards Dinner and Banquet at the Hilton Garden Inn, Hudson Room. Access to the bar is permitted. Drinks on your own.

Guest speaker will be structural geologist Dr. Folarin Kolawole from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Thursday August 8^th

Breakfast on your own

8:00 AM: Meet in the hotel parking lot. You may drive your own car to the mine if you would like to leave directly from there.

9:30 - ?: All day field trip to Sterling Hill Mining Museum – Fluorescent Minerals

30 Plant St, Ogdensburg, NJ 07439

Sterling Hill Mining Museum

Mine Info

We will have a personalized tour of the museum, mine, and time for collecting at the fluorescent mineral mine run dump. Box lunches will be provided.
Note: The mine will be chilly. Please bring a light jacket.
The collecting area requires proper attire (closed toed shoes, etc).
Goggles might be helpful but not required. We will provide goggles if needed. Bring your own collecting bag or bucket, but please no hammers. No one under 18 is permitted in the collecting area. A UV light could be useful, but not required.

Free CTLE credits based on number of hours attended

Questions? Email Renee Aubry at raubry@otunet.com or Joe Malave nyesta.newletter@gmail.com

Pricing

Full conference price is:

$140.00 for members in good standing
$160.00 for non members (includes membership for 1 year)

Includes all days of the conference, workshops, field trips, rock collecting, lunches for both days, our annual awards dinner and 2025 NYESTA Summer Conference cotton T-shirt.

*No refunds so please make every effort to attend.

*Additional cost for housing

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