With 2019 being a licensing renewal year, the addition of extra exhibit hours, several new CEU courses and much more, the 2019 New Jersey Electronic Security Association (NJESA) Annual Symposium was bigger and more successful than even expected.
Nationally recognized as the premier show in the northeast, the 2019 NJESA Annual Symposium held on March 6-8, at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. featured training, education and trade exhibits, as well as networking, raffles and social events with more than 750 people attending during the three-day event.
The 2020 NJESA Annual Symposium is slated to be held from March 11-13 at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City.
The Symposium opened with an open bar reception at the pool at Harrah´s Pool Bar Club. During the reception, Joe Russotto and Fred Mawson, long time members of the NJESA, along with their band, Rockwell, played 70s and 80s music.
Training Courses
Thursday and Friday featured full days of CEU classes boasting 99 hours of training time, 8 classrooms and 33 different courses, including 11 new ones. With 2019 being a license renewal year, attendees had the opportunity to earn their NJ Approved CEU credits with courses that included:
- Effective Conflict Management and Negotiating Skills;
- NFPA 3000, Standard for an Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response Program;
- Network Video Fundamentals;
- Increasing RMR with Access Control;
- Understanding Your Alarm Contracts;
- Residential Fire Alarm Systems;
- and How to Prepare a Small Business for Acquisition Roundtable Panel Discussion.
Required 2-day courses included The NJ Uniform Construction Code, Industrial and Construction Site Safety and Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act and Understanding the NJ Barrier Free Subcode.
The trade show floor was filled with 90 exhibitors including Affiliated Monitoring, Bongiorno & Associates, Chartrand Associates, Interlogix, Kidde/Edwards, Rapid Response Monitoring and Resideo Technologies. The extra hours with lunch on the trade show floor was well received by both attendees and exhibitors.
Awards
Several awards were given out during the luncheon. Bergen Protective Services received and Joe Cioffi III accepted the award for Alarm Dealer of the Year. The team from COPS Monitoring accepted the award for Associate Member of the Year. The Public Safety Award went the Logan Township Police Department. In addition, John Drucker received the Public Service Award.
Ken Gould was honored with the President´s Award and Executive Director, Christine Higgins accepted the President´s Special Recognition Award. After the award ceremony, the entire board was introduced to members.
The Symposium also gave members a chance to donate time and money to a very worthy cause. The NJESA and Mission 500, an organization that works closely with the security industry to serve the needs of children living in poverty across the United States, organized a School Backpack Building Event. Headed up by Ken Gould and Linda Nolan, participants gathered and worked in unity to assemble the backpacks and write personal notes of encouragement and hope. The 184 school backpacks were then distributed personally to Principal LaQueth Small and the children at the Pennsylvania Avenue School in Atlantic City. The children were given the backpacks based on perfect attendance.
The winner of the $250 Early Bird Dues Raffle was Superior Security Systems. Cindy Duffy won $800 for the 50/50 Raffle and Michael Rivera won $250 for the Online Symposium Registration Raffle.
Sponsors for this year’s Symposium included Diamond Sponsors: COPS Monitoring and ISC East, and Gold Sponsors: Aiphone, Kwikset and Security America Risk Retention Group.
“Our 2019 Symposium was the perfect opportunity for members to gain valuable knowledge, keep up with licensing requirements and help them grow their business,” stated Marzano. “I want to thank everyone on the committee who helped make this year bigger, better and more successful than ever. This is a great and upstanding industry. I can´t begin to say how proud I am and I hope our members have the same self-pride for our amazing industry.”
The 2020 NJESA Annual Symposium is slated to be held from March 11-13 at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City.
For further information visit www.nj-esa.org or call 609.695.4444.
About the NJESA
The New Jersey Electronic Security Association (NJESA) represents electronic security professionals, system integrators, fire alarm companies, manufacturers and distributors that do business in New Jersey. Joining the NJESA, opens the pathway to being licensed – a legal requirement in NJ for alarm installers. Plus, members enjoy many more benefits. The NJESA exists to promote public safety and foster positive relationships with police, fire and elected officials at the local, state and national level.
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