Wednesday
October 28, 2009
10:30
AM – 11:30 AM
Registration for Tree Academy
11:30
AM – 4:00 PM
AUFA Tree Academy
12:00
PM – 4:00 PM
Conference Registration
4:30
PM – 6:30 PM
AUFA Council Meeting with Dinner - Special Thanks to Cleve and Herschel
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Thursday October 29, 2009
8:00 AM –
12:00 PM Thinking Outside the Box
– Sustainability in the Urban Forest
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Conference Registration
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Welcome Address - General Membership Meeting – Current State of Affairs – Work Report - Elect Council
and Officers
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM
Sustainability at a large scale: Community Forest Management & Long-term Planning through the Eyes of GIS
(The Future of Urban Forestry)
Ed Macie – USFS
9:15
AM – 10:00 AM
Sustainability on the small scale: The US Green Building Council as a Partner in Urban Forestry.
Beth Manguso Brodbeck
10:00
AM – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Future uses for Urban Green Waste: Bioenergy Technologies at Auburn University and their Applicability to
Urban Forestry in Alabama
Steve Taylor – Dean of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University
11:00
AM – 11:45 AM
TBA
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
"How many Bradford Pears are Enough? Some
underutilized trees perfect for the Alabama Urban
Landscape."
Bobby Green – Green Nurseries
12:15
Pm – 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM – 5:00 PMNew Products and Techniques for
the Arborist in the Urban Forest
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
New Tree Injections, Surfactants, and Products for Pest Management in Arboriculture
Speaker:
Jim Cortese, President
Cortese Tree Specialists, Inc –Tennessee’s 2nd TCIA Accredited Tree Service
TIPCO,
“Your Tree Care Products Company”.
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
State and Federal Pesticide Laws
Speaker Fred Kapp
3:00 PM –
3:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM
Cambistat: Building Partnerships between Cities and Utilities
Jim Neeser – ISA Certified Arborist
National Utility Sales Specialist
Rainbow
Treecare Scientific Advancements
4:15 PM –
5:00 PM
Killing Our Plants with Overwatering: Using Weathermatic Weather-Based Irrigation Controller.
Bill Savelle
- National Sales Manager for Weathermatic
Certified Irrigation
Contractor & Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Closing Reception with Shrimp Boil
Friday, October 30, 2009
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
I.S.A. Testing – Pre-registration Required
Outdoor Session
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Registration for Outdoor Session
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Urban Forestry Pest Identification and Management
Fred Kapp
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Outdoor Sessions with Hands on Activities:
Tree Injection & Fertilization
Jim Cortese – Certified Arborist
Vertical Mulching, Radial Trenching, Basal Root Exams, & Root Barriers
Chris Francis - Certified Arborist
Using a Restiograph to map internal decay
Cleve Formwalt – Certified Arborist
