Monday – April 27, 2026

7:00	19th Annual Britton Fund Ride
8:00	TREE Fund Golf Outing
12:00	Written Certification Exam
3:00	TRAQ Walk – Build confidence in risks and defects detection, Alby Thoumsin (Ticket Required) 1.5 CEUs
3:00	Registration Opens
4:00	Women in Arboriculture Gathering
5:00	Tree Planting
5:30	Opening Reception with Exhibitors

Tuesday – April 28, 2026 – 6.0 CEUs

7:00	Registration Open, Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors, Yoga
8:00	Opening Session, President, Tracey Takeuchi / Land Acknowledgement
8:45	Re-establishing caretaking practices to restore black oak cultural landscapes, Irene Vasquez
9:15	Break with Exhibitors Tailgate session by Jared Abrojena on the Academy Stage
9:45	KEYNOTE:  Nalini Nadkardi, PhD.
11:15	2025 Awards Presentation
12:00	Awards Luncheon
1:15	Giant Sequoias in a Changing World,  Wendy Baxter
1:45	Field Experience: Arborists assisting science in old growth forests,  Lawrence Schultz, Ben Fisher & Cristian Garcia Arcos
3:00	Break with Exhibitors Tailgate session by Jared Abrojena on the Academy Stage
3:30	Insurance and Trees,  Paul Brady
4:00	TBD
4:30	A Powerful ‘WHY?’: An Introduction to the Practice of Forest Bathing, for Wellness and Wonderment in the Profession of Arboriculture, Josh Gevertz
5:30	Happy Hour with Outdoor Exhibits
6:30	Forest Bathing with Josh Gevertz (limited space – sign up onsite)
8:00	Dive in Movie Night – join us at the indoor pool

Wednesday – April 29, 2026 – 6.5 CEUs

7:00	Morning Bird Walk lead by Tree Care for Birds & Wildlife / Yoga
	Breakout 1 – Science	Breakout 2 – Practice	Breakout 3 – Spanish
8:00	Lifestyles of urban fungi: beyond disease and risk assessment,  Kevin T. Smith, PhD.	Zone 0 and the implications for trees in Wildland Urban Interface areas, Jeremy Cawn & Yana Valachovic	Círculo completo – Comunicación relacional en la gestión del arbolado urbano,  Cecilia Michea
8:50	Tiny Wonders: Lichens of the Sierra Nevada,  Ruth Williams	Modern Tree, Safety Assessment and Evaluation,  Frank Rinn	Relevancia de la gestión y recuperación de los bosques y del arbolado urbano en Acapulco después de los huracanes Otis y John, Gabriela Lopez
9:30	Irrigation effects on the cooling potential of urban trees,  Ursula Schuch, PhD.	Wildfire Mitigation Strategies for Utilities,  Amanda Smith
10:00	Break with Exhibitors Tailgate session by Jared Abrojena on the Academy Stage
10:30	Retrenchment Pruning of Ancient Trees: Anecdote or Science?, Linda Chalker Scott, PhD.	Full Circle Training: Sustaining Safety, Skill, and Standards Across Generations,  Dane Jensen	Importancia del trasplante de árboles nativos en zonas urbanas, Sotero Garcia
11:20	Battling the Bark Beetle,  Nathan Wilson &  Ryan Joseph	The Slack Trap: How Small Gaps in Safety Can Lead to Big Consequences,  Justin Morejohn	Círculo completo: deja que la Tierra respire de nuevo, Cosijoopii Montero
12:05	Lunch
1:15	Mulch: Its not just the carbon, its the ENERGY!,  James Downer, PhD.	Urban Tree Resilience: Assessing Tree Health and Survival in Post,  Fire Landscapes,  Christopher Shogren, PhD.	Construyendo puentes entre los servicios públicos Jessica Henderson,  Julius Uehlein, Brock Novarro, Clinton Curtis, Jesus Nava-Murillo
2:20	TBD, Joshua Garcia, PhD.	Introduction to WCISA’s Wildfire Risk Reduction Qualification, Paul Brady & Jeff Spohn	Podando Raíces, Steve Jimenez & Jasmine Lopez
3:05	Break with Exhibitors Tailgate session by Jared Abrojena on the Academy Stage
3:30	Beneficial arthropods: insects relevant for potential arthropod pest management on trees, Joanie King, PhD.	Data-Driven Decision Making: Turning Urban Forest Data Into Informed, Equitable, and Actionable Policy, Drue Epping & Jake Simon	Fundamentos técnicos del riego: aplicaciones prácticas en el cuidado de los árboles, Ian Campbell & Michael Madewell
4:15	Relating Tree Responses to Extreme Drought to Arboriculture,  Edward Bobich, PhD.	Join our “FAM” ,   the science and regulatory issues of Fresh Arborist Mulch,  James Downer, PhD. & Daniel Mahoney	Evita ser el vector: maneja los residuos verdes y detén la propagación de plagas, Beatriz Nobua Behrmann, PhD.
6:30	Banquet (Installation of Officers / Auction)

Thursday – April 30, 2026 -up to 4.5 CEUs

6:30	Forest Bathing with Joshua Gevertz & Humberto Mojica (bi-lingual)
7:00	Yoga
7:30	WCISA Annual Business Meeting
8:45	Fungal Partners in Tree and Forest Development,  Kevin T. Smith, PhD.
9:45	Break
10:05	Identity: A Conversation on Diversity and Inclusion,  Natalie Krug & TDB
10:40	Mentorship in Arboriculture, A Full Circle Journey,  Igor Lacan, PhD., Grayson Keating, Alison Lancaster, Jonathan Flournoy, Cristian Arcos Garcia & Sarah Santee
11:30	The 6th Annual Battle of the Trees: The 24/7 Lectures, Kelaine Ravdin
12:30	Conclusion of program – SEE YOU IN MONTEREY
1:30	OPTIONAL TOUR – Mariposa Grove Yosemite National Park (4.0 CEUs)

*Schedule is a work in progress and subject to minor changes as we get closer to the event.