Monday – April 29, 2024

7:00	17th Annual Britton Fund Ride
7:30	ISA Certification Exam – written only
8:00	TREE Fund Golf Outing – Disc and Traditional formats
1:30	TRAQ exercise with Jim Clark, PhD. (ticket required)
3:00	Registration Opens
5:00	Tree Planting with Tree San Diego
5:30	Opening Reception with Exhibitors – Toast to 90 years!

Tuesday – April 30, 2024

General Session – Bayview Ballroom
7:00	Registration Open, Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00	Opening Session, President, Kevin Eckert
9:30	Morning Stretch with Exhibitors   Enjoy Yoga with Helen Stone Tailgate session by Jared Abrojena on the Academy Stage
10:00	Keynote:  James Clark, PhD.
11:00	Caring for Hawaii’s Historic Trees, Steve Nimz
11:45	2023 Awards Presentation
12:30	Awards Luncheon
Concurrent Sessions
	Bayview 2/3	Bayview 1	Outdoor
1:30	Climate Ready Trees & Better Roots, Dave Teuschler	Beyond the Golden Shovel, Lara Roman PhD.	Cultivating Lumber, Tom Hamilton
2:20	Let’s Talk About Risks, Igor Lacan PhD.	Climate Change, Weather Patterns and Trees, Alexander Tardy	Underground Tree Staking, Ian Campbell
3:00	Break  – Tailgate session by Jared Abrojena on the Academy Stage
3:30	Better Tools for Understanding California’s Urban Forest, Matt Ritter, PhD. & Jenn Yost, PhD.	Using remote sensing and AI for early detection and management of abiotic and biotic factors impacting urban trees, Paul Barber	Tools & Technology for Advanced Tree Risk Assessment,Gene Bordson
4:20	Definitive Diagnoses, Linda Chalker-Scott, PhD. & James Downer, PhD.	OpenCanopy: Tracking California’s Urban Forest, Camille Pawlak	Palm Tree Rescue, Javier Quiroz
5:30	Happy Hour with Outdoor Exhibits – “Tree Drinks” hosted by San Diego Urban Forests Council, Bay Area Urban Forests Ecosystem Council, Inland Regional Forest Council and Street Tree Seminar (Los Angeles/Orange County Regional Forest Council

Wednesday – May 1, 2024

7:00	Morning Walk: Birds of San Diego, Ryan Gilpin
Concurrent Sessions
	Bayview 2 – Municipal	Bayview 1 – Utility	Bayview 3 – Tools & Tech	Mission 1 – Spanish Language
8:00	Is Your Tree Protection Ordinance Constitutional? James Komen	PUC Update, Jeff Spohn	Climate Ready Plants for SoCal, Janet Hartin	Trabajando en Palmas, Martin Morales y Adolfo Sanchez Garcia
8:50	Treejectory in the Urban Forestry Workforce, Danny Bradley & Taylor Vivona	Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) Fundamentals: A New Pathway to Safety, Paul Hurysz	Measuring and monitoring biodiversity and carbon in urban areas using remote sensing and AI, Paul Barber
9:30	Break – Enjoy Yoga with Helen Stone Tailgate session by Jared Abrojena on the Academy Stage
10:00	Tree Mortality Spiral, Chris Shogren, PhD.	Panel on Wildland Fire Management Programs, Michael Daleo, Craig Hart & Jared Hennen	Machine Learning Analysis and Arboriculture: Coming soon to a device near you, Dan Staley	Plantación/Mantenimiento de árboles nuevos. Agapito Jara Arce
10:50	Are your tree planting specifications killing your trees? Rebecca Johnson		(11:00) Tree Tech- Using quantified data to inform risk assessments, Ilana Nimz & David Golden	Poda Estructural, Oscar Sanchez
11:35	Challenges & Successes Working with other Municipal Departments, Brian Widener, Thomas Dodge, Leon Boroditsky & Gordon Mann	A Journey of an Arborist, Nathan Davila		Arboles en construcción, Wister Dorta
12:15	90th Anniversary Lunch
1:15	Summary of methods to grow trees more sustainably, Gordon Mann	Arborist & Pre-Inspector Training Programs offered by California Community Colleges, Larry Abernathy & Annie Rafferty	TREEting Trauma: Arboriculture as a Healing Practice, Jessika Mitchell	Biomecanica estructural del árbol, Adolfo Sanchez Garcia
2:00	Valuing Tree Losses: Selections from Case Law, James Komen	Collaboration, Connection and Commitment, Jimmy Webb	Competent Writing, Chris Buck & Tim Womick
2:45	Break – Tailgate session by Jared Abrojena on the Academy Stage
3:15	Weather Data Products for San Diego Urban Forestry, Brian Widener & Adam Roser	The Complexities of Utility Arboriculture, Todd Walker	Connecting the Written Pruning Specs to the Climbing Arborist Making the Cuts, Colin Ozier & Cameron Miller	Construyendo relaciones con comunicación efectiva, Ben Fisher
4:05	South American Palm Weevil Update, Ricardo Aguilar	Leader or Boss? Randall Miller	Trees and Irrigation, Jim Park	Esfuerzos de plantación de árboles en Tijuana y nuevas políticas municipales para el trabajo con árboles, Octavio Lopez
6:00	Annual Banquet & Silent Auction

Thursday – May 2, 2024

General Session – Bayview Ballroom
7:30	WCISA Annual Business Meeting – Continental Breakfast – hot entree hosted by ISA
9:15	The Value of Credentialing Today and Tomorrow, Luana Vargas
10:00	Break – Enjoy Yoga with Helen Stone
10:15	Arborist Terminology: do our words accurately represent what we do? Brandon Elrod, PhD.
11:00	Values Based Practice, Alison Lancaster
11:45	Testing – Testing! Hosted by Kelaine Ravdin
12:30	Conclusion of program – SEE YOU IN TUCSON
1:30	OPTIONAL TREE TOURS (Ticketed event) – San Diego Botanic Garden | San Diego Zoo Horticulture | San Diego Urban Tree Tour

*NOTE: This program is still in the planning stages and may change as we move forward. Make sure to check back frequently.