2019 CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2019
| 7:00 | 12th Annual Britton Fund Ride |
| 10:00 | TREE Fund Golf Outing |
| 3:00 | Registration Opens |
| 5:00 | Tree Planting |
| 5:30 | Opening Ceremony & Reception with Exhibitors |
TUESDAY APRIL 30, 2019 – Up to 6.0 CEUs
| 7:00 | Registration Open, Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 8:00 | Welcome, President Carol Kwan |
| 8:30 | Keynote – A Sinking Ship or Cruising Towards Bright Horizons The Bigger Picture of Pests and Diseases in Urban Forestry, Cecil Konijnendijk |
| 9:45 | Morning Stretch with Exhibitors |
| 10:15 | Public Private Partnerships in a Contracting/Expanding World, Darcy Oishi |
| 11:00 | Invasives from a Bi-Coastal Perspective local research matters, Drew Zwart, PhD |
| 11:45 | Awards Luncheon |
| 1:15 | Trees in a Changing Environment, Mark Roberts |
| 2:00 | Phytophthora – a biological bulldozer, Johan Östberg |
| 3:00 | Afternoon Stretch with Exhibitors |
| 3:30 | Arborists needed to protect the urban forest “Ark” from invasive species, John Kabashima, Ph.D. |
| 4:30 | Leveraging People, Technology, and UF Management Practices to Cope with Invasive Pests, Jessika Mitchell and Rhonda Wood |
| 5:15 | Happy Hour with Outdoor Exhibits |
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2019 – Up to 7.0 CEUs
| 6:30 | Early morning Waikiki Tree Walk with Steve Nimz (ticket required) | |
| Pest Management | Urban Forestry | |
| 8:00 | New pests and pathogens affecting both native and urban forests in Hawaii and the Pacific, James (JB) Friday | How climate change challenges urban trees and city forests, and what this means for arborists and urban foresters, Igor Lacan, PhD |
| 9:00 | Fighting Invisible Invasives, Matteo Garbelotto | What it takes to preserve a ten-million dollar tree from a common pest in urban forests, Steve Nimz |
| 10:00 | Morning Stretch with Exhibitors | |
| 10:30 | Coming to a Tree Near You: Insect Threats from Hawaii, the 2019 Edition, Darcy Oishi and Janis Matsunaga | Responding to Pest Invasions A Historical Perspective, Walt Warriner |
| 11:15 | Management of several key invasive landscape pests in Hawaii, Zhiqiang Cheng, Ph.D. et al | An Ecological Approach to Urban Landscapes, Richard Quinn |
| 12:00 | Lunch with Exhibitors | |
| Pest Management | Utility Forestry | |
| 1:05 | Invasive Pests in Nevada, Dennis Swartzell and Molly Sinnott | Innovative Solutions for Controlling Undesirable and Invasive Vegetation Near Power Lines, Vince Mikulanis, Don Akau and Michael Daleo |
| 2:05 | Asian longhorned beetle – how reliable is our information, Johan Östberg | Utility TRA Best Management Practices, Kevin K. Eckert |
| 3:05 | Afternoon Stretch with Exhibitors | |
| 3:30 | Current and Emerging Issues Affecting Mediterranean Pines in the Southwest, John Richardson and Steve McKelvey | ANSI A300 Integrated Vegetation Management (Part 7), Geoff Kempter |
| 4:15 | Witches Broom on Blue Palo Verde, Ursula Schuch, PhD | Managing tree die-off along critical transportation routes, Amber Krebbers |
| 6:00 | Annual Banquet & Silent Auction | |
THURSDAY, May 2, 2019 – Up to 4.5 CEUs
| 7:00 | Women in Arboriculture Breakfast (Ticketed event) One Woman’s Story: Navigating the changing tides, Maureen Murphy |
| General Session | |
| 8:30 | How pests get around (and how to ensure that you are not helping them)., Igor Lacan, PhD. |
| 9:30 | Sentinel Landscapes – Pest Detection by Design, Richard Quinn |
| 10:15 | Morning Stretch |
| 10:30 | The Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment: Past, Present, and Future, Christy Martin |
| 11:15 | We are all in the same canoe a Hawaii model for collaborative stewardship, Christian P. Giardina |
| 12:00 | Conclusion of program – SEE YOU IN SQUAW VALLEY |
| 1:00 | OPTIONAL TREE TOURS (Ticket required) – Exceptional Trees of Downtown Honolulu or Honolulu Botanic Garden Tour |
FRIDAY, May 3, 2019 – Up to 6.5 CEUs
Post conference Workshops:
7:30 am TRAQ Renewal Course – Take the TRAQ Renewal Course with Kevin Eckert!
8:00 am 10th Edition of the Guide for Plant Appraisal – Come find out the new additions to the guide from Dr. James Clark and Dr. Tom Smiley!
