Educational Sessions - Tuesday July 28

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Science Management Practice

CEU categories are distinguished by color.

L = Aerial Lift Specialist

Climbers' Corner Schedule

Trees, Wind, and People 3.0 A,U,T,M,L,Bs 8:00 am - 9:00 am Wind Dynamic Forces on Some Urban Trees. Ken James 9:00 am - 10:00 am Wind Load Assessment for Ornamental Trees – Past Methods and Current Developments. Andreas Detter 10:00 am - 11:00 am Can Anyone Calculate Tree Stability? Frank Rinn				Soil Biology 3.0 A,U,T,M,L 1.0 Bp, 2.0 Bs 8:00 am - 9:00 am Mycorrhizal Inoculation: What Worked and What Did Not Work? Francesco Ferrini, Ph.D. 9:00 am - 10:00 am Red Maple Root Response to Improved Soil Conditions. Kelby Fite, Ph.D. 10:00 am - 11:00 am Earthworms, Compaction, and Soil Biochemical Properties of Structural Soil. Bryant Scharenbroch, Ph.D.				Communities and Utilities: The Power of Working Together in the Urban Forest (SMA and UAA Session) 3.0 A,U,T,M,L 1.0 Bs, 2.0 Bm 8:00 am - 9:00 am An Overview of R&D in the Utility Vegetation Management Industry – Past, Present and Future. John Goodfellow 9:00 am - 10:00 am Lidar and Imaging Technologies Applied to Utility Vegetation Management Regulatory Requirements. Alastair Jenkins 10:00 am - 11:00 am Utility Technology to Plan, Manage, Track, and Report UVM Operations. Bob Bell
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Break on Trade Show Floor Research You Need to Know - Root Growth and Development (AREA Session) 2.0 A,U,T,M,L,Bp 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Effect of Root Pruning and Planting Depth on Tree Health, Root Form, and Stability. Ed Gilman, Ph.D. 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Developing Finite Element Model Parameters for Root Growth Under Pavement. Jason Grabosky, Ph.D.				11:00 am - 12:30 pm Break on Trade Show Floor Tree Biology 2.0 A,U,T,M,L,Bs 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Trees Have Hormones and They Know How to Use Them! Joe Murray 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Allelopathy in Arboriculture. Tim Chick				11:00 am - 12:30 pm Break on Trade Show Floor Communities and Utilities: The Power of Working Together Tree Biology in the Urban Forest (SMA and UAA Session) 2.0 A,U,T,M,L,Bm 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Characterizing the Risk that Aging Forests Pose to an Overhead Distribution System. John Goodfellow 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Put Power Behind Urban Forestry. Lindsey Purcell
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Break on Trade Show Floor Sponsored by: Professionalism in Arboriculture 2.0 A,U,T,M,L 0.5 Bp, 1.5 Bm 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Standards and Best Management Practices. Tom Smiley, Ph.D. 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Development of International Urban Forest Data Standards Dave Nowak, Ph.D. et al *Open forum to follow presentation				2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Break on Trade Show Floor Sponsored by: Research You Need to Know- Construction (AREA Session) 2.0 A,U,T,M,L,Bm 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Builder Perceptions of Trees and Construction: Revisited. Rich Hauer, Ph.D. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Cost-Benefit Ratio of Tree Preservation. Laura Jull, Ph.D.				2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Break on Trade Show Floor Sponsored by: Communities and Utilities: The Power of Working Together in the Urban Forest (SMA and UAA Session) 2.0 A,U,T,M,L 1.0 Bm, 1.0 Bs 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Partnership Models Between Tree Organizations and Utility Companies. Jared Liu 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Bottom Line: Tree Selections For the Urban Understory. James Chatfield, Ph.D.