ArborCon 2015 and Oak Wilt PreConference Attendee Registration

ASM's Annual Conference and Tradeshow – ArborCon… the premier event for professional and rising arborists and plant health care specialists. Highlights include: sessions on plant health care, oak wilt, utility/municipal and climber track. Live tree demo's in the exhibit hall and Keynote presentations from Don Cipolini and Marvin Pettway.

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED!

You may register onsite at the Lansing Center. Please see registration times below.

AGENDA

A detailed agenda for each day of the conference is located on the ASM website's Education page, or you may click this link. 

OAK WILT PRE-CONFERENCE - February 16, 2015

• Registration opens at 10:45am
• Sessions run from 11:30-5:00pm
  

If your tree management activities include Oak species, this is a 'must-attend' workshop. This comprehensive oak wilt workshop is designed for everyone who manages a single tree up to a large tract of wooded land or geographical area involving tree resources. Don't miss it!

Oak wilt, a lethal and rapidly acting disease of oaks is spreading throughout Michigan at an increasing rate. Oak wilt activity, control efforts and on-going research in MI and the Great Lakes basin will be discussed.  

U.S. Forest Service pathologists, MDNR foresters, MSU Extension and utility practitioners will teach oak wilt diagnosis, detection and prevention tactics. Oak wilt management scenarios for public and non-public lands including forest settings, large municipal woodlands, community forests and urban settings will be addressed. The day concludes with a panel discussion with the experts and open-mic to answer your questions.  

4.5 CEUs are available from ISA and MDARD: 2,6, Comm CORE. Registration fees start at $50 and include lunch and handouts.

Your ArborCon Experience - February 17-18

• Registraiton opens at 6:45am on Feb. 17
• Registration opens at 7:15am on Feb 18
• Sessions run from 8:00am-5:00pm
  

• Over 25 educational sessions
• Live Tree Demos
• Exhibit Hall
• Raffle Drawings to benefit the TREE Fund
• Lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday
• Credits: ISA CEUs, MDARD, and TCIA
• Keynote Presentations from Marvin Pettway-University of Michigan, Don Cipollini-Wright State University, and Guy Meuiller, BCMA

Session Topics in Brief include and are not limited to:

Municipal/Utility

• Better Together: the Critical Role of Partnerships in Urban Forestry-Lee Mueller
• Getting More from your Management Tools-Lee Meuller
• Municipal Oak Wilt Prevention Practices and Policy-Julie Crick
• Finding Value in Urban Trees: Wood Utilization in Michigan and Beyond-Jessica Simons
• Why Utilities Companies Do What They Do--Panel Discussion
• The Drive Thru Forest:  The role of trees in our communities-Kevin Sayers

Plant Health Care

• Propiconazole and Oak Wilt Control: Fact and Fiction-Jennifer Juzwik
• Marketing of Plant Health Care Services-Dana Davis
• Effectively Using Paclobutrazol for Newly Transplanted Trees-Mark Mann
• Planting Trees When Roots Aren't Right-Janet Macunovich

Climber

• Basic Climbing Techniques-Ray Jennings
• Friction and Force in Mechanical Advantage Systems and Redirects-Taylor Hamel
• Work Positioning With the Hitch Climber System-Taylor Hamel

General Interest

• Surviving a MIOSHA Inspection - A Virtual Walk-through-Chad Ignatowski
• Emerald Ash Borer on Fringes of the World-Don Cipollini
• Tree Selection that Benefits Native Pollinators-Mike Connor
• Moving A Large Old Oak Tree-Marvin Pettway
• Diagnosing with Detective Dendro, and Telling the Tale
• Regenerating Hollow Trees-Detective Dendrow

Click here for a detailed description of sessions and speaker bios located on the ASM website.

For additional information visit:  www.asm-isa.org