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  • Thursday, Oct 26th
    1:30pm - 3:00pm PST
    Urban forestry in a changing climate
    Location: A7
    Moderator: Zhu H. Ning, Ph.D. – Southern University & A&M College
    Panelist: Mysha K. Clarke, PhD – University of Florida
    Panelist: Rachelle Hedges – University of California Berkeley
    Panelist: Janette Thompson, Ph.D. – Iowa State University
    Panelist: Thomas E. Worthley, MS (he/him/his) – University of Connecticut
    Urban and Community Forestry
     CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375
  • Thursday, Oct 26th
    4:00pm - 4:30pm PST
    Are your Tree Planting Specifications Killing Your Trees?
    Location: A6
    Urban and Community Forestry
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Thursday, Oct 26th
    4:30pm - 5:00pm PST
    Hazard Tree Selection near Power Facilities
    Location: A6
    Speaker: Donald L. Dukleth, RPF, CPESC, Arborist – Southern Calif Edison
    Urban and Community Forestry
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Thursday, Oct 26th
    4:30pm - 5:00pm PST
    Street tree diversity across varying spatial scales: A case study of New Haven CT
    Location: A3
    Speaker: Michael Freiburger, MA – Yale
    Urban and Community Forestry
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Thursday, Oct 26th
    5:00pm - 5:30pm PST
    iSeaTree: Developing an Open-Source Mobile Application and Community Science Tool for Quantifying and Tracking Urban Forestry Assets
    Location: A6
    Speaker: Arielle Simmons-Steffen, MLA, GISP – Treemama.Org (iSeaTree Mobile App)
    Urban and Community Forestry
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    9:00am - 9:08am PST
    Creating a successful certification prep course
    Location: A11
    Urban and Community Forestry
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    11:30am - 12:00pm PST
    Why the Urban Forestry Profession Needs to Evolve
    Location: A5
    Speaker: Keith O'Herrin, PhD, NCRF – Union County NC
    Urban and Community Forestry
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Examining the Impacts of Urban Tree Canopy Structure and Condition on Adult Depression
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: LALITA DHAL, Masters (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia - Athens, GA
    Urban and Community Forestry
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Growing (in)justice: How do urban green spaces change over time?
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Ambar A. Melendez-Perez, MPH (she/her/hers) – Iowa State University
    Urban and Community Forestry
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    4:00pm - 5:30pm PST
    Emerging Markets
    Location: A8
    Concurrent Session Moderator: Karin Linnen – California SAF
    Urban and Community Forestry
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    4:00pm - 5:00pm PST
    A look into Professional Urban & Community Forestry
    Location: A8
    Urban and Community Forestry
     CFE 1 / ISA CEU 1 / ESA CEU .25
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    5:00pm - 5:30pm PST
    Building Street Tree Resiliency to a Construction Crisis: A 40-year Evolution of Knowledge
    Location: A10
    Speaker: Richard J. Hauer, BCMA, CF, PhD. – CNUC and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
    Urban and Community Forestry
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    5:00pm - 5:30pm PST
    Exploring How Urban Forest Professionals’ Perceive Risk and Manage Trees and Storms in Three Cities
    Location: A5
    Speaker: Stephanie Cadaval, MA – University of Florida
    Urban and Community Forestry
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    5:00pm - 5:30pm PST
    Growing and Diversifying Your Workforce
    Location: A8
    Speaker: Ian Leahy, MEM (he/him/his) – American Forests
    Speaker: Tia Washington
    Urban and Community Forestry
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Saturday, Oct 28th
    9:00am - 9:30am PST
    Evolving Urban Forestry - The new SFI Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Standard and Third-Party Certifications
    Location: A6
    Speaker: Paul Johnson, CF, ISA BCMA (he/him/his) – Sustainable Forestry Initiative
    Urban and Community Forestry
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Saturday, Oct 28th
    9:10am - 9:18am PST
    Sensible Spaces That Make Livable Urban & Community Forest Places
    Location: A11
    Speaker: Richard J. Hauer, BCMA, CF, PhD. – CNUC and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
    Urban and Community Forestry