Agenda
Monday, Sep 9, 2024
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11:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Registration Open
4:00-5:00 p.m. Women in VM Workshop Ice Breaker/Happy Hour *workshop attendees only
Tuesday, Sep 10, 2024
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7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Registration Open
7:00-7:45 a.m. Workshop Breakfast
8:00–11:30 p.m. Women in VM Workshop Session *additional registration required
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Boxed Lunch with Exhibitors & Skills Arena *included with conference registration
1:00-1:30 p.m. Opening Dan Lambe, Arbor Day Foundation CEO | Brandon Hughson, Utility Arborist Association President
1:30-2:30 p.m. Keynote Shannon McKain, Motivational Speaker
2:30-3:30 p.m. Opening Ceremony Awards
3:30-3:45 p.m. Break with Exhibitors
3:45-4:45 p.m. Panel hosted by the Arbor Day Foundation
5:30-7:30 p.m. Networking Reception at Hotel *included with conference registration
Wednesday, Sep 11, 2024
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7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Registration Open
7:00-8:00 a.m. Coffee and Pastries with Exhibitors
8:00-8:40 a.m. Continental Wildfire Panel
8:00-8:40 a.m. Aggressive Homeowners: Training for a Mindset of Deescalation Liz Westberg; Growth Solutions
8:00-8:40 a.m. A Utility Perspective on Optimizing Vegetation Management Jonathan Rizzo; Eversource Energy
8:45-9:25 a.m. Continental Wildfire Panel
8:45-9:25 a.m. Enhancing Safety and Efficiency in PG&E's Vegetation Management Rigoberto Ortiz; Pacific Gas & Electric
8:45-9:25 a.m. Eocene Utility Vegetation Management Industry Survey Randall H. Miller; CNUC
9:30-10:45 a.m. Brunch with Exhibitors & Skills Arena *included with conference registration
10:45-11:25 a.m. Continental Wildfire Panel
10:45-11:25 a.m. Friend of Foe: Training Crews to Identify Compatible Vegetation Lindsey Wall & Mike Stein; Grow with Trees
10:45-11:25 a.m. Trees in Qatar Roads: Mohammad Mujtaba Hamidy Ministry of Municipality - Qatar
11:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. Wildfire Mitigation and Resiliency Through Fuel Reduction Paul Ohlman; The Davey Resource Inc.
11:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. 360 Degree UVM Communication: The Case for a Comprehensive UVM Program Susan Barrett; University Wisconsin Stevens Point & Robert Vanderhoof; Tall Tree Learning, LLC
11:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. The Making of a Resilient Community Tru-Kechia Smith; Bridging The Gap
12:15-1:30 p.m. Utility Arborist Association Awards Lunch *included with conference registration Dennis Fallon
1:30-2:10 p.m. Mastering Cost-Effective Grid Reliability with Veg Intelligence Alex Husby; Overstory & Bobby Shaffer; Oklahoma Gas & Electric
1:30-2:10 p.m. Bridging the Labor Gap in UVM James Greene & Paul Karpel; Environmental Consultants
1:30-2:10 p.m. Innovation in Vegetation Management Technologies Rich Alexander ACRT
2:15-2:55 p.m. Animals as a Vegetation Management Solution Kelvin Limbrick; ComEd
2:15-2:55 p.m. Building Bridges in a Multicultural Industry Juan Contreras; Wright Tree Service
2:15-2:55 p.m. New Construction of Normalizing Forestry Costs Using Drones Will Ayersman; The Davey Resource Group Inc
3:00-3:40 p.m. Risk-Based Decisions for Vegetation Management and Beyond Kyle Decker; E-Source
3:00-3:40 p.m. Safety Differently Tim Walsh; Townsend Tree Service
3:00-3:40 p.m. Can eDNA serve as a monitoring technique for pollinators Ashley Bennett; Electric Power Research Institute (IND TREND)
3:45-5:00 p.m. Break with Exhibitors & Skills Arena*included with conference registration
Thursday, Sep 12, 2024
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7:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Registration Open
7:00-8:15 a.m. Breakfast with Exhibitors *included with conference registration
8:15-8:45 a.m. Unlocking Potential: How Colleges and Universities are Tackling Robert Vanderhoof; Tall Tree Learning, LLC
8:50-9:20 a.m. Branching into Brilliance: The ChatGPT Approach to Vegetation Management Phil Swart Growth Solutions and Jason Grossman
10:00-11:15 a.m. Exhibitors & Skills Arena *included with conference registration
11:15-12:15 a.m. Panel Discussion
12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Closing Ceremony