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This workshop will demonstrate how simply sharing common urban forest- ry tools and information can build strong interdepartmental relationships and create long-term internal support for your program. Join us to see how these four tools: GIS-based Tree Inventories, Public Education/Outreach, i-Tree Streets, and Urban Tree Canopy with Hyperspectral Imagery are used and highly valued by municipal planners, engineers, GIS/IT special- ists, public works directors, and elected officials. These municipal col- leagues will testify as to how each tool helps their agency’s mission and explain how to use them to create lasting interdepartmental partnerships and achieve similar buy-in and acceptance in your community. In keeping with the conference theme of “What’s Brewing in Urban Forestry,” during the discussion of each tool, a local micro-brew beer will be paired with that tool and can be optionally sampled by participants as they listen to “samples” from other cities on how they achieved and main- tain interdepartmental partnerships in support of the community forest. 11:30 am – 3:30 pm Don’t Just Survive, Thrive! Greg Stephens, President and Founder of Choice Consulting Can you imagine how different our world would be if instead of avoiding conflict or making it worse, we learned to harness the dynamic tension it creates in order to enhance and drive the creative process? Greg Stephens, a popular presenter at the Municipal Forestry Institute, will lead this workshop designed to help you: • See opportunity in challenges and hope in crisis. Crisis is very often a catalyst for personal and professional growth. • Develop resilience, the ability to be creative in moments of crisis. • Navigate disagreements in a manner that strengthens relationships while preserving your own sense of self. • Language your emotions in such a way that they become both guides and fuel for the journey rather than roadblocks to your success. • Respect your own needs while simultaneously acknowl- edging and respecting the needs of others through the power of empathy, thereby creating optimal conditions for mutual achievement and excellence. Sunday September 25, 2011 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm UFF Run, Walk, or Watch and Beach Volleyball Separate Registration/Donation to Urban Forestry Foundation Requested Transportation will be provided to the Lake Michigan shore, where you can join enjoy the beautiful view, weather, and great outdoors. Help raise money for Urban Forestry programs and get a little exercise at the same time. Spectators welcome! – Conference Agenda – Sunday, September 25, 2011 11:30 am – 3:30 pm Pre-Conference Workshops 2:00 – 7:00 pm 4:00 – 5:30 pm Registration Open UFF Run, Walk, or Watch & Beach Volleyball (shuttle provided; donation to Urban Forestry Foundation requested) www.urban-forestry.com 6:00 – 7:30 pm Opening Reception with Exhibitors Monday, September 26, 2011 7:00 am – 4:00 pm Registration Open 7:00 – 8:00 am 7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast with Exhibitors First-Time Attendees Breakfast with Organization Leaders 8:00 – 8:30 am Welcome/Opening Comments Doug Still, President, Society of Municipal Arborists The Honorable Tom Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin 8:30 – 9:00 am Leveraging Stormwater Grant Funds to Improve District Urban Tree Canopy John Thomas, Associate Director and Chief Forester, Urban Forestry Administration, District Dept. of Transportation, Washington DC. This presentation will demonstrate the ways in which the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Urban Forestry Administration (UFA) leverages storm water grant funds to pay for improvements to District urban tree canopy such as increasing soil volumes of trees, fund- ing new tree plantings, removing poor quality, dead, and declining trees, and creating new urban green spaces on District-owned properties. 9:00 – 9:20 am Vibrant Cities: An Update Chris Vanterpool, Director for MillionTreesNYC, New York Restoration Project A brief update on the New York Restoration Project, Vibrant Cities, will be given. 9:20 – 9:35 am Exhibitor’s Corner Each exhibitor will briefly describe their product line and how they can help municipal arborists. 9:35 – 10:00 am Break with Exhibitors 10:00 – 10:40 am Urban Trees for a New Century Nancy Buley, Director of Communications, J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co., Boring, OR Learn what tree breeders and growers are doing to meet the need for developing sturdy, pest- and disease-tolerant trees that withstand the hardships of city living. 10:40 – 11:20 am Green Shade Tree Rebate Paul Johnson, Regional Urban Forester, Texas Forest Service, San Antonio, TX This presentation will compare and contrast tree planting models, review Green Shade Tree Rebate for energy savings, and evaluate the effective- ness of each program. 11:20 am – 12:00 pm Making the 50+ Year Decision Ralph Mize, City Arborist, City of San Jose, CA This presentation will review the critical factors that must be examined when deciding which tree species should be selected for a given street tree planting site. 12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch with Exhibitors 1:00 – 1:40 pm Making Sense of Too Much Opportunity: Federally Mandated Green Infrastructure and Urban Forestry 29