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Philip van Wassenaer, Principal Consultant, Urban Forest Innovations Inc, Mississauga, Ontario Identify key opportunities to expand professional practice, learn key strat- egies and techniques to take advantage of these opportunities, and learn new practices of other professional disciplines that arborists can adopt to expand their practice. 4:00 – 4:45 pm Standing at the Intersection of Urban Forestry and Green Infrastructure: Which Way to Turn? Laurence Wiseman, Chairman, National Urban & Community Forestry Advisory Committee, Potomac, MD This presentation will acquaint municipal arborists with the array of forces shaping the future of urban forestry and point MAs to opportunities for new partnerships and alliances for urban greening. 4:45 – 5:45 pm 7:00 – 7:30 pm SMA Business Meeting Reception and Silent Auction Proceeds will benefit the Municipal Arborist Exchange program. 7:30 – 9:00 pm Awards Banquet 7:30 – 9:00 am 7:00 – 8:00 am 8:00 – 8:45 am 8:45 – 9:15 am Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Registration Open Continental Breakfast Municipal Arborist Summer Interns More summer interns with various municipalities share their experiences with municipal forestry. i-Tree Version 4.0 Updates Scott Maco, Manager of Ecosystem Services, Davey Resource Group, Kirkland, WA Learn what’s new with i-Tree and how these tools can help municipal foresters strengthen their urban forestry programs. 9:15 – 9:45 am Urban Tree Canopy Morgan Grove, Research Forester, Northern Research Station, Baltimore, MD Learn about the Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) software and how this tool can help municipal foresters strengthen their urban forestry programs. 9:45 – 10:15 am Break 10:15 – 11:45 am New Tools in the EAB Management Toolkit John McNeil, Manager of Forestry, Town of Oakville, Ontario This series of presentations will assist municipalities in implementing a balanced EAB management approach by providing new tools in identify- ing where EAB is located via the Branch Sampling Method (Dr. Krista Ryall, Canadian Forest Service); adding a “tree protection” option to the EAB solution through injection of TreeAzin, a biopesticide (Joe Meating, BioForest Technologies); and involving the community by identifying infested private trees through hyperspectral imagery technology (Ian Hanou, AMEC Earth & Environmental). 11:45 – Noon Closing comments John McNeil, incoming SMA President Please see the Spouse/Guest Program at: www.urban-forestry.com www.urban-forestry.com 31 Moderated by SMA Vice President John McNeil, this is a positive place to share successes and get advice. Use this forum to discuss proactive, cut- ting-edge tactics for dealing with invasive pests. All posts will be archived. *MEMBERS ONLY* Simply go to the website, www.urban-forestry.com, log in, click on Community, then click on Forums. If you forgot your login information or are new, click on “Forgot Your Password?” on the login page. Check Out the EAB and Invasive Pests Forum on the SMA Website!