Registration fee includes all sessions, Wednesday night buffet reception, Thursday continental breakfast,Thursday awards luncheon, and refreshments.

CEUs will be available.  Schedule:

Wednesday, November 4:

12-2 p.m.:  Check-in/Registration

 Pre-Conference activities:

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.:  "Exploring The Beauty of Trees" workshop with photographer Kathryn Kolb

12:30- 1:30 p.m.  "Georgia Forestry Ethics" with Joe Burgess, GFC

12:30 – 2 p.m.:  Tree Board Roundtable

2:00 -4:00 p.m.: Opening Session with KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

·         Kathleen Wolf, Ph.D., Research Social Scientist, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington

Trees & Urban Streets:  Research on Traffic Safety and Livable Communities

·         Eric Dumbaugh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator, Graduate Certificate Program in Transportation Planning Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A & M University

Urban Trees & Traffic Safety:  Why Urban Trees Aren’t the Threat the Traffic     Engineer Thinks They Are!

4:30 -5:30 p.m.  Concurrent sessions :            

·         Your Street Trees  & The Georgia Department of Transportation: What We’ve Learned – Kris Thomas, City of Dalton Landscape Director, and Bill Wright, Georgia DOT 

·         Community Panel - Savannah, Columbus, Thomaston:  How Street Trees have Improved the Safety, Health, and Quality of Life in Our Community - Bob Hydrick, Trees Columbus; Dale Thorpe, Savannah Tree Foundation; Jody Nelson, Thomaston Tree Board

·         Tree Inventory Techniques for your Community- Shirley Trier, Davey Resource Group

5:30 – 6:00 p.m.: Break with exhibitors

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.:  Opening night buffet reception; photographer Kathryn Kolb book signing

Thursday, November 5:

7:00 – 8:00 pm.: Check-in/Continental Breakfast

8:00 – 10:00:  General session with KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

·         Kathleen Wolf, Ph.D., Research Social Scientist, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington

Parking and Trees in Cities and Towns

·         Eric Dumbaugh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator, Graduate Certificate Program in Transportation Planning Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A & M University

Safe Urban Form:  Understanding the Relationships between Transportation, Traffic Safety, and Community Design

10:00- 10:30 a.m.:  Break with Exhibitors

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.:  Concurrent sessions        

·         Greening a City’s Infrastructure:  Priority Levels to Achieve Environmental Health and the Best Economic Return – Nancy Hodges, LEED AP, Associate, Ecos Environmental Design, Inc.

The learning objectives of this session include integrating the relevance of economics, safety, and environment in city infrastructure; understanding the impact of green space and green infrastructure planning and design on the health and quality of life in the urban environment; and understanding economic, health, and environmental return associated with certain design standards for roads, tree, and bike/pedestrian facilities.

·         The Atlanta Beltline Arboretum: Linking Neighborhoods through Trees – Greg Levine, Trees Atlanta

11:30 – noon: Break with exhibitors

Noon – 1:30 p.m.:  Georgia Urban Forestry Annual Awards Luncheon

1:30 – 2 p.m.:  Break with exhibitors

2:00 – 3:00 p.m:  Concurrent sessions                   

·         Complete Streets: Building Roads that are Safer and for All – Philip Pugliese, Outdoor Chattanooga and National Complete Streets Coalition 

Learn about the movement across the country to “complete the streets” and build roads for all users in mind – bicyclists, public transit, cars, and pedestrians of all ages and abilities. 

·         The Silva Cell and Other Solutions:  Allowing our Street Trees to Grow and Thrive  - Brenda Guglielmina, DeepRoot

3:00  adjourn