Canopy Connections: A Forestry Field Tour Location: Check-in early, then meet outside, near the outside exhibitors for pick up at 8:15 AM SHARP to board the Bus Tour, departing at 8:30 AM SHARP. Come prepared to spend parts of your day walking outdoors. Lunch and bottled water will be provided. Bus returns to the Sheraton Sand Key at approximately 4:30 PM. Stop 1 - McKay Park Stop 2 - Coachman Park Stop 3 - Crest Lake Park Stop 4 - State Street Park Stop 5 - Moccasin Lake Nature Park (Lunch) Stop 6 - Del Oro Park Stop 7 - Marymont Park

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Landowner Liability 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Refreshment Break with Trade Show Exhibitors 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Utility Vegetation Management 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch with Trade Show Exhibitors (provided) 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Tree Valuation James Komen, Class One Arboriculture, Inc., Glendale, CA 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Refreshment Break with Trade Show Exhibitors 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Regulation of Tree Removal

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Be the Reason Someone Survives: First Aid Readiness/ Stop the Bleed (Certificate of Completion Available) 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Refreshment Break with Trade Show Exhibitors 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Says Who? Regulations and Standards 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch with Trade Show Exhibitors (provided) 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Site Prep: Document the Job Site Matt Ammann, The Arbor Operator, Hurdle Mills North Carolina Jonathan Foote, The Industrial Tarzan, LLC, Eagleville, PA Kristoffer, Rasmussen, Arborist Stong, Azle, TX with North American Rescue 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Refreshment Break with Trade Show Exhibitors 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Game Plan: Developing an Effective Lift Plan

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM Opening Introductions and Welcome Jordan Upcavage, Independent Tree Service, Tampa, FL Erik Nobs, Tompson Consulting Services, St. Louis, MO 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM KEYNOTE: From Wasteland to Wonder - Easy Ways We Can Help Heal Earth in the Sub/Urban Landscape Basil Camu, Leaf & Limb, Riley, NC 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM White Hat Hacking the TRAQ Methodology James Komen, Class One Arboriculture, Inc., Glendale, CA 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Refreshment Break with Trade Show Exhibitors 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM To Kill a Tree: Diagnosing the Common (Illicit) Tree Killing Techniques Alex Martin, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Arboricultural Practices: A Science Based Approach? Lindsay Purcell, Lp Consulting Group, Bradenton, FL 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Lunch with Trade Show Exhibitors (provided) 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM What You Need To Know About Mechanical Hitches Akimbo to Zig-Zag Rebecca Seibel, Tree Spirit Consulting, Holmen, WI 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM One Cut to Rule Them All: The Power of Prescription Pruning Carson Smith, O’Neil’s Tree Service, Palm Harbor, FL 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Refreshment Break with Trade Show Exhibitors

Matt Ammann, The Arbor Operator, Hurdle Mills, North Carolina Jonathan Foote, The Industrial Tarzan, LLC, Eagleville, PA 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Pre-Flight: Safety Before Cutting or Lifting 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Refreshment Break with Trade Show Exhibitors 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Balancing Act Focus on Rigging Fundamentals 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch with Trade Show Exhibitors (provided) 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Just Cut It: Most Effective Cutting Techniques 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Refreshment Break with Trade Show Exhibitors 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Groundie Lives Matter: Ground Crew Communication

3:00 PM - 3:40 PM Identifying Salt Damage in Trees Todd Little, Florida Forest Service, Tallahassee, FL 3:40 PM - 4:20 PM Salted Trees: How, Why, and What to do Next AD Ali, Davey , Fort Myers, FL 4:20 PM - 5:00 PM Understanding Salt Stress: Choosing the Right Trees for Florida’s Coasts Alyssa Vinson, UF/IFAS Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM The Use of Biochar and Compost as a Potential Solution Dr. Ryan Klein, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM The Weakest Link - Where do Branch Failures Occur Most Often? Dr. Andrew Koeser, UF/IFAS GCREC, Wimauma, FL 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Advancing Palm Health: What Three Years of Injection Practices Have Taught Us Dr. Mica McMillian, University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Rethinking Drought Management with Plant Growth Regulators Dr. Kendra Wagner, Rainbow Ecoscience, Fort Worth, TX

8:00 AM - 8:40 AM Selling Tree Work Ethically Kacy Keeffe, Arbor Bay Tree Service, Tampa, FL 8:40 AM - 9:20 AM The Way You Do Anything Is The Way You Do Everything Rebecca Seibel, Tree Spirit Consulting, Holmen, WI 9:20 AM - 10:00 AM Rooted in Excellence: Building Safer and Stronger Tree Care Businesses Tim Walters, Miller’s Tree Service, Tallahassee, FL

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM The Use of Biochar and Compost as a Potential Solution Dr. Ryan Klein, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM The Weakest Link - Where do Branch Failures Occur Most Often? Dr. Andrew Koeser, UF/IFAS GCREC, Wimauma, FL 9:00 PM - 9:30 AM Advancing Palm Health: What Three Years of Injection Practices Have Taught us Dr. Mica McMillian, University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL 9:30 PM - 10:00 AM Rethinking Drought Management with Plant Growth Regulators Dr. Kendra Wagner, Rainbow Ecoscience, Fort Worth, TX

8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Bridging Perceptions and Practices: Insights from Post‑Hurricane Tree and Landscape Damage Alyssa Vinson -UF/IFAS Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL 8:20 AM - 8:40 AM Nursery Stock Quality and Early Care Taylor Sherer - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 8:40 AM - 9:00 AM Advancing Fusarium Wilt of Palm Diagnostics in Florida Jessica Velte, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Incentive-Based Policy for Tree Protection: A United States National Review Aline Kuzma, University of Florida, Wimauma, FL 9:20 AM -9:40 AM Evaluating Methods for Relocating Mature Landscape Keri Smith, University of Florida, Gainseville, FL 9:40 AM - 10:00 AM Q & A with All Speakers

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Wielding the A300 Standards: The Shield and the Sword James Komen, Class One Arboriculture, Inc., Glendale, CA 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Too Mu(l)ch of a Good Thing? What the Science Says About Mulch Depth and Volcano Depth Mulching Alex Martin, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Lunch: The First 30 Years Norm Easey, Urban Forestry Consulting, Sarasota, FL 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM Closing Keynote: From Wasteland to Wonder Kristoffer Rasmussen, Arborist Strong, Azle, TX