home |
trees |
arbor day |
members |
programs |
media |
arbor day farm |
shop |
careers |
take action
Conference Agenda November 17, 20084:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Early Partners in Community Forestry Conference Check-In
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Welcome and Networking Reception at Trees Atlanta Kendeda Center
November 18, 20087:00 a.m.
Conference Check-In
General Session7:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast Visit Exhibitors
8:15 a.m.
WelcomeUSA Communities
Mayor Shirley Franklin, -Invited
Atlanta,
Georgia
8:30 a.m. Partners in Community
Forestry: Expanding Our Reach
John Rosenow, Chief Executive
Arbor Day Foundation Lincoln, Nebraska Kelly Caffarelli, President The Home Depot Foundation Atlanta, Georgia 8:45 a.m.
Greening of our Nation's
Urban Places
Dan Burden,
Executive Director
Walkable Communities, Inc.
Orlando,
Florida
9:30 a.m.
Media Panel: Coverage of
Conservation Issues, Making
Community Forestry Newsworthy,
Contemporary, and Relevant
Stacey Shelton,
Environment & Conservation Reporter
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta,
Georgia
Marc Pickard,
Reporter, Earthwatch
11Alive,
Atlanta,
Georgia
Stephen Brown,
Senior Vice President, Media Strategy
Manning,
Selvage & Lee Global Communications
Atlanta,
Georgia
Susan Reisch,
Urban & Community
Forestry Coordinator
Georgia Forestry Commission
Stone Mountain,
Georgia
10:15 a.m.
All I Ever Needed to Know About
Community Tree Planting
I Learned in 42 Years
Brighton West,
Program Director
Friends of Trees
Portland,
Oregon
Greg Levine,
Program Director
Trees Atlanta
Atlanta,
Georgia
10:45 p.m. Refreshment & Networking Break Visit Exhibitors
Trees & Development Concurrent Session11:15 a.m. Earth Craft Communities: A Model
for Integrating Trees & Development
Christina L. Corley,
Sustainable Developments Associate
Southface Energy Institute Atlanta, Georgia 11:55 a.m. Recognizing Success "Building
With Trees"
Ed Tombari,
Land Use Planner
National Association of Home Builders Washington, D.C. Frank Stewart, CEO Northland Development Burlington, Massachusetts Kirk Bone, Land Use Planner Director of Government Affairs El Dorado Hills, California Social Issues Concurrent Session11:15 a.m. Technology Tools for Engaging Urban
Hipsters in Community Forestry
Jared Liu,
Director of Programs
Alliance for Community Trees College Park, Maryland 11:55 a.m. Community Forestry Goes to College
Larry Maginnis,
Urban Forester
University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas Burney Fischer, Environmental Affairs Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana Community Tree Management Concurrent Session11:15 a.m. Driving Change in
Communities with Trees
Shirley Trier,
Business Developer
Davey Tree Expert Company Kent, Ohio Don Robertson, Urban Forester Davey Tree Expert Company City of Jacksonville, Florida 11:55 a.m. Federal Update: Public Policy Opportunities for Urban Forests
Alice Ewen Walker,
Executive Director
Alliance for Community Trees College Park, Maryland General Session12:30 p.m. Lunch
Trees & Development Concurrent Session1:30 p.m. City Trees Sustainability Guidelines
& Best Practices
Janette Monear,
Executive Director
Texas Trees Foundation Dallas, Texas Lorin Culver, ASLA, LEED AP Bonestroo Minneapolis, Minnesota Randy Neprash, P.E. Bonestroo Minneapolis, Minnesota 2:25 p.m. Connecting Trees to Water
Quality and Stormwater
Management
Vincent Cotrone,
Regional
Extension Urban Forester
Penn State Cooperative Extension West Pittston, Pennsylvania Social Issues Concurrent Session1:30 p.m. The Urban Forest as a Tool
to Foster Environmental
Stewardship in Underserved
Communities
Na'Taki Osborne Jelks,
MPH, Manager, Community & Leadership
Development Programs
National Wildlife Federation Atlanta, Georgia Darryl Haddock, Director, Environmental Education West Atlanta Watershed Alliance Atlanta, Georgia 2:25 p.m. Parks & People's Public
Housing Greening Initiative
Kari Smith,
Assistant Director,
Community Greening Stewardship
Program
Parks & People Foundation Baltimore, Maryland Community Tree Management Concurrent Session1:30 p.m. Diversifying Your Urban Forestry
Budget
Gary Schwetz,
Director of Programs
Delaware Center for Horticulture Wilmington, Delaware 2:25 p.m. Selection, Planting & Maintenance
Specifi cations for Sustainable
Community Trees
Douglas Airhart,
Professor
Tennessee Technological University Cookville, Tennessee General Session3:05 p.m. Refreshment & Networking Break Visit Exhibitors
3:30 p.m. Innovative Partnerships
Across the U.S.
Alice Ewen Walker,
Executive Director
Alliance for Community Trees College Park, Maryland Shannon Ramsay, Executive Director Trees Forever Marion, Iowa 4:00 p.m. Utilities & Communities:
Partners in Community
Beautifi cation, Partners in Safety
Randall Miller,
Director, Vegetation Management
Pacifi Corp Salt Lake City, Utah 4:30 p.m. Tomorrow's Leaders in
Community Forestry:
Multi-faceted Professionals
Christopher Clark,
President
Steve Clark & Associates, Inc. Nashville, Tennessee 7:00 p.m. Networking Dinner Event
Sponsored by The Home
Depot Foundation at
The Georgia Aquarium
November 19, 2008General Session7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
Visit Exhibitors 8:15 a.m. Welcome
Robert Farris,
Director
Georgia Forestry Commission Macon, Georgia 8:30 a.m. How Community Design and
Greenspace Impact Public Health
Dr. Arthur M. Wendel,
MPH,
Medical Offi cer, Public Health and Built
Environment Initiative,
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia 9:15 a.m. Our Evolving Understanding of
Climate Change and Weather
Stu Ostro,
Senior Director of Weather
Communications
The Weather Channel Atlanta, Georgia 10:00 a.m. Community Trees and Carbon
Sequestration
Dudley R. Hartel,
Center Manager,
Urban Forestry South
USDA Forest Service Athens, Georgia 10:15 a.m. Integrating Nonprofit Development
and Community Tree Efforts
Sue Henderson,
Director of Land, Design and Construction
Habitat for Humanity International Atlanta, Georgia 10:45 a.m. Refreshment & Networking Break
Trees & Development Concurrent Session11:15 a.m. Greening Tree Ordinances, Building
Sustainability into Local Green Laws
Buck Abbey,
Associate Professor
Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11:55 a.m. Very Legally Yours - Using Laws to
Integrate Signifi cant Trees in Land
Development
Dave Dockter,
Landscape Specialist
City of Palo Alto Planning Palo Alto, California Social Issues Concurrent Session11:15 a.m. Creating Effective Outdoor Learning Environments that Help Reconnect
Children with Nature
Susan Wirth,
Nature Explore Outreach Director
Arbor Day Foundation and Dimensions Educational Research Foundation Nebraska City, Nebraska 11:55 a.m. Making the Shade: Creating
Healthier Places for Kids to Play
Joe Burgess,
Senior Forester
Georgia Forestry Commission Marietta, Georgia Community Tree Management Concurrent Session11:15 a.m. What's Your BHAG
(Big Hairy Audacious Goal)?
Micki McNaughton,
Urban Forestry Planner
Washington State Department of Community, Trade & Economic Development Olympia, Washington 11:55 a.m. A Multi-State Cooperative Effort for
Education, Mitigation, and
Utilization to Combat the Spread
of Invasives
Rebecca Erdkamp,
Education & Outreach Specialist
Nebraska Forest Service Lincoln, Nebraska General Session12:30 p.m. Lunch
Recognition of Home Depot Foundation's
Awards of Excellence for Community Trees
Tom Cochran,
Executive Director
U.S. Conference of Mayors Washington, D.C. Trees & Development Concurrent Session11:30 p.m. Building a Community in the
Forest - Before and After Katrina
Nathan Watson,
President
Watson Developments New Orleans, Louisiana 2:10 p.m. Advanced Green Infrastructure in
Compact Developments
Dan Staley,
Senior Planner
Town of Castle Rock, Colorado 2:50 p.m. Regionalism in Urban Forestry:
Successful Ventures with a
Roundtable in Northern Virginia
Elisabeth Lardner,
Prinicipal
Lardner/Klein Landscape Architects, P.C. Alexandria, Virginia Jay Banks, Urban Forester Town of Leesburg, Virginia Social Issues Concurrent Session1:30 p.m. How to Activate Tree Boards through
Recognition and Education
Michelle Cole,
Urban and
Community Forestry Volunteer
Development Specialist
Alabama Cooperative Extension Auburn, Alabama 2:10 p.m. Volunteerism and Governments:
Action from the Bottom-up and
Top-down
Sara Davis,
Program Coordinator
Denver Department of Parks & Recreation Denver, Colorado 2:50 p.m. Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design - Building a
Shared Vision
Mike Robinson,
JEA Forester
JEA Jacksonville, Florida Don Robertson, Urban Forester City of Jacksonville, Florida Anna Dooley, Executive Director Greenscape of Jacksonville, Inc. Jacksonville, Florida Community Tree Management Concurrent Session1:30 p.m. Million Tree Campaigns -
Building Capacity for Success
Ray Tretheway,
Executive Director
Sacramento Tree Foundation Sacramento, California 2:10 p.m. Using Setbacks to Stoke Advocacy in
Behalf of the Community Forest
Eric Berg,
Community Forestry Program Leader
Nebraska Forest Service Lincoln, Nebraska 2:50 p.m. Tree Management in the Urban
Landscape: Developing a
Sustainable Management Plan
Sue Pickens,
Landscape Architect & Arborist
DeKalb County Parks and Recreation Norcross, Georgia General Session3:10 p.m. Refreshment & Networking Break Visit Exhibitors
3:30 p.m. Urban Forestry Legislation...
It Takes a Coalition
Sarah Griffith,
Urban Forestry Program Manager
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Olympia, Washington 4:00 p.m. Another Turn of the Wheel...
The Many Facets of Community Tree
Planting
David Forsell,
President
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Indianapolis, Indiana November 20th, 20088:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 
Community Forestry Tours
Sponsored by The Home Depot Foundation
Atlanta is home to a variety of innovative
community forestry-related sites. Be sure to
indicate on the registration form if you plan to
participate, and which tour you plan to attend.
See insert for tour details.
|
