Agenda

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Become an ISA Certified Arborist
(Room 250-252 Scheman Building)
Once again in 2023, the ISU Shade Tree Short Course will host an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist exam. STSC participants wishing to take the exam should register online with the ISA (http://www.isa-arbor.com/certification/index.aspx) or call the ISA at 888-472-8733.

1:30 p.m.               Exam Check-in – Room 250-252

2:00 p.m.               ISA Certified Arborist Exam – Room 250-252

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

7:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Registration, Refreshments, and Visit Trade Show
(Registration – 1st floor lobby, Scheman Building
Tradeshow –1st & 2nd floor lobby Scheman Building)

Opening General Session (C.Y. Stephens Auditorium)
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Welcome, Announcements, Special Presentations, Jeff Iles, Iowa State University

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
General Session
We Have to Think in Tree Time
John Ball, South Dakota State University

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
General Session
Tough Trees for the Iowa Landscape
Jeff Iles – Iowa State University
Gabbi Edwards – Ames City Forester
Emma Hanigan – Iowa DNR, Urban Forestry Coordinator
Andy Dahl – Campus Arborist, University of Iowa
Chuck Porto – Iowa City Landscaping & Garden Center
Mark Vitosh – Iowa DNR, District Forester
Jim Mason – Des Moines Area Community College, Associate Professor & Chair
Jessie Liebenguth – Reiman Gardens, Horticulturist

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Boxed Lunch at Scheman
Visit Trade Show, 1st and 2nd floor lobby – Scheman
INLA Business Meeting – Scheman
IAA Business Meeting – Scheman

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Workshop Session A

2:15 – 3:15 p.m.
Workshop Session B

3:15 – 4:00 p.m.
Break and Visit Trade Show

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Workshop Session C

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
INLA Hospitality Reception & Silent Auction (Open to all attendees) – Reiman Gardens

Thursday, February 22, 2024 (Scheman Building)

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Refreshments and Visit Trade Show –1st and 2nd floor lobby – Scheman

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Workshop Session D

9:45 – 10:45 a.m.
Workshop Session E

11:00 – 12:00 (noon)
Workshop Session F

12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch (optional/Scheman Building) or on your own
Trade Show Open for Final Time!

1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Workshop Session G

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Concluding General Session (Benton Auditorium)
How Trees Get Their Names
Guy Sternberg, Starhill Forest Arboretum

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Evaluation
Adjourn