PRE & POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
The International Society of Arboriculture is excited to offer TWO opportunities to participate in the environmental Design Basic Tree Anatomy Workshop by Mark Hartley, Australian College of Arboriculture. The three-day workshop will be available before and after ISA 2023 Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Please note: This workshop is a separate fee from the Annual Conference. It can be purchased as a stand-alone option or as an add-on to your conference registration.
Workshop Options:
Pre-Conference:
Friday, 11 August - Sunday, 13 August 2023
Post-Conference:
Thursday, 17 August - Saturday, 19 August 2023
SPACE IS LIMITED | REGISTER NOW!
Mature urban trees should be preserved as long as possible because of the many benefits they bring – even when they have defects. But: VTA is principally inappropriate for evaluating the breakage safety of defective mature urban trees and SIA uses the wrong math, resulting in fundamentally wrong results. In addition, both methods unnecessarily increase costs for inspection and the care of mature trees and at the same time reduce the remaining life time of these import habitats for urban biodiversity and climate. Fortunately, bio-mechanical science shows that ASR allows to assess and evaluate the breakage safety of mature defective urban trees quicker and much more reliable as compared to the established methods, such as VTA and SIA. You just to learn some basics that will be explained in this workshop:
wood-anatomy
wind-loads (and crown – cabling)
adaptive growth
balancing load carrying capacity and wind-loads
tree-safety evaluation without technical devices
Workshop Options:
Post-Conference:
Thursday, 17 August [8 am-Noon & 1 pm - 5pm]
SPACE IS LIMITED | REGISTER NOW!