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MTWFA 2025 Annual Conference

1/7/2025 - 1/8/2025

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2025 MTWFA Annual Conference Agenda

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

7:30-8:00Registration and Coffee
8:00-8:15Opening Session Annual Meeting
8:15-8:30Massachusetts Urban and Community Forestry Update—Julie Coop
8:30-8:45UMass Update - Rick Harper, PhD
8:45-9:35Massachusetts Forest Health Update—Nicole Keleher
9:35-10:05Break with Exhibitors
10:05-11:05Untold History of Women In Arboriculture—Jean Zimmerman
11:05-12:00From Coal Tar To Canopy - EJ and Utility/Municipal Cooperation in Ithaca —Andy Hillman
12:00-1:10Luncheon—Banquet and Annual Meeting
1:10-2:10Keynote: How Racism Has Affected Trees and People in our Cities—Dr. Christine Carmichael
2:10-2:50Break with Exhibitors
2:50-3:50Raising the Next Generation of Urban Foresters—Leah Grigorov & Nicole Forsyth
4:00-4:30Wrap-Up and Door Prizes
4:30-6:00Reception in Exhibit Hall. Join us for a social generously supported by our exhibitors.
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
8:30-9:15Registration and Coffee
9:15-10:15Beech Leaf Disease Update—Dr. Matt Borden
10:15-10:55Break with Exhibitors
10:55-11:55The New Z133, How Does it Affect Me?—Melissa LeVangie-Ingersoll
11:55-12:45Lunch
12:50-1:50Professor Pricklethorn's Benefits of Trees—Warren Hoselton
1:55-2:45Trees and Shrubs in the Landscape: 2024 Disease Review—Dr. Nicholas J. Brazee
2:45Child's Fund Raffle, Door Prizes, and Closing

Exhibitors

  1. Heavy equipment move-in happens on Monday, January 6th between 12 and 4:00 PM, a smidge earlier is okay, anything after 4:00 and you will not be able to get the equipment in. All exhibitors without heavy equipment can move in between 4 and 8 PM on Monday.

  2. You must provide a certificate of insurance to staff@masstreewardens.org prior to the show.

  3. If you need electrical service please make sure you sign up for any electrical service before the show begins. Contact the hotel to request a form 508-347-7393.

  4. As in years past we will be offering door prizes to our members throughout the course of the conference proceedings. Our folks love to win prizes! Thanks to the generosity of you, our vendors , we always have a plethora of prizes to offer.  Vendors in the past have done shirts, hats, gift cards, bottles of liquor, tree gear, and everything else you can think of! Each time a door prize is awarded we stand up in front of the crowd and announce the prize and who donated the prize. We’ll check in with you early in the proceedings to see if you would like to participate in the door prize process.

Accommodations - Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge, MA

Enjoy discounted hotel rates - $121/night

Call to reserve your room 508-347-7393

Group Name: Massachusetts Tree Wardens

Group Rate Available Until December 16, 2024

MTWFA’s educational programs are made possible through a grant from the USDA Forest Service, Urban and Community Forestry Program and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Bureau of Forestry.

If attending the Annual Conference is a financial burden, the USDA Forest Service through the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Urban and Community Forestry Program has provided grant dollars to support conference registration. Please contact  staff@masstreewardens.org for more information.

Sturbridge Host Hotel
366 Main Street
Sturbridge, MA 01566 United States
Event Contact
Heather Leff
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1/7/2025 - 1/8/2025
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