2011 IVMAA Seminar Agenda

Bridging the Gap

Public Perception and Industry Image

Tuesday March 1, 2011

6:00 – 9:00 – Registration

7:00 – 9:00 – Meet and Greet (Sponsored by Dow AgroSciences and

TrueNorth Specialty Products)

Wednesday March 2, 2011

Morning Chair – Mark Alberts

6:45 – 7:45 Breakfast

7:45 – 8:00 Opening Remark – Keith Sanftleben, President IVMAA

8:00 – 9:00 Keynote speaker – Professionalism in Vegetation Management;

Gaining Public Understanding at a global level
Derek Vannice, Past Executive Director Utility Arborist Assoc.

9:00 – 10:00 Impacts & Actions – Working together to get the story
straight! Jeffery Lowes

10:00 – 10:30 Break with Exhibitors

10:30 – 11:30 Technical Updates: New Tools and Product Advancements.

Dow AgroSciences Shawna Ferrence, DuPont - Pat Forsythe
and BASF Canada – Scott MacDonald

11:30– 12:00 Biomonitoring Studies of Pesticides in Humans Part I

Jock McIntosh, Alberta Environment

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

Afternoon Chair – Ken Houle

1:00 – 2:00 IVMAA AGM and Elections

2:00 – 2:30 Biomonitoring Studies of Pesticides in Humans Part
Vivianne Servant, Alberta Environment

2:30 – 3:00 Break with Exhibitors

3:00 – 3:30 Perception is Reality: Gaining Support for the Fight Against
Invasive Species. Virginia and Don Battiste AIPC

3:30 – 4:00 The Alberta Weed Control Act: “Changes, Challenges and
New Opportunities” Gayah Sieusahai

4:00 – 5:00 Regaining Public Confidence - Don Hay, City of Calgary

6:00 – 7:00 Evening Reception and Tradeshow Browsing

7:00 – 8:30 Banquet, Awards and Entertainment Clean Comedy by Clark

Robertson (Banquet Sponsored by AltaLink)

8:30 – 10:30 Evening Social, Networking, Silent Auction and Draws

Thursday March 3, 2011

Day Chair – Scott McGillis

7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast

8:00 – 9:00 Advancements in Technology - Milo Mihajlovich, Degelman

and Diamond Mower

9:00 – 10:00 Integrated Vegetation Management; Utilizing Best

Management Practices – Derek Vannice, Past Executive
Director Utility Arborist Association

10:00 – 10:30 Break with Exhibitors

10:30 – 11:30 Electric system tree-caused outage prediction models and

methods: Are tree related service interruptions predictable?
Sig Guggenmoos, Ecological Solutions Inc.

11:30 – 12:00 A look back at Industrial Vegetation Management history.

Ed Kelly and Neil Thiessen

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 BioBeds – using microbes for pesticide waste disposal.
DR. Tom Wolf, Agriculture Canada

2:00 – 3:00 Chemiphobia; are we afraid of the right things?

Darren Dillenbeck, Dow AgroSciences

3:00 – 3:15 Closing Remarks