TREE CONFERENCE RIGA 2023 AGENDA

Day 1st - 1st of June 2023

Time schedule	Topic	Speaker
09:00 – 09:30	Registration
09:30 – 09:45	Opening speech	John Parker (Chief Executive Officer, Arboricultural Association, UK)
09:45 – 09:50	Introduction of current affairs of the tree care industry in Latvia	Laura Mazule (Latvian Arboriculture society, LV)
09:50 – 09:55	EAC and certification	Michal Zelenak ( vice president of EAC )
10:00 – 10:45	Tree management in the UK: Challenges and opportunities	John Parker (Chief Executive Officer, Arboricultural Association, UK)
10:45 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30	Threes for trees: the 3:30:300 rule for greener and healthier citie	Dr Cecil Konijnendijk (The Nature Based Solutions Institute; NL)
11:30 – 12:00	Trees - A lifespan approach	Jan Willem de Groot (Chief Executive Officer, Terra Nostra, NL)
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch
13:00 – 13:20	New perspectives on bracing and cabling systems	Benoit de Reviers
13:20 – 13:50	Advanced Biomechanical Analysis of trees, case studies + future potential	Ondřej Kolařík and Jaroslava Smerdova (Adbian,CZ)
13:50 - 14:10	The importance of tree pollen research in Latvia	Aerobiologist Dr. geogr. Olga Sozinova (LV)
14:10 – 14:30	Coffee break
14:30 – 15:15	A field guide to identification of tree roots	Kristin Moldestad (Mrs, Cand. agric. horticulture , ISA certified arborist, NO)
15:15 – 15:30	Tree mechanical stability under wind loading	Forest institut "Silava", researcher Dr. silv. Oskars Krišāns (LV)
15:30 – 16:00	Tree planting in urban areas	Michal Zelenak (SK)
16:00 - 16:30	1st day closing discussion	John Parker (UK), all speakers

Day 2nd - 2nd of June 2023

Time schedule	Topic	Speaker
09:00 - 09:15	Registration
09:15 - 09:20	Opening speech	Āris Jansons, LSFRI “Silava” senior researcher
09:20 - 10:00	Future of intensive forestry: aesthetics and biodiversity in urban forests	Āris Jansons, LSFRI “Silava” senior researcher
10:00 - 10:40	Climate change and carbon in urban forests	Valters Samariks, LSFRI “Silava” research assistant
10:40 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 -11:40	Forest-ecosystem services-based management	Zane Lībiete, LSFRI “Silava” senior researcher
11:40 -12:20	Identification of tree stress by remote sensing techniques	Endijs Bāders, LSFRI “Silava” researcher
12:20 - 13:20	Lunch
13:20 -14:00	Tree susceptibility to wind damage: results of static tree-pulling tests in Latvia	Oskars Krišāns, LSFRI “Silava” researcher
14:00 -14:40	Living with beavers in urban areas	Kārlis Bičkovskis, LSFRI “Silava” research assistant
14:40 - 15:00	Coffee break
15:00 - 15:40	Fire hazard in urban forests	Āris Jansons, LSFRI “Silava” senior researcher
15:40 - 16:20	Study course “Urban Forestry” in Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies	Roberts Čakšs, LSFRI “Silava” research assistant
16:20 - 17:00	2nd day closing discussion	Āris Jansons, LSFRI “Silava” senior researcher; all speakers