Tree Climbing Forum

• Timetable Kletterforum | Tuesday, 24.04.2018

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  Tree Climbing Forum
  Design of tree care harnesses

  Lectures Tree Climbing Forum Exhibition Area
  08:00

  Opening of the Check-In-Counter Trade show of the German Tree Care Conference starts in the trade show hall and outside area ArborArt-Exhibition “Trees-Wood-Art” starts in the foyer

  09:30

  Welcome – 20 years tree climbing forum

  Dirk Dujesiefken, Kay Busemann, Mark Bridge

  09:45

  Reflections by a pioneer on design evolution of tree care harnesses

  Don Blair, Blair‘s Arborist Equipment, Hagerstown, USA

  10:30

  A European view of the development of tree care harnesses

  De Gourét Litchfield Svensk TrädVård & Utbildning AB Ballingslöv, Schweden

  11:15

  Coffee break

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Scientific Poster Presentation Discussion with the authors

  11:45

  Step changes: How innovations arrive in an industry and how their consequences unfold

  Ulrich Pfefferer, Pfefferer Baumkultur Müllheim, Peter Styrnol, Don Blair

  12:30

  Lunch break

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Scientific Poster Presentation Discussion with the authors

  Tree Climbing Forum - One-handed use of chainsaws

  13:30

  Presentation of the 2016 accident statistics, position of German Health and Safety regarding one-handed use of top handle chainsaws

  Carsten Beinhoff, SVLFG, Kassel

  14:15

  Position of a manufacturer regarding one-handed use of top handle chainsaws

  Martin Götz, Husqvarna

  15:00

  Coffee break

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Scientific Poster Presentation Discussion with the authors

  15:45

  An osteopathic view of one-handed use of chainsaws and the consequences for the body

  Philipp Frank, functiomed, Zürich, CH

  16:30

  Rational – yet still not reasonable - reloaded

  Knut Foppe, climbsafe, Berlin

  17:15

  Closing discussion

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• Timetable Kletterforum | Wednesday, 25.04.2018

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  Tree Climbing Forum
  Tree climbing techniques hot topics

  Lectures Tree Climbing Forum Exhibition Area
  08:00

  Begin of trade show and ArborArt

  09:15

  Legal, illegal, who gives a toss? How to address self-modified PPE and “forbidden” climbing techniques

  Max Bröckmann, Climbtools, Mülheim an der Ruhr

  10:00

  Presentation of results and conclusions of testing performed on a range of modern and traditional friction hitch combinations

  Mark Bridge, treemagineers, Rannoch, UK, baumpartner, Basel, CH

  10:45

  Coffee break

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Scientific Poster Presentation Discussion with the authors

  11:30

  Efficiency and safety of various ascent systems

  Manuel Schuster, MS Baumpflege, Dülmen

  12:15

  Forces in Rigging

  Gabriele Dovier/ Emanuele Capelli, Formazione3T, IT

  13:00

  Lunch break

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Scientific Poster Presentation Discussion with the authors

  Tree Climbing Forum - Women in tree care

  14:15

  Pruning and felling trees without a Y: a problem?

  Anja Erni, Astwerk, Roggwil, CH

  15:00

  Tree care in Finland: When the gender question takes a back seat

  Marika Pylkkänen, SPY, Finnish Arborist Association, Espoo, FIN

  15:45

  Coffee break

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Scientific Poster Presentation Discussion with the authors

  16:30

  Women in tree care: a tour d’horizon

  Florim Ajda, arbres et partenaires, Yverdon-les-Bains, CH

  17:00

  An opportunity or a mine field: women in tree care?

  Podium und Diskussion

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• Timetable Kletterforum | Thursday, 26.04.2018

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  Tree Climbing Forum
  Habitat and Retrenchment pruning

  Lectures Tree Climbing Forum Exhibition Area
  08:00

  Begin of trade show and ArborArt

  09:15

  Long-term management of ancient and veteran trees. Case studies from the UK.

  Paul Muir, Treework Environmental Practice, Bristol, UK

  10:00

  Applying retrenchment techniques on the example of Green Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY

  Phil Kelley, North American Training Solutions, Chehalis, USA

  10:45

  Coffee break

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Scientific Poster Presentation Discussion with the authors

  11:30

  Special conservation measures – application of regulations in practical tree care

  Andreas Detter, Brudi und Partner, Gauting, Georg-Friedrich Wittmann, Baumpflege Wittmann, Weiden und Freising

  12:15

  Lunch break

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Scientific Poster Presentation Discussion with the authors

  Tree Climbing Forum - Tree climbing techniques hot topics

  13:15

  Accidents at the work place and specific emergency management

  Thomas Böhl, fsb Oerrel, Munster-Oerrel

  14:00

  Coffee break

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Scientific Poster Presentation Discussion with the authors

  14:30

  Working with throwlines: theory and practice

  Max Olesko, Baumklettermax, Oberwölbling, AT, Remy Gschwandtner, Baumpflege, Walding, AT

  15:15

  An Anthropological Study of the Difference Between Oak(wo)men and Euc(wo)men

  Don Blair, Blair‘s Arborist Equipment, Hagerstown, USA

  16:00

  Closing discussion

  16:15

  Have a save trip back home

  See you next year 7.-9. May 2019

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