Timetable
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Lectures
Tree Biology and Climate Change
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Klaus Richter, TU München
10:00Opening and welcome
with greeting from Reiner Erben, Augsburg
10:15„Baubotanik“ Insights into the history, the present day and the future of growing architecture with trees worldwide
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig, TU München
11:00Green City of the Future – climate-adapted quarters in growing cities
Dr. Teresa Zölch, Landeshauptstadt München, Prof. Dr. Simone Linke, HSWT
11:45Coffee Break
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
12:30An interactive guideline to quantify growth, structure and ecosystem services of urban trees
Prof. Dr. Thomas Rötzer, TU München
13:15Lunch
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Rolf Kehr, HAWK, Göttingen
14:30Growth, evapotranspiration and cooling capacity of urban trees under drought stress
Dr. Mohammad Rahman, Eleonora Franceschi, TU München
15:15The 3:30:300 rule for greener and healthier cities: background, implementation, and future opportunities
Prof. Dr. Cecil Konijnendijk, Nature Based Solutions Institute, Utrecht, NL
16:00Coffee Break
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
16:45Orchard Meadows in the Era of Climate Change: A Collaborative Farmer-Science project by TU Munich and University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf
Niclas Hoegel, TU München
17:00The use on A.I. to predict crown development and new shoots after pruning
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig, TU München
17:1517:30Effect of artificial irrigation on urban tree growth and ecosystem services
Dr. Astrid Reischl, TU München
Tree Climbing Forum
From Protecting Trees to Protecting Health
Moderation: Christian „Puk“ Kruck, ropeworks, Tübingen
09:45Welcome
10:00Managing Kew for the future
Kevin Martin, Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, Richmond, UK
10:45Tree protection concepts for construction sites – The difference between theory and practice is greater in practice than in theory
Dr. Lena Zühlke, Gernot Heuke, Arbor Analyst GmbH, Hamburg
11:30The Sharp end of the rope. Mindset, brain function and fear
Jeff Imman, Truetimber Arborists, Richmond, USA
12:15Lunch
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
Moderation: Martina Borowski, freelance journalist and editor, Braunschweig
13:30The SVLFG box "Good work in small businesses"
Dr. Petra Abele, SVLFG, Kassel
14:15Presentation and discussion around the accident statistics of 2022
Carsten Beinhoff, SVLFG, Kassel; Mark Bridge, treemagineers, Rannoch, Schottland
15:00Coffee Break
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
15:45From the accident statistics: the fates behind the figures
Carsten Beinhoff, SVLFG, Kassel and guests
16:3017:15Plants of Resistance - tree climbing, plant knowledge and indigenous worldview in the Ecuadorian amazon
Vicki Tough, Big Canopy Campout, Dundee, Schottland
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Lectures
Tree protection and preservation
Moderation: Thomas Kowol, Institut für Baumpflege, Hamburg
08:30The current position of regulations for tree protection on construction sites
Prof. Dr. Dirk Dujesiefken, Institut für Baumpflege, Hamburg, Tanja Büttner, FLL, Bonn
09:15The supervision of tree protection on construction sites from planning to execution
Thomas Amtage, amtage Landschaftsarchitektur | Sachverständigenbüro GmbH, Berlin
10:00Coffee Break
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
10:45When people argue about trees, it's never just about trees - challenges and potential for mutual understanding
Beate Voskamp, MEDIATOR GmbH, Berlin
11:30Tree protection on construction sites - the legal basis
Dr. Cedric Vornholt, FPS Rechtsanwälte, Frankfurt am Main
12:15Lunch
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
Moderation: Tanja Büttner, FLL, Bonn
13:45Protecting trees on construction sites - determining the actual costs based on practical examples
Mark Pommnitz, Baum 4 GmbH, Groß-Gerau
14:30The protection of tree and green spaces during events
Emanuel Trueb, Stadtgärtnerei Basel, Basel, CH
15:15Coffee Break
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
16:00Evapotranspiration of urban trees: Field-versus modeling results
Laura Tams, TU Berlin
16:15Tree protection and solar farms - everything new thanks to § 2 EEG?
Dr. Cedric Vornholt, FPS Rechtsanwälte, Frankfurt am Main
16:3017:15(Urban) trees in the future: insights from over 20 years of work on and with trees
Klaus Körber, LWG, Veitshöchheim
Tree Climbing Forum
From Safety to Efficiency
Moderation: Mark Bridge, treemagineers, Rannoch, Scotland
09:15Turning risk assessemts into reality
Chris Cooper-Abbs, Arb Matters, Hunningham, UK
10:00The art, science and philosophy of throw lines, including Alex’s Twelve Rules for Throwlining (and maybe even life)
Alex Laver, Tree Logic, Great Dunham/Norfolk, UK
10:45Coffee Break
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
11:30That should be strong enough – Thoughts and demos regarding resilience in climbing equipment
Mark Bridge, Chris Cowell, treemagineers, Rannoch, Scotland
12:15Form follows function - What makes a sequence of movements efficient?
Johan Pihl, Pihlarborist, Jorlanda, SE; James Kilpatrick, James Kilpatrick Baumpflege, Hamburg
13:00Lunch
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
Moderation: Kay Busemann, Baumpflegeteam Busemann, Freiburg
14:30Hansesicherung: safe work practices whilst working on the trunk, an overview
Christoph Schröder, Kletterpapst, Dellfeld
Christoph Arndt, Himmelblau-Baumpflege, Berlin15:15Update-Session on the topic of anchor points in tree care. What do we already know, where are there open questions, how do we find answers?
Andreas Detter, TreeConsult, Gauting
16:00Coffee Break
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
16:4517:30The biggest and smallest trees of Australia’s Blue Mountains
Richard Delaney, RopeLab, Katoomba, AUS
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Lectures
Tree inspection and tree examination
Moderation: Dr. Markus Streckenbach, Sachverständigenbüro für urbane Vegetation, Bochum
08:30At what point can a Tree Inspector also call himself a Tree Expert?
Prof. Dr. Dirk Dujesiefken, Institut für Baumpflege, Hamburg
09:15How to identify tree roots in excavations
Kristin Moldestad, Trekontoret AS, Oslo, NOR
10:00Coffee Break
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
10:45Conflicts at property boundaries - legal claims in the event of nuisance neighbouring trees
Dr. Jörg-Michael Günther, Ministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Verkehr NRW, Düsseldorf
11:30Mistletoe Management: Combating Hemiparasitic Shrub Attacks on Trees in the Czech
Dr. Jaroslav Kolařík, Arboristická akademie, Kolin, CZ
12:15Lunch
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Dirk Dujesiefken, Forum Baumpflege
13:30The new SAG-standards for pulling tests and their basics
Andreas Detter, SAG Baumstatik e.V., Gauting
14:00Preliminary investigations into the use of pulling-tests to determine the structural stability of standing-dead trees
Stefan Düsterdiek, Institut für Baumpflege, Hamburg
14:15Coffee Break
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
15:00Measuring accuracy of Watermark and SMT sensors in two different plant substrates
Ayla Krekel, HAWK Göttingen / ARBOR revital Halle Wstf.
15:15"White winter road maintenance in the outskirts" - ten years of experience on the island of Rügen
Dr. Ingo Lehmann, Ministerium für Landwirtschaft und Umwelt MV, Schwerin
15:30Methuselah trees - Just how and why can some trees live to be 1000 years old?
Prof. Dr. Andreas Roloff, TU Dresden
16:15Have a safe trip back home
See you next year
06.-08. May 2025Tree Climbing Forum
From likes and ageing to rigging and rescue
Moderation: Anja Erni, astwerk baumpflege, Roggwil, CH09:00The old-age poverty of subcontracting arborists
Sascha Reisch, Baumbua Baumpflege, München
09:45Rooted in Likes, Branching out in Dislikes: Navigating the Social-Media canopy of Treecare - Pros & Cons unveiled!
Josua Hundertmark, Peter de Vries, Courant, Angers, F
10:30Coffee Break
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area
11:15Standardised free spirits
Sven Drangeid, FISAT, Berlin
12:00Old School plus New School = One School
Kay Busemann, Janosch Heimbucher, Colin Stosch, Baumpflegeteam und Baumpflegeschule Busemann
12:45Lunch
Baumpflege-Messe mit Präsentationen der Aussteller
Moderation: Carsten Beinhoff, SVLFG, Kassel
14:00Aerial Rescue inputs, use of TAZ Lov 2 and 3 in rescue; combined procedures when using rope climbing techniques:, rescue with the lifting platform – a valid option?
Anja Erni, astwerk baumpflege, Roggwil, CH; Mark Bridge, treemagineers, Rannoch, Scotland; Peter Vergote, TreeMagicBeers, Elversele, B; Carsten Beinhoff, SVLFG, Kassel
14:45Coffee Break
Baumpflege-Messe mit Präsentationen der Aussteller"
15:30Various cutting techniques and their use in rigging
Gabriel Dovier, Arbortec Dovier, Grado, I
16:15Have a safe trip back home
See you next year
06.-08. May 2025