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The 45th National Amenity Arboriculture Conference 2011:

Looking Beyond the Obvious

This year we focused unashamedly on practical arboriculture, with high quality speakers talking about issues that directly affect you as a tree work professional. Whether a small, medium sized or large tree work contractor, consultant or local authority tree officer, there was something in the programme of events and presentations designed to suit all comers, including the highly successful ‘Sunday Technical Demonstrations’ sessions where over 60 attendees were brought up to date on a wide range of issues related to arb contracting.

Warwick University is a fantastic venue, easy to access and with its exhibition area, central forum and lecture theatre in one modern complex, and accommodation, restaurants and bars all within easy reach, delegates have applauded this as another really successful conference.

Here are some of the key messages from speakers:

“The silence of the National Planning Policy Framework on trees is a great risk”

Ian Phillips

“The National Tree Safety Group’s [impending] publication [of] ‘Bringing Common Sense to Tree Management’ is likely to become one of the most important documents we work with”

Jeremy Barrell

“Plant less trees, spend less time looking at trees and forget ‘right tree in the right place’. Rather, get the right tree person in the right place at the right time talking a language the audience can understand”

Martin Gammie

“The globalisation of plant trade and climate change have increased the [pest and disease] risks to trees”

John Morgan

“When something goes wrong [death or injury from tree failure] everyone wishes it hadn’t. That is not the same as saying inadequate care had been given”

Dr Charles Mynors

“People like trees in their streets”

Dr John Flannigan

FINAL PROGRAMME: To see the detailed programme from the event, click here

Glendale are proud to have supported the AA Conference speakers at this year's National Amenity Arboriculture Conference to discuss the issues which are really relevant in Amenity Arboriculture today.

Amenity Conference 2011 - Looking Beyond the Obvious.

The 2011 Amenity ARB Conference
Presentation Downloads

Below is a list of presentations given at this years’ Amenity ARB Conference. There are three formats available for download. Powerpoint - for both new and older versions of Powerpoint (PPTX and PPT) and also, a PDF version too, where available. Please click on a relevant icon to download, but be aware some files are large so may take a while to download:

Presentation	PPTX Powerpoint	PPT Powerpoint
Monday 19th September
Ian Phillips: Trees, planning and localism – from little acorns to green infrastructure?	N/A	N/A
Jeremy Barrell: Safety in numbers; the 1:10,000 time bomb	N/A	N/A
Neville Fay: National Tree Safety Group (NTSG) – from conception to publication
Paul Smith: The ‘ARB’ Approved Contractor Scheme- an overview
Stuart Phillips: LANTRA: Realignment of Lantra SSC and Lantra Awards
Duncan Slater: The Mechanical Properties of Junctions in Trees
Martin Gammie: ‘Looking outside the tree pit’ – Sustainable Integrated Infratsructure (SII)
Dr John Morgan: Emerging threats to tree health
Mike Turner: Massaria of London Plane – A Strategic Approach
Tuesday 20th September
Peter Annett: TPOs – Where are we?
Dr Charles Mynors: Trees and the Law: An update	N/A	N/A
Clive Mayhew: Arbo-archaeology – Trees as Archaelogical Artefacts
Alan Simson: Urban Forestry – An ‘Architecture of Urbanism’
Rob Graham: The Notable Trees of New Zealand
Dr John Flannigan: Urban trees, urban people: an intimate and profound relationship explored	N/A	N/A
Tim Sunderland: Torbay’s trees: a cost-benefit analysis including air-quality and carbon sequestration benefits