Confirmed Speakers Include:

Tree equity, benefits and maintenance in Stirling

Carla Padilla Salas

Exploring how tree benefits and maintenance vary across communities, and what that means for long-term outcomes.

Trees of the Middle East: Observations on urban ecosystems and adaptation

Mark Laurence

Insights from the Middle East on urban ecosystems, climate adaptation and resilient planting approaches.

Creating bat roosts in trees

Sean Shereston and Jim Mullholland

Practical approaches to creating bat roosts in trees and improving long-term habitat provision.

Crown restoration of heavily mutilated urban trees as an alternative to replacement planting

Ioan Stetca

Rethinking urban tree management with this powerful case for crown restoration over replacement planting to protect mature tree value.

A toxic afterlife: Trees and the dead

Alex Needs

A thought-provoking look at trees and the ‘green burial’ movement - how burial practices interact with tree health, and how arboriculturists can respond.

Presenters, content and timings can be subject to change.