St. Petersburg, Florida, USA - August 2022.
Fellow Arborists and Urban Foresters,
This summer, we will be hosting Urban Tree Diversity 4 (UTD4) – Increasing Urban Forest Resiliency in a Changing World. This conference will be a hybrid (in-person/live-streamed) event held in St. Petersburg, Florida (Aug. 2-3). The Urban Tree Diversity Conference series works to bring the world's leading researchers and real-world experts together to discuss how science, practice, policy, and community engagement can be used to expand the palette of trees grown and planted in urban environments.
Urban Tree Diversity 4 (UTD4) builds on past successes in Malmö (Sweden), Melbourne (Australia), and Vancouver (Canada) - bringing the event to the United States for the first time through the hosting of a hybrid conference, offering both in-person and online access to attendees, to the Tampa Bay area in, Florida. Slated for summer 2022, UTD4 is a partnership between the University of Florida, the Florida Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture, and the Nature Based Solutions Institute.
We are currently accepting submissions for oral presentations. If you or someone you know has research or practical experience that can help others advance their urban tree diversity goals – we encourage you to submit your talk here:
Topics of interest include:
- Selection and improvement of urban trees
- Ecosystem services and public health benefits of diverse urban forests
- The role of diversity in pest and storm resilience
- Methods for assessing diversity given species, age, function, and size
- Designing and developing planting spaces for a wider range of tree species
- Barriers, challenges, and feedback loops that limit urban forest diversity
- Managing urban forests for a diverse urban (human) population
- Planning, managing, and governing for urban tree diversity through collaborative partnerships.
The submission deadline is March 15. Please distribute widely. We hope to see you this summer!
Andrew Koeser