8:00 am - 8:30 am
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Registration (Please note this change from previous years: Doors open at 8 am)
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8:30 am - 8:40 am
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Welcome
Beate Popkin, CKOTA President |
8:40 am - 9:40 am
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Keynote Address:
Parklands of Floyds Fork: A Park of Endless Possibilities Tom Smarr, Director of Horticulture Twenty-First Century Parks, Louisville |
9:40 am - 10:45 am
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Urban Tree Care for a Sustainable Planet
Chris Carlson, Professor of Arboriculture and Urban Forestry Kent State University, Ohio |
10:25 am - 10:45 am
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Coffee Break & Trade Show
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10:45 am - 11:30 am
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Sustainable Turf and Landscape Management in Public Areas
Aaron Boggs, Director of Grounds Maintenance University of Louisville |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
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Plant Disease Update – Recent Trends in the UK Diagnostic Lab
Julie Beale Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
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Lunch Break & Trade Show
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1:10 am - 2:15 pm
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The Future of Urban Parks:
The Challenges of Managing Modern Urban Parks Tom Smarr |
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
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The Benefits of Ecological Landscaping along Streams, Ponds and Lakes
Russ Turpin, Senior Environmental Specialist EcoGro, Lexington |
3:00 pm - 3:20 pm
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Coffee Break & Trade Show
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3:20 pm - 3:45 pm
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Developing Monarch Butterfly Conservation Methodsfor Multipurpose Landscapes
Adam Baker, Graduate Student Entomology, University of Kentucky |
3:45 am - 4:30 pm
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Insecticide Use in the Landscape: Choices and Implications
Lee Townsend, Professor of Entomology University of Kentucky |