Conference Agenda

8:15 am - 8:45 am

Registration 

8:50 am - 9:30 am

Designing for a Changing Environment
Presenter: Dan Stever, Lexington Lawn and Landscape​

9:30 am - 10:20 am

The Sinister Six - Top Pests of Ornamentals and their Control
Presenter: Dr. Jonathan Larson, UK Department of Entomology​

10:00 am - 10:45 am

Coffee Break & Trade Show

10:45 am - 11:50 am

Connect the Dots: Plant Diversity, Pollinators, and Pest Management
Presenter:  Dr. Joe Boggs, Ohio State University Extension​

11:50 am - 12:10 pm

Certificate program in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry
Ellen Crocker, UK Department of Horticulture​

12:10 pm - 1:15 pm

Lunch Break & Trade Show

1:15 pm - 1:55 pm

Disease Diagnostic Updates
Presenter:Julie Beale, UK Plant Pathology​

1:55 pm - 2:15 pm

Insect Updates
Presenter: Adam Baker, UK Department of Entomology​

2:15 pm - 3:00 pm

Alumni Drive Stormwater Management and Stream Restoration Project
Presenter: Joe Marwil, Bell Engineering

3:00 pm - 3:20 pm

​Afternoon Break & Trade Show

3:20 pm - 4:00 pm

What’s Killing Our Trees?
Dr. Bill Fountain, UK Professor of Arboriculture and Landscape Management

4:00 pm - 4:40 pm

Turf Nutrition, Pollinators, Weed Control and Nitrogen Fixing
Presenter: Dr. Travis Shaddox, UK Department of Plant and Soil Sciences