Timetable

Lectures Tree Climbing Forum Exhibition Area

Timetable Conference

Timetable Tree Climbing Forum

Tuesday, 25 April 2023

Lectures
Research for Trees

Chair: Prof. Dr. Dirk Dujesiefken, Forum Baumpflege

08:00
Opening of the Check-In-Counter
Trade show of the German Tree Care Conference starts
in the trade show hall and outside area

10:00
Welcome
with a welcoming speech by Reiner Erben, Augsburg

10:15
Tree Care - The Development of a Complex Task in Urban Green Space - 30 years German Tree Care Conference
Heiner Baumgarten, ehem. Präsident der Deutschen Gartenamtsleiterkonferenz (GALK)

11:00
Data doesn't lie… if it can be read. Why statistics are important for tree care.
Prof. Dr. Hubert Merkel, HAWK, Göttingen

11:45
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Coffee break

12:30
Does the shape of a fork say anything about its breaking strength?
Prof. Dr. Steffen Rust, HAWK, Göttingen

13:15
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Lunch break

Research for Trees

Chair: Tanja Büttner, FLL, Bonn

14:30
Use of pressurized air lances in the soil – Quantifying the efficacy of treatment with laser scan imaging
Oliver Löwe, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Gaertig, HAWK, Göttingen

15:15
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Coffee break

Short Scientific Lectures

16:00
Remediation of Soil Compaction using Plants
Dr. Katharina Weltecke, Baum & Boden, Bad Arolsen

16:15
Identification of disturbances in the soil aeration using a mobile CO2 measuring device
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Gaertig, HAWK, Göttingen

16:30
The efficacy of pneumatic soil remediation on common oaks. Results of a three-year field study
Felix Funke, HAWK, Göttingen

16:45
Do Sonic Tomography and the Pulling-Test produce comparable results?
Prof. Dr. Steffen Rust, HAWK, Göttingen

17:00
Trunk damage on young street trees. Results of a nationwide survey
Dana Schneider-Blank, HAWK, Göttingen

17:15
Closing discussion

Tree Climbing Forum
Anchor Points

Chair: Christian „Puk“ Kruck, ropeworks, Tübingen

08:00
Opening of the Check-In-Counter
Trade show of the German Tree Care Conference starts
in the trade show hall and outside area

09:45
Welcoming the Climbers' Forum

10:00
Hocus pocus crash mode!
Are arborists tired of life?
Anchor points for tree climbers
Markus Breithaupt, Kletterspezialisten GmbH & Co. KG,
Michelstadt

10:45
Failure of anchor points.
Practical and theoretical approaches
Andreas Detter, TreeConsult, Gauting
Eva Mauz, Mauz Baumpflege, Baltmannsweiler

12:00
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Lunch break

Health Protection and Ergonomics

Chair: Kay Busemann, Baumpflegeteam Busemann, Freiburg

13:30
Accident statistics 2021, evaluation and assessment
Carsten Beinhoff, SVLFG, Kassel
Mark Bridge, treemagineers, Rannoch, Schottland

14:15
Handling the chainsaw in the tree and the dynamic balance between safety, ergonomics and efficiency
Christian Seiberth, baumzone, Bisamberg, A

15:00
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Coffee break

15:45
Naked Arborist, Part 3
‘Don't Hurt Another Day ‘
Alex Laver, Tree Logic, Great Dunham/Norfolk, UK

16:30
Closing discussion

in German with English translation in English with German translation
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Timetable Tree Climbing Forum

Wednesday, 26 April 2023

Lectures
Sponge City - Trees and Water

Chair: Thomas Kowol, Institute of Arboriculture, Hamburg

08:00
Begin of trade show
in the trade show hall and outside area

08:30
Trees under Water - A critical look on tree sites with infiltration function
Gerhard Doobe, GALK, Hamburg, Dr. Markus Streckenbach,
Sachverständigenbüro für urbane Vegetation, Bochum

09:15
Urban Soils: achievements and future challenges for urban trees
Prof. Dr. Annette Eschenbach, Universität Hamburg

10:00
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Coffee break

10:45
Decentralized stormwater management for tree pits - objectives, examples and open questions
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Dickhaut, HCU, Hamburg

11:30
Decentralized Stormwater Management for tree pits - findings from planning, construction and monitoring in the BlueGreenStreets research project
Dr. Michael Richter, HCU, Hamburg

12:15
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Lunch break

Sponge City - Trees and Water

Chair: Dr. Markus Streckenbach, Sachverständigenbüro
für urbane Vegetation, Bochum

13:45
Trees and Stormwater Management - 20 years of experience with the Stockholm Model
Britt-Marie Alvem, Stadt Stockholm, S

14:30
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Coffee break

15:15
Optimization of tree sites in inner-city areas - experiences with the Stockholm Model in Graz
Tomas Stoisser, Referat für Grün- und Freiraumplanung,
Stadt Graz, A

Short Scientific Lecture

16:00
From a tree infiltration system to the soil-pipe-system - expansion of the storage space and root space by using the pipe trench
Christoph Bennerscheidt, EADIPS/FGR, Herten

16:15
Closing discussion with all speakers

Tree Climbing Forum
Rescue / Conservation of veteran trees

Chair: Florim Ajda, arbres et partenaires Sàrl, Chexbres, CH

08:00
Begin of trade show
in the trade show hall and outside area

09:00
Interfaces with the rescue services, approaches when dealing with an injured person in a tree
Knut Foppe, Ingenieurbüro SafeRope, Berlin

09:45
Rescue? Anybody know how to do it - or do they?
From basic to complex rescue, techniques examined step by step
Peter Vergote, TreeMagicBeers, Elversele, B
Lucas Godts, Arborist Lucas, Leuven, B

Tree Rescue Manual

10:45
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Coffee break

11:30
Measures for the conservation of a red-leaved beech, a résumé
Jürgen Unger, Eichhorn Baumpflege, Hörstel

12:15
How do I tell my customers...? Good arguments for the preservation of old trees
Stefanie Weigelmeier, dendrophilia, Göttingen
Bea Linnert, Baumbüro Linnert, Bremen

13:00
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Lunch break

Conservation of veteran trees / Tree care practices

Chair: Mark Bridge, treemagineers, Rannoch, Schottland

14:15
Case studies of veteran tree management throughout Europe: do’s and don’t’s for arborists
Tom Joye, Natuurinvest, Brüssel, B

15:00
Leadership, philosophy and the seldom discussed underpinnings of being an arborist
Tony Tresselt, Keystone Training Solutions LLC, Pomeroy, USA

15:45
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Coffee break

16:30
What could be wrong? Situations that climbers can encounter and how to avoid it.
Dror Lazarovitch and Ran Solomon, Alonim Ltd., Haifa, Isreal

17:15
Alternative transport concepts in tree care, cargo bikes and co: possibilities, opportunities and limits
Tim Schröder, BaumDienst Nortis, Hamburg
Roland Schindler, Baum & Seil, Dusslingen

in German with English translation in English with German translation
Timetable Conference

Timetable Tree Climbing Forum

Thursday, 27 April 2023

Lectures
Tree Management

Chair: Prof. Dr. Klaus Richter, TU München

08:00
Begin of trade show
in the trade show hall and outside area

08:30
Zur Effektivität von Baumschutzsatzungen anhand
von Beispielen aus Bayern und Nordrhein-Westfalen
Christopher Busch, BUND Bayern
Prof. Dr. Daniel Mühlleitner, Hochschule Kehl

09:15
i-Tree: a powerful tool for creating healthy urban forests with a focus on ecosystem services.
Mark Rotteveel, Pius Floris, Reeuwijk, NL

10:00
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Coffee break

10:45
Resilience and crown retrenchment in veteran trees: how to interpret the signs?
Tom Joye, inverde, Brüssel, B

Short Scientific Lecture

11:30
Usability of the "i-Tree Eco" programme in German municipalities
Hannes Pillsticker, HAWK, Göttingen"

11:45
Discussion with all speakers

12:00
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Lunch break

Tree Management

Chair: Thomas Amtage, Forum Baumpflege

13:15
Understandable and testable: The requirements for a written tree appraisal report
Prof. Dr. Dirk Dujesiefken, Institut für Baumpflege, Hamburg

14:00
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Coffee break

14:30
The "edible city" - suitable fruit tree species for urban areas
Siegfried Tatschl, Lust auf Obst-Essbare Lebensräume, Engelmannbrunn, AT

15:15
Veteran and National Heritage Trees - fascination, specifics, risks and opportunities
Prof. Dr. Andreas Roloff, TU Dresden

16:00
Closing discussion

16:15
Have a safe trip back home
See you next year 23.-25. April 2024

Tree Climbing Forum
Rigging and Forces

Chair: Anja Erni, astwerk baumpflege, Roggwil, CH

08:00
Begin of trade show
in the trade show hall and outside area

09:00
To Pull a Tree
Max Olesko, Baumklettermax, Oberwölbling, A
Remy Gschwandtner, Baumpartner Arboristik, Steyr, A
Philip Wenninger, Die Baumpfleger, Winzendorf, A

09:45
Speedlines, slide lines and reeving systems – from simple to complex
Max Soballa, Soballa Baumpflege, Rottweil

10:30
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Coffee break

11:15
Efficiencies of pulley in climbing and rigging systems
Luis Alberto Diaz, Urban Forestry, Malaga, E

12:00
Windows into treecare: The craziness of treework in the South Pacific islands
Drew Bristow, TreeSolutionsFiji, Fantasy Island, Fiji Islands

12:45
Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area

Lunch break

Rope climbing technique - thinking outside the box

Chair: Martina Borowski

14:15
Using the rope climbing technique to search for forest seeds in times of climate change - Europe and North America
Kay Busemann, Baumpflegeteam Busemann, Freiburg

15:00
Woody pathogen detection dogs in tree care, forestry, species and environmental protection: Experiences on possibilities and limits of dog use
Dana Schneider-Blank, Sachverständigenbüro, Schnega

15:45
Closing discussion

16:00
Have a safe trip back home
See you next year 23.-25. April 2024

in German with English translation in English with German translation

Timetable

Lectures Research for Trees

Research for Trees

Tree Climbing Forum Anchor Points

Health Protection and Ergonomics

Lectures Sponge City - Trees and Water

Sponge City - Trees and Water

Tree Climbing Forum Rescue / Conservation of veteran trees

Conservation of veteran trees / Tree care practices

Lectures Tree Management

Tree Management

Tree Climbing Forum Rigging and Forces

Rope climbing technique - thinking outside the box

Lectures
Research for Trees

Tree Climbing Forum
Anchor Points

Lectures
Sponge City - Trees and Water

Tree Climbing Forum
Rescue / Conservation of veteran trees

Lectures
Tree Management

Tree Climbing Forum
Rigging and Forces