‘Applied Arboriculture: Healthy Trees, Healthy People’
14th - 17th September, Royal Holloway, Egham, Surrey.
Excitement is building as the 2014 Arboricultural Association adds the finishing touches to its three day Amenity Conference in September. The event takes place at the prestigious Royal Holloway in Surrey and has attracted enormous interest as it focuses on some of the key issues associated with the benefits of healthy trees and healthy people.
Baroness Fookes of Plymouth will deliver the opening conference address. The health perspective will be represented by, amongst others, Sir Richard Thompson (recent past president of Royal College of Physicians) and Professor Nicola Spence (Chief Plant Officer, DEFRA).
Simon Richmond Conference Manager comments on the build up to the conference:
‘This year’s conference is breaking records all round. 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Association and combined with such a topical theme we have attracted unrivalled interest from presenters and delegates. 36 speakers will be taking to the podium representing the very latest opinions, research and commentary. We have attracted 13 international speakers from as far afield as Australia and the Czech Republic who will provide new insights into the key topics of tree health and human well-being. This is not an event to be missed.’
The Principal Conference Themes
“ …an exceptional opportunity to learn, collaborate and share with global opinion makers and thought leaders..”
- Tree Populations: Climate change and biodiversity
- Managing Tree Health
- Trees and Human Health
- Challenging Established Practices
- Delivering Health and Well-being with Trees
There will also be a wide range of exhibitors in the Exhibition Hall and Foyer who will be showing a broad selection of products and services - from trees to software, planting solutions and decay detection.
Royal Holloway
Royal Holloway, now part of the University of London was founded in 1879 by the philanthropist Thomas Holloway and the campus contains over 150 different tree species.
The college underwent a £100,000,000 refurbishment programme 6 years ago and now offers a blend of Victorian grandeur alongside state of the art conference facilities and high quality accommodation.
Social Events
As regular attendees will know only too well, the calibre of speakers at Conference will inevitably generate insight, passion and controversy. But there will also be plenty of opportunity to network with colleagues and new acquaintances – evening wine receptions and the Conference Dinner are always firm favourites.
We look forward to seeing you there!
For further details, Early Bird Discounts and booking - www.trees.org.uk/Amenity-Conference
