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ISAO CONFERENCE 2008
THE CHANGING CLIMATE OF ARBORICULTURE
ISAO'S 59th Annual Educational Conference and Trade Show
February 13 to 15, Sheraton on the Falls, Niagara Falls, Ontario
Conference Schedule I Registration Form I Speaker Bios I Exhibitor & Sponsor Information
Biographies of all speakers will be available in the conference program.
 Roman Danylo
Host of CTV’s Comedy Inc.and a hilarious stand-up comic and improv artist, Roman Danylo is a unique and skilled entertainer, He is a stand-up and an improvisational comic, a writer, an actor and a television performer.
His one-man show, combining fast-paced, hilarious stand-up with an improv routine, pulls audience members into the act with outstanding results.
Roman customizes each performance, managing to make everyone look good, and he organizes with the client ahead of time the best people in the audience to join him on stage. He is a master on the platform, keeping everyone in stitches until the inevitable standing ovation!
Roman has played the live comedy clubs in Vancouver and has worked with top Canadian comedians, including Rick Mercer. He hit the big screen in the movie Duets with Gwyneth Paltrow and appeared on national television as one of the three stars of a sketch comedy program.
In the fall of 2003, Roman landed his own show as host of Comedy Inc. Working in the corporate world in both Canada and the US, he counts among his clients AT&T, Toyota Canada, CIBC, Total Entertainment Network, Lafarge Canada, SITA, AON RE, Astra Zeneca, The Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada, OSTD, Smith Kline, State Farm Insurance and even Bill Gates!
Prior to hosting his own show (for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2004), Roman worked for several local comedy clubs, the Loose Moose Theatre, Theatre Calgary and various CBC radio dramas.
David J. Nowak
Dr. Nowak is a Project Leader with the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station in Syracuse, NY. David received a B.S. and M.S. from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He has authored over 150 publications and is a recipient of the American Forests’ Urban Forest Medal recognizing outstanding national contributions in urban forest research and the Distinguished Science Award of the Northeastern Research Station. His research investigates urban forest structure, health and change and its effect on air quality and greenhouse gases.
Ed Gilman
Dr. Gilman is a Professor of Environmental Horticulture at the University of Florida. Ed has been obsessing about trees since he was 10 years-old and he has spent a career proving that there's a science to keeping urban trees healthy and standing.
Recent hurricanes have increased interest in tree sturdiness and safety, as well as prompted some homeowners to panic and cut down otherwise healthy trees. Even so, the biggest problem Gilman sees is that most people don't realize that trees need maintenance, just like your car. A well-trained arborist can spot problems such as double trunks or decaying root systems, but most homeowners never consult one. Correct pruning is crucial, he says.
In a recent experiment, Gilman and civil and UF wind engineer Forrest Masters used a nearly 900-horsepower wind machine borrowed from colleagues at Florida International University to test that.
Video from the experiment shows unpruned trees bending almost to the snapping point in the 120-mph wind, while the strategically-pruned trees showed far less movement, even with the same wind speed.
"Few people understand there's a science behind it. They know that science is used to build bridges, or to fix bones. But in textbooks, there's essentially nothing about the trees in your yard or near the street," Gilman said. "We're putting science to very applied work."
Gilman is never happier than when he's expounding on the benefits of trees. But he's hard-pressed to pick a favourite.
"I have about a top 1,000 favourite trees that I like. And I probably could narrow it to a top 100 that I really enjoy. But I don't think I could pick a favourite," he said. "I guess I'd say a structure that's strong, provides shade and is free of disease, that'd be my favourite."
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