* bolded names have been confirmed as speakers

	Pre-Conference: Tuesday Oct. 19, 2004
09:00 – 16:00	Erk Brudi, Germany, "Engineering Based Hazard Tree Assessment" --register now
13:00 – 17:00	Pre-conference tour for those who are interested
14:00 – 17:00	Ian Wilson, GPS Field Demonstration (Grand Foyer) - Send Mr. Wilson e-mail for more information. 14:00 - 15:00  Butler Survey (Parker) 15:00 - 16:00  Cansel Survey (Jason) 16:00 - 16:30  Mark Brown, North Vancouver - demonstration of hazard tree inspection unit using ArcMap
16:00 – 20:00	Pick up your registration kit and sample the local hospitality at the CUFC6 pre-registration at the Tree Brewing facility, 1083 Richter Street – a 10 minute walk from the Grand
18:00	Dinner – on own
	Day 1: Wednesday October 20, 2004
07:00 – 08:30	Registration - Grand Okanagan Resort and Conference Centre
08:30 – 8:50	Moderator: Jeff Monty, Tree Canada Foundation Welcome: Mayor Walter Gray, City of Kelowna Opening Remarks: Senator Ross Fitzpatrick
08:50 – 09:10	Welcome from the Tree Canada Foundation - Mike Apsey, Chair
09:10 – 10:00	Kathy Wolf, University of Washington: "What Could We Lose? Economic Value of Urban Forest, Intangible and Tangible Benefits"
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee – provided
10:30 – 11:15	Keynote Speaker: Gerry Zimmerman, Fire Chief, City of Kelowna - "Lessons Learned from the Kelowna Fires of 2003"
11:15 - 12:00	Thematic Speaker: Dean Monterrey, City of Nanaimo, "Emergency Preparedness and the Urban Forest"
12:00 – 13:30	Buffet Lunch – provided Ceremonial treeplant sponsored by TELUS
13:30 - 17:00	Concurrent Sessions
15:00 – 16:00	Coffee – provided
	Session #1: Responding to Fires and Storms Moderator: Michael Rosen, Tree Canada Foundation
	Mark Johnson, Tree Canada: "Impacts and Adaptation for Climate Change for Urban Forests" David Bloniarz, U.S. Forest Service, University of Massachusetts - Assessing Storm Damage to Urban Trees: Establishing a Standardized Protocol Jim McCready, Eastern Ontario Model Forest: "Ice Storm ’98 – Lessons Learned" Brian Fisher, BC Hydro: "Utilities and Storm Response" Julian Dunster, Dunster & Associates: Risk Management and Duty of Care in the Urban Forest
	Session #2: Innovations in Plant Health Care / IPM Moderator: Andy Kenney, University of Toronto
	Dr. Lee Humble, Canadian Forest Service: "Alien Invaders: Non-Indigenous Species in Urban Forests" Chris Saunders, City of Edmonton: "Bugs Coming Out of the Woodwork: Drought and Stress Problems in Edmonton’s Forest" Darrell Bley, Niagara Parks Commission: "Urban Tree Health Care from Roots to Shoot" Mario Lanthier, Crop Health Advising: "Mycorrhizal fungi - Improving urban tree tolerance to water stress"
	Session #3: Managing Urban Fiscal Emergencies Moderator: Ian Wilson, City of Kelowna
	Scott Maco, CUFR California: "Stemming the Fiscal Crisis: Tools for Valuing and Marketing the Urban Forest" Ed Marler, City of Fort Saskatchewan, AB: "The Fort Saskatchewan Urban Forest Corridor Program" Russell Friesen, City of Calgary: "Developing a Strategic Urban Forestry Plan to Support Your Budget" Stew Walkinshaw, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development: Fuel Modification is Great but Show Me the Money!
18:00 – 22:00	Banquet Dinner, Awards Presentation and a Taped Presentation from Laurie Graham, World Cup Alpine Skier
	Day 2: Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004
07:00 – 08:30	Continental Breakfast (provided)
08:30 – 08:40	Welcome / Introduction Ian Wilson, Forester, City of Kelowna: Program Chair
08:40 – 10:00	Plenary Sessions: National Attention for Canada’s Urban Forests Jean Cinq-Mars, NFSC: Urban Forestry and the National Forest Strategy Andy Kenney, U of T/TCF: Canada's National Urban Forest Strategy: Accomplishments Since the 5th Canadian Urban Forest Conference
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee – provided
10:30 - 12:30	Breakout Session #1: A Canadian Urban Forest Strategy: A Call to Action
	Dr. Andy Kenney/Workshop Leaders Tree Canada Community Advisers Participants
10:30 - 12:30	Breakout Session #2: Tools to Avert Urban Forest Disasters
	Ian Wilson, City of Kelowna: "GPS / GIS Tools and Tree Inventory" Dwayne Neustater, ArborMaster: "Staff Training Needs for Emergency Preparedness" Jim Mottishaw, B.C. Ministry of Forests: "Fire Smart Landscaping" Doug Ellis, Malaspina University College: Post-Disaster Tree Hazard Assessment "Fire Hazard Modelling" Philip van Wassenaer, Urban Forest Innovations Inc.: Strategic Urban Forest Planning: A Key Tool in Emergency Preparedness
12:30 – 13:30	Buffet Lunch – provided
13:30 – 13:45	CUFC 6 Wrap-Up Jeff Monty, Tree Canada Foundation
13:45 – 14:15	Judi Beck, B.C. Ministry of Forests; Jim Mottishaw, B.C. Ministry of Forests; Ian Wilson, City of Kelowna: "Background to the Okanagan Mtn. Park Fire, 2003"
14:30 – 18:00	Afternoon Tour
	"Fire and Wine" tour – of the burned areas and vineyards in the area View fuel modification treatments (in progress) View wetland restoration project Fire – burned areas Wine stops
	Post Conference
Oct. 22, 2004.	The Science of Mulching and Tree Health -- Dr. Harry Hoitink - register now