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2008 Expo Education Conference
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Time |
Running Your
Business |
Plant
Material |
Outdoor Living |
Leaning
Green |
Pest Management |
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| 8:30 – 9:15 |
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| 9:15 – 10:00 |
SANITY SUSTAINED: BALANCING WORK AND FAMILY
LIFE
Dr. Susan Fletcher, Smart Zone Solutions
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Track
I
Smart Technologies for Irrigation Management |
Track
II
Predicting and Estimating Land Water Use and Understanding Pumps |
| 10:00 -10:15 |
Break |
| 10:15
- 11:15 |
Working
in the Smart Zone
Dr. Susan Fletcher
Smart Zone Solutions |
New
Plants
Heidi Sheesley
Treesearch Farms |
Outdoor
Living Trends: What's Hot and What's Not for 2009
Susan McCoy
Garden Media Group |
Green
Terminology
Astrid Volder
Texas AgriLife Research |
Stomping
Fire Ants
Paul Nester
Texas AgriLife Extension |
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Break |
| 11:30 –
12:30 |
Slow
Down or Ramp Up? Understanding a Lagging Economy and Doing Something
About It
Dr. Charlie Hall
Texas A&M University |
Texas
Superstars
Jerry Parsons
Texas AgriLife Extension |
Outdoor Kitchens
Scott Campbell
Milestone Distributors
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Death by Hardscape
Johnette Taylor
Roundtree Landscaping
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Top
Uninvited Pests
Bart Drees
Texas AgriLife Extension |
| 12:30 – 1:45 |
Lunch General Session
Work Smart, Have Fun, and Make Money
Phil Sorentino, Humor Consultants
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12:00
- 1:00
Lunch Break |
| 1:45 –
2:45 |
Focusing
Your Business Strategy in Tough Times
Dr. Charlie Hall
Texas A&M University |
Myths
and Mysteries of Drought Tolerant Plants
Dennis Swartzell
Mountain States Wholesale Nursery |
Creating
Outdoor Rooms
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Going
Green with EarthKind
Dr. Don Wilkerson
Texas AgriLife Extension |
Growing
Healthy Trees in Texas Landscapes
Dr. Dave Appel
Texas AgriLife Extension |
1:00-5:00
Track I
Smart Technologies for Irrigation Management
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1:00
- 5:00
Track II
Predicting and Estimating Land Water Use and Understanding Pumps
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| 2:45 – 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:00 – 4:00 |
Managing
Change
Phil Sorentino
Humor Consultants |
Wonderful
World of Ornamental Grasses
Dave Dagen
Emerald Coast Growers |
Shedding
Light on Your Landscape Creations
Gary De La Vega
TerraDek Lighting |
Keeping
it Green: Top 10 Landscape Mistakes
Dr. Dough Welsh,
Texas AgriLife Extension |
Turf
Troubles
Dr. Jim McAfee
Texas AgriLife Extension |
| 4:00 – 5:00 |
Optional
CEU opportunity for all participants:
UPDATE ON PESTICIDE APPLICATORS’ LAWS & REGS
Jim Quinintilla, Texas Department of Agriculture |
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CEU Notes:
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| Participation
in any of these sessions will qualify for up to 8 CEU hours in support
of TNLA certifications. |
Participation
in the PEST MANAGEMENT track will qualify for up to 5 CEU hours
for Pesticide Applicators licensed through the
Texas Department of Agriculture. |
Participation
in the IRRIGATOR CEU track can qualify for up to 8 CEU hours for
irrigators licensed through the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality. |
Held Friday and Saturday morning from 8:00 am- 9:30 am before the trade
show opens, these education sessions offer a variety of topics in English
and Spanish. English tracks on Friday will focus on nursery greenhouse
crop production while Saturday will introduce new plants. Sessions offered
in Spanish will cover the basics for developing an Integrated Pest Management
program in addition to plant maintenance for nursery, greenhouse, and
landscape environments.
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FRIDAY August
17, 2007 |
SATURDAY, August 18, 2007 |
GROWER
EDUCATION |
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE HISPANIC WORKFORCE |
GROWER
EDUCATION |
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE HISPANIC WORKFORCE |
| Time |
English |
Spanish |
English |
Spanish |
| 8:00 - 8:40 am |
Current and Future Threats to Tree Health
in Texas
Texas AgriLife Extension |
Biology and Control of Insect Pests
Part I
Dr. Carlos Bogran
Texas AgriLife Extension |
New and Underutilized Plants
Paul Cox
San Antonio Botanical Gardens
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Pesticide Application and Management Part I
Dr. Carlos Bogran
Texas AgriLife Extension |
| 8:40 - 8:50 |
Break |
Break |
Break |
Break |
| 8:50 -9:30 am |
Plant Propagation: From the Basics in
Managing Cuttings to New Technology
Dr. Fred Davies
Texas Agrilife Research |
Biology and Control of Insect Pests
Part II
Dr. Carlos Bogran
Texas AgriLife Extension |
Recommended Plants from the Overton Center
Trials
Dr. Brent Pemberton
Texas AgriLife Research |
Pesticide Application and Management Part II
Dr. Carlos Bogran
Texas AgriLife Extension |
Phone: 512.280.5182 | Fax: 512.280.3012 | email: info@tnlaonline.org
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