08:15 – 08:30 | Bus Loading
Please meet in front of the venue for boarding.
 

08:30 | Departure to Skimikin Seed Orchard
 

10:30 – 12:30 | Morning Tour of Skimikin Seed Orchard

Presentations include:

• Bronze Birch Borer: A Potential Threat to European Birch
  Sezer Olivia Kaya and Michelle Cleary, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

• Breeding for White Pine Resistance: A Story of Collaboration
  Nicholas Ukrainetz, BC Ministry of Forests

• Screening for Pissodes strobi Resistance Amongst Interior Spruce (Picea engelmannii × glauca)
  Trevor Doerksen and Sebastian Ibarra Jimenez, BC Ministry of Forests
   

12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch
 

13:30 – 15:30 | Afternoon Tour (Continued)

Featured talks:

• The Importance of Verifying Lab Resistance: The Western White Pine Age-Related Resistance Trial
  Nicholas Ukrainetz, BC Ministry of Forests

• Resistance Isn’t Futile: Breeding Resistant and Resilient Whitebark Pine in BC
  Hayley Tumas, Charlie Cartwright, and Michael Murray, BC Ministry of Forests

• Spectral Phenotyping for Resistant Hardwood Trees
  Aziz Ebrahimi, Purdue University & Anna Conrad, USDA Forest Service

• Resilience in Real Time: Rapid Resistance Phenotyping Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
  Colton Meinecke and Caterina Villari, University of Georgia
   

16:00 | Departure to Farmstrong Cider Company
 

17:00 – 19:30 | Evening Banquet
Location: Farmstrong Cider Company
4300 Maw Rd, Armstrong, BC
https://www.farmstrongcider.com
 

19:30 – 20:00 | Return to Hotel