Nixon Park, Oxley QLD 4075
Friday 24th & Saturday 25th of July 2020

We welcome all Climbers new and experienced to take part in this exciting competition. This year to be held at the beautiful Nixon Park in Oxley.

Tickets can be purchased below. Get in quick to secure your Early Bird pricing and your competition shirt size. Prices increase 25th May 2020.

*Competitors must have current Financial Membership with the QAA to be eligible for any placings in the national or Asia Pacific’s Competitions.

*Only FIRST TIME competitors are eligible to nominate in the Rookie Division.

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Support our climbers and the magnificent efforts they put into the competition by Sponsoring one of the individual events.

Please contact our Office to discuss sponsorship options.

Phone: 07 3821 1488

Email office@qaa.net.au

The Arboricultural Association’s 54th conference is beginning to take shape with ‘Trees & Society’ generating widespread interest from within the industry and beyond.

Public awareness of trees and their benefits is increasing with each day and they are now higher on the political agenda than ever before. ‘Trees and Society’ comes at an important time in the history of our industry and represents a fantastic opportunity to define the critical role of arboriculture in managing and shaping the future treescape.

University of Exeter, 6–9 September 2020

Trees & Society will shed light about many important questions on the significant role trees, and our industry, can play in the coming years. They include:

• Are we properly considering those benefits of trees which are impossible to quantify?
• Are the benefits of trees equally distributed across society?
• What role can trees play in education, healthcare and community cohesion?
• Why are trees important to people?
• And how can we apply these ideas to our day-to-day work?

Main Themes and Topics

Health and Wellbeing

• Physical health
• Mental wellbeing
• Trees in the health sector
• Green prescriptions
• Trees for healing and exercise

The Social Benefits of Trees

• Social cohesion
• Crime reduction
• Community engagement
• Trees in education
• The spiritual value of trees

Trees and People

• Public perception of trees
• Trees, politics and protest
• Trees, conflict and conflict resolution
• Trees in social history and mythology
• The importance of ancient trees

Equality and the Urban Forest

• Green inequity
• Green gentrification
• Diversity in arboriculture
• Trees and social justice
• Governance and policy

Innovation in Arboriculture

• New techniques
• New ideas
• New research
• New perspectives
• New voices

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MIS304: AERIAL RESCUE – Techniques for Rescuing Stuck or Injured Climbers

This is a two-day workshop based off the newly released Minimum Industry Standards (MIS) booklets produced by Arboriculture Australia. This workshop will cover Techniques for Rescuing stuck or injured climbers

All attendees will be supplied their own copy of the MIS booklet – MIS304 (AERIAL RESCUE – Techniques for Rescuing Stuck or injured climbers.)

Conference Update

When

Conference and Trade Show: 15 – 17 December, 2020

Where

After careful consideration and several weeks of discussions with officials at the Albuquerque Convention Center and the Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau, ISA is moving the 2020 ISA Annual International Conference and Trade Show to 15-17 December 2020.
 
We are excited to connect as a community to wrap up an unprecedented year and look to where the profession is headed in 2021. ISA hopes that these new dates allow time for more of our members to be able to travel, our exhibitors to operate, and our community to recover.

We plan on providing more details in the coming weeks with information on registration, housing, and a new virtual conference experience for those who may not be able to join us in person in December.
 
ISA will continue to monitor the circumstances surrounding COVID-19, coordinating with local public health officials, and provide updates as necessary. We are committed to protecting the health and safety of our attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, and staff and hosting the most successful conference possible. Thank you for your understanding and your commitment to ISA.