Upcoming Conferences:
AGENDA
Tuesday February 25, 2025
11 AM-12:45 PM Registration
12:45 PM-1 PM Conference Welcome
1 PM-2 PM Drone Deposition: Opportunities & Challenges with Markus Weber-Landview Drones
2 PM-3 PM Herbicide Formulation, Tank Mixing & Handling with Mark Johns & Thane Beagle-Corteva
3 PM-3:30 PM Nutrition Break
3:30 – 5:00 PM Annual General Meeting
5:00 – 7:30 PM Meet & Greet Sponsored by Corteva & Veseris
Wednesday February 26, 2025
7 AM-8:15 AM Breakfast
8:15 AM-8:30 AM Greetings
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Vegetation Management of Rights-of-Way for Ecosystem Services with Milo Mihajlovich-Retired RPF
9:30 AM-10:30 AM Legislation Updates for Pesticide Applicators with Devon Smiegielski-AB Environment & Protected Areas
10:30 AM-11 AM Nutrition Break
11 AM-12 PM Effective Pesticide Discussion with the Public by Vivianne Servant
12 PM-1 PM Lunch
1 PM-2 PM The Digital Future of Vegetation Management: Enhancing Operations, Visibility & Reporting with Kurtis Poettker-AbaData
2 PM-3 PM Vegetation Management in Utility/Rail/Energy Corridors with AI-Based Analysis of Satellite Imagery with Sean Donegan-Satelytics
3 PM-3:30 PM Nutrition Break
3:30 PM-4:30 PM The Promise & Problems of the “New View” of Safety with Mike Fears-Sr Manager Compliance & HSEMS
4:30 pm-5:30 pm Cocktails
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM Banquet with entertainer Quick Dick McDick & Silent Auction
Thursday February 27, 2025
7 AM-8:15 AM Breakfast
8:15 AM-8:30 AM Greetings
8:30 AM-9:30 AM Status of Dutch Elm Disease with Mike Jenkins-City of Edmonton
9:30 AM-10:30 AM Biochar-Turning Plant Waste into Healthy Soils
10:30 AM-10:45 AM Closing Remarks
10:45 AM-11:15 AM Nutrition Break
ISA & Pesticide Applicator Credits for Alberta, BC & Saskatchewan will be available
PRICING:
Early Bird Pricing in effect EXTENDED TO January 23, 2025
Early Bird Member*: $475 Late Member* $525
Early Bird Non-member $675 Late Non-member $725
One Day only: $375
Extra Banquet Ticket: $75
*You must have a paid up 2025 membership to get the member pricing for the 2025 Conference
**Refunds for cancelled registrations will be subject to a $100 admin fee. No refunds for cancellations after January 21, 2025
Special pricing for hotel rooms with River Cree.
Book hotel rooms by calling 1-844-425-2733 (24/7) and mention PVMA OR on-line link: https://reservations.travelclick.com/104191?groupID=4387202
Sponsorship & Tradeshow Exhibitor Opportunities
Banquet Entertainer "Quick Dick McDick"
After growing up as a cowboy on a PFRA Community Pasture, life took this guy from Eastern Saskatchewan to a “temporary winter oilfield job” in Alberta that wound up turning into a 20-year career in the oil and gas sector. After working throughout Western Canada from the plains of southern Saskatchewan to the Rockies to the frozen tundra of the Arctic, Dickson Delorme moved home to Tuffnell, Saskatchewan in the fall of 2019 and accidentally created a social media character named Quick Dick McDick. Now when he’s not planting crops, haying or pulling calves he can be found on the internet, in small town halls or in theatres doing his best to make folks laugh at this crazy world we live in.