Upcoming Conferences:
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
(Contact the PVMA office if you would like to be added to a cancellation waitlist)
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 1-ISA Credit, 1-AB & 1 SK Applicator Credit approved.
2 PM-3 PM Herbicide Formulation, Tank Mixing & Handling with Mark Johns & Thane Beagle-Corteva 1-ISA Credit, 1-BC Application Technology Credit, 1-AB approved & 1-SK approved.
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 - Sponsored by Wright Tree
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 1-ISA Credit, 1 AB, 1 BC & 1 SK Applicator credit approved.
9:30 AM-10:30 AM Legislation Updates for Pesticide Applicators with Tanya Rushcall-AB Environment & Protected Areas 1-AB Applicator Credit approved.
10:30 AM-11 AM Nutrition Break
11 AM-12 PM Effective Pesticide Discussion with the Public by Vivianne Servant 1-BC Professionalism Credit, 1-AB & 1-SK Applicator credit approved
12 PM-1 PM Lunch
1 PM-2 PM The Digital Future of Vegetation Management: Enhancing Operations, Visibility & Reporting with Kurtis Poettker-AbaData 1-ISA Credit, 1-AB approved & SK Applied for
2 PM-3 PM Vegetation Management in Utility/Rail/Energy Corridors with AI-Based Analysis of Satellite Imagery with Sean Donegan-Satelytics 1-ISA Credit, 1-BC Application Technology Credit, 1-AB approved & SK approved
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 1-AB approved
4:30 pm-5:30 pm Cocktails with Exhibitors
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM Banquet with entertainer Quick Dick McDick & Silent Auction- Sponsored by AdvantageVM & Envu
Thursday February 27, 2025
7 AM-8:15 AM Breakfast
8:15 AM-8:30 AM Greetings
8:30 AM-9:30 AM IPM response for the control of Dutch Elm Disease; A case study from Edmonton with Mike Jenkins-City of Edmonton 1-ISA Credit, 1-AB approved & SK approved
9:30 AM-10:30 AM Biochar-Turning Plant Waste into Healthy Soils with Brian Borkowicz-Davey Tree 1-ISA Credit, 1-BC Integrated Pest Management Credit, SK approved
10:30 AM-10:45 AM Closing Remarks
10:45 AM-11:15 AM Nutrition Break
PRICING:
Member* $525
Non-member $725
One Day only: $300 (no banquet)
*You must have a paid up 2025 membership to get the member pricing for the 2025 Conference
No refunds for cancellations after January 24, 2025
Registration is Now Closed
contact the PVMA office if you would like to be added to the cancellation waitlist
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.