Speakers

Todd Kramer is an ISA Certified Arborist®, ISA Certified Tree Worker®, ISA Climber and Aerial Lift Specialist, TCIA Certified Tree Care Safety Professional and a Certified Crane Operator through the Crane Institute of America. Todd enjoys a refreshing and practical approach to teaching and instructing various arboriculture skill sets. He has been involved in production tree climbing for more than 30 years and has been instructing seminars on rigging, crane assisted tree removals, aerial rescue, emergency response and industry related leadership throughout the United States for more than 15 years. Todd has been very active in competitive tree climbing over his career and is a 10 time Illinois Arborist Association competitive tree climbing champion and competitor in the ISA International Tree Climbing Competition. Todd is currently the Training and Performance Manager at the family owned and operated Kramer Tree Specialists in West Chicago, Illinois. 

Dr. Daniel Burcham  is an assistant professor of arboriculture and urban forestry at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. In his research, he studies the response and durability of urban trees experiencing environmental loads, especially the wind, and he investigates changes in tree growth and stability associated with various arboricultural practices, such as pruning. He earned a PhD in Environmental Conservation, with an emphasis in forest resources and arboriculture, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and he earlier obtained a BS in landscape horticulture and MS in public horticulture from the Ohio State University and University of Delaware, respectively. For nearly 10 years, he managed an arboriculture research program at the Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology, National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore, where he contributed to advancements in the science and practice of tropical arboriculture. Today, he works with practitioners and policymakers to tangibly improve the management of community forests for the health and safety of nearby human populations. A certified arborist, he enjoys visiting and climbing large trees with other arborists in his free time.