Please join us on June 5 - 9, 2023 in Rohnert Park (Sonoma County), CA for the 68th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference (WIFDWC) ! The following email includes previously shared information in addition to the newly updated registration website and highlighted reminders about deadlines (the first deadline is May 6th for the hotel)! As always, you can also visit www.wifdwc.org for more information.
Registration
Register online by April 17th at:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/westerninternationalforestdiseaseworkconferencewifdwc
$325 regular registration*
$125 student registration*
$125 retiree registration*
$40 guest on field trip (transportation and food on Wednesday)
Note: Registration will be open until May 15th, but will include a late fee of $75 after April 17th.
* Includes Wednesday’s field trip (transportation and food). As per usual, this does not include Monday’s optional field trip, committee meeting breakfasts or lunches, dinners on your own, or the banquet meal. These additional costs will be charged when registering.
Location
Sonoma County encompasses both sea (the wet coastal strip) and sun (the drier, hotter, higher Mayacamas Mountains). The county features a wide variety of vegetation types, from coastal pines, redwoods, and Douglas-fir-tanoak forests to the oak woodlands and grasslands of the interior–and of course this entails a corresponding array of both native and non-native forest pathogens, including Phytophthora ramorum (cause of sudden oak death) , P. cinnamomi, Fusarium circinatum (the cause of pine pitch canker), Viscum album (European mistletoe), and many, many more.
Lodging & Conference Location (same venue!)
1 Doubletree, Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 584-5466
**Reserve your rooms before May 6th and ask for the ‘WIFDWC hotel block’ to get the Federal Government Rate ($157/night) **
Travel Options
Airports serving Sonoma County include the following:
Additionally, public train transportation serves the San Francisco area through Bay Area Rapid Transit ( BART ) and the North Bay via Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit . The SMART Train station is located at 900 Enterprise Drive in Rohnert Park, 2.2 miles away from the Doubletree conference location. Other public transportation options in Rohnert Park (bus service) are presented by Sonoma County Transit .
Agenda (still evolving)
Papers (contributed and special)
Posters
Graduate Student Introductions (“Flash-n-Dash”)
Committee Meetings
The following committees are scheduled to meet. Please contact the moderator by May 5th if you wish to have time on the agenda for a short presentation.
Day/Time |
Committee |
Moderator(s) |
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Tuesday, June 6 7:00-8:30 AM |
Dwarf Mistletoes |
Dave Shaw |
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Tuesday, June 6 12:00-1:30 PM |
Root Disease |
Blakey Lockman |
|
Wednesday, June 7 7:00-8:30 AM |
Rust |
Jane Stewart |
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Thursday, June 8 7:00-8:30 AM |
Foliage & Twig |
Kelsey Sondreli Adam Carson |
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Thursday, June 8 12:00-1:30 PM |
Nursery |
Ann Leon |
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Thursday, June 8 7:00-9:00 PM |
Climate Change |
Susan Frankel, Alex Woods, Terry Shaw |
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Friday, June 9 7:00-8:30 AM |
Hazard Tree |
Kristen Chadwick |
Silent Auction
The WIFDWC silent auction raises $1,000+ per year to support student travel. Betsy Goodrich ( anne.goodrich@usda.gov ) will be helping organize the auction. Start thinking about what you can donate and bring to the meeting for the auction. Ideas include: handmade items, books, rare journal articles, photos, jewelry, tree and fungi swag, or WIFDWC swag from years past!
Outstanding Achievement Award
Pre-meeting Field Trip (Monday afternoon)
Field Trip (Wednesday)
WIFDWC Planning Committee Contacts
To all U.S. Forest Service Employees:
The USFS Event Coordinator (EC) assigned to WIFDWC will soon be soliciting for Conference information for FY2023 to the Regional ECs. If you would like to attend WIFDWC in 2023, you MUST fill out the Attendee Detailed Cost Analysis Spreadsheet (ADCAS) located here. Please make sure you fill out the form and also route this email to any new employees in your region that might not yet be on the WIFDWC mailing list to make sure they are included. It will be submitted to the USFS EC for meetings management. If you need assistance, please get in touch with your regional conference/meetings management specialists.