{"id":705,"date":"2018-05-07T11:07:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T14:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/?p=705"},"modified":"2020-10-15T11:34:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:34:44","slug":"agm-2018-dealing-with-changing-conservation-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/2018\/05\/07\/agm-2018-dealing-with-changing-conservation-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"AGM 2018 – Dealing with Changing Conservation Measures – UPDATE: Registration and Agenda now available."},"content":{"rendered":"

The organizing committee is busy working on the 2018 AVMA AGM agenda. This year the AGM will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from October 10th to 12th. The theme of this year’s meeting is Dealing with Changing Conservation Measures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Committee has booked the Hampton Inn by Hilton™ , Halifax Downtown.  The hotel is located at 1960 Brunswick St, Halifax, NS, B3J 2G7, Telephone. 902-422-1391.<\/p>\n

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We have  secured a limited blocks of rooms at the Hampton at a rate of $174\/night.  The Hampton also has a sister property right next door, the Homewood Suites.  You can also book a room there for an additional charge.  When you book, please specify you are with the Atlantic Vegetation Management Association to receive the group rate.<\/p>\n

Looking forward to seeing everyone in Halifax.<\/p>\n

The AVMA Organizing Committee.<\/p>\n

Download Agenda – Click here<\/a><\/p>\n

Download Registration Form – Click here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pay registration fees online. Choose an option:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Agenda: <\/strong>Dealing with changing conservation measures<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Annual General Meeting of Atlantic Vegetation Management Association<\/p>\n

Halifax\u2019s Silver Birch Conference Centre
\nHampton Inn by Hilton™
\n1960 Brunswick St, Halifax, N.S.<\/p>\n

October 10th<\/sup>, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

6:00PM: Executive Meeting AVMA Board
\n7:00PM \u2013 8:00PM: Registration Desk
\n7:00PM \u2013 10:00PM: Opening Ice Breaker \u2013 Connections Caf\u00e9 Silver Birch Conference Centre \u2013 Univar Canada \/ Corteva Agriscience<\/p>\n

October 11th<\/sup>, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

AVMA Annual General Meeting \u2013 Silver Birch Conference Centre<\/p>\n

8:30AM: Registration Desk
\n8:45 AM: Opening Remarks Rob Thomson, AVMA President
\n9:00 AM \u2013 9:20AM: Tebufennozide vs BTE \u2013 Andrew Morrison FPL.
\n9:20AM \u2013 9:40AM: Pesticide Certification Programs in other Jurisdictions \u2013 Jim Jotcham
\n9:40AM \u2013 10:00AM: Dealing with Government Bureaucracy  Kathy Cloutier PR Director for Paper Excellence
\n10:00AM \u2013 10:15AM: 1st<\/sup> Industry Update Brad Hayhoe BASF Canada
\n10:15AM \u2013 10:30AM: Coffee Break at Silver Birch Caf\u00e9 sponsored by Luca Tree Experts  <\/em><\/p>\n

Memorial Auction opens<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

10:30AM \u2013 10:45AM: 2nd<\/sup> Industry Update Justin Toner Corteva Agrisciences
\n10:45AM \u2013 11:10AM: Keynote Speaker Address NS Environment point of view, approvals and licensing TBD
\n11:10AM \u2013 11:30AM: Balsam Fir Sudden Death Syndrome:  Drew Carlton N.B. Energy and Resources Development
\n11:30AM \u2013 11:50AM:  Update from PMRA \u2013 Troy Troop – PMRA
\n11:45AM \u2013 12:00PM: 3rd<\/sup> Industry Update Michael Cunningham Engage Agro
\n12:00PM – 1:00PM: Lunch \u2013 Silver Birch Caf\u00e9 Sponsored by BASF Canada
\n1:15 PM to 4:15 PM: Field Tour St. Margaret\u2019s Bay, NS, NSPower Installations & NSDNR Crown Lands
\n5:00PM Return to the Hotel
\n5:30PM Group Supper \u2013 site to be determined Sponsored by NLHydro, NSPower, NBPower<\/p>\n

October 12th<\/sup>, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00AM \u2013 9:10AM: Opening Remarks Rob Thomson, AVMA President
\n9:10AM – 9:30AM:  Upcoming changes on Crown Lands in NS Forestry – TBA
\n9:30AM \u2013 9:50AM: Update from Special Committee \u2013 Shawn Hingley Committee Chair
\n9:50AM – 10:05AM 4th<\/sup> Industry Update Chad Horton Univar
\n10:05AM \u2013 10:20AM:  Coffee Break Sponsored by Engage Agro<\/p>\n

Memorial Auction Closes<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

10:20AM \u2013 10:30AM: Auction results
\n10:30AM \u2013 12:00PM: Business Meeting AVMA
\n12:00 PM – Closing lunch Sponsored by AVMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The organizing committee is busy working on the 2018 AVMA AGM agenda. This year the AGM will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from October 10th to 12th. The theme of this year’s meeting is Dealing with changing conservation measures.<\/p>\n

The Committee has booked the Hampton Inn by Hilton™ , Halifax Downtown. The hotel is located at 1960 Brunswick St, Halifax, NS, B3J 2G7, Telephone. 902-422-1391.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Agenda and Registration Form are now available. Click “Read the full story” to continue. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13,11,10],"tags":[182,128,6,183],"class_list":["post-705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agm","category-executive","category-featured","category-headline","tag-2018-avma-agm-halifax","tag-agm","tag-avma","tag-avma-agm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}