Svenska Trädföreningen

The Swedish Tree Associations Annual Tree Conference 2025 in Gothenburg

4-5 of November

Welcome to The Swedish Tree Associations Annual Tree Conference 2025!

The conference will be held at the Chalmers Conference Centre during two full days. The conference features an international day with English speaking speakers on November 4th. The second day will all be in Swedish on November 5th. With this, we provide attendees with the choice to attend either one or both days. Each day you will have eight lectures with speakers from different countries and disciplines.

Venue: Chalmers Conference Centre, Chalmersgatan 1, 412 58 Göteborg

Register for the conference!

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Speakers

Day 1

  • Henk van Scherpenzeel, Tree expert and tree technical advisor, Netherlands
    Tree impact assessment & Tree protection plan

  • Olena V. Vakarenko, Certified Tree Inspector, Independent researcher, Kyiv, Ukraine.
    Arboriculture — a Job for Superhumans

  • Philipp Sattler, Dipl. Ing. Landscape Architect, Managing Director Initiative Historical Gardens in Climate Change, Berlin, Germany.
    The wide range of damaging events affecting trees in parks and gardens

  • Johanna Krischke, MSc, Research Assistant, Freiburg Universitet, Germany.
    Relationship Between Urban Tree Diversity and Human Well-being: Implications for Urban Planning

  • Kathrin Blumestein, Chair of Pathology of Trees, Institute of Forestry, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Germany.
    Emerging microbial pathogens in urban trees causing an increased safety risk due to host expansion in a changing climate

  • Kristin Moldestad, Cand. agric. in horticulture and ISA Certified Arborist, Trekontoret AS, Norway
    Identification of Trees by Their Roots

  • Angelo Vecchiato, Project Engineer, Municipal Tree Nursery at the City of Munich, Germany.
    The Role of Technical Standards in Shaping Urban Forest Potential: A Comparative Study

  • Greg Packman, Arboricultural Officer, The Royal Parks in London, UK.
    Massaria disease of plane - The Science and Management

Day 2 - NOTE, this day will be in Swedish

  • Lasse Tarviainen, Plant ecophysiologist, University of Gothenburg

  • Astrid Fridell, PhD, University of Gothenburg

  • Henrik Sjöman, Gothenburg Botanical Garden/Swedish Agricultural University/Royal Botanic Garden Kew, UK

  • Ann Häger, Strategist, City of Malmö

  • Frederik Ek, ETW certified arborist, Aktiv Trädvård

  • Anna Brandeby Harström, Biodiversity Advisor, City of Trollhättan

  •  Per Stjernbeg, certified arborist and tree manager at the Cementery Administration, City of Stockholm
    & Peter Hjelmqvist, certified araborist, Hjelmqvist’s trädvård

Download the Conference program here!

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Prices

  • Member of the Swedish Tree Association. Day one - 3 300 SEK (excl. VAT)

  • Member of the Swedish Tree Association. Day two - 3 300 SEK (excl. VAT)

  • Member of the Swedish Tree Association. Both days - 4 400 SEK (excl. VAT)

  • Non-member of the Swedish Tree Association. Day one - 4 100 SEK (excl. VAT)

  • Non-member of the Swedish Tree Association. Day two - 4 100 SEK (excl. VAT)

  • Non-member of the Swedish Tree Association. Both days - 5 100 SEK (excl. VAT)

  • Non-member of the Swedish Tree Association, who becomes a member. Day one - 3 800 SEK (excl. VAT)

  • Non-member of the Swedish Tree Association, who becomes a member. Day two - 3 800 SEK (excl. VAT)

  • Non-member of the Swedish Tree Association, who becomes a member. Both days - 4 900 SEK (excl. VAT)

  • Student. Both days, excluding dinner Nov 6th - 1 350 SEK (excl. VAT)

  • Student. Both days, including dinner Nov 6th - 1 850 SEK (excl. VAT)

  • Student. Day one - 750 SEK (excl. VAT)

  • Student. Day two - 750 SEK (excl. VAT)

  • Journalists - 0 SEK

  • Gold or silver sponsors who don't exhibit - 0 SEK

Exhibitors

As every annual Tree conference, we welcome sponsors to exhibit during the conference in the entrance hall. As an exhibitor, you use the same link as the conference participants in the top of the webpage.

Ackommodation in Gothenburg

All around Gothenburg, there are a large number of hotels in various price ranges. We have arranged special rates for participants at several hotels, which have been provisionally booked for participants of Träddagarna. Below is a list of the hotels and the final dates for the discounted rates.

Elite Park Avenue Hotel
Kungsportsavenyen 36-38, 411 36 Gothenburg
Room boknings via the link below:
Svenska trädföreningen - Booking link
The discount can be booked, subject to availability, up until the day of arrival.

Scandic Rubinen
Kungsportsavenyen 24, 400 14 Gothenburg
Room boknings via Scandics homepage: 
www.scandichotels.se
Standard room: 1390 SEK/night incl. VAT*
* For 1 person. For 2 persons an additional 200SEK incl. VAT per room/night.
Discount Code: BSCR031125
Last date for discount November 3rd!

Scandic Europa
Nils Ericsonsgatan 21, 411 03 Gothenburg
Room boknings via Scandics homepage: 
www.scandichotels.se
Standard room: 1290 SEK/night incl. VAT*
* For 1 person. For 2 persons an additional 200SEK incl. VAT per room/night.
Discount Code: BSCE031125
Last date for discount November 3rd!