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Program

The State of Lake Huron Conference will be a multi-day conference and will include invited sessions and abstracts, plenary sessions, field trips, and associated meetings. Events take place in the Conference Center at SVSU (Curtiss Hall) unless noted.
(Last revised September 27, 2019)

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  • Tuesday, Oct. 8
  • 6–8 p.m.

    Informal Welcome Gathering

    Pierce Road Bar and Grill
    2903 Pierce Rd, Saginaw

  • Wednesday, Oct. 9
  • 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

    Registration

    Second floor atrium

  • 7:30–8:15 a.m.

    Coffee and Networking

    Second floor atrium

  • 8:15 a.m.

    Welcome Remarks

    Rhea Miller Recital Hall

    David Karpovich, Saginaw Valley State University
    Shannon Briggs, Great Lakes Beach Association

  • 8:30–10:10 a.m.

    Concurrent Sessions

    Seminar Rooms E, F, G

    (View schedule)

  • 10 a.m.–5:40 p.m.

    Exhibitors

    Second floor atrium

  • 10:10–10:30 a.m.

    Break

  • 10:30–11:50 a.m.

    Concurrent Sessions

    Seminar Rooms E, F, G

    (View schedule)

  • 11:50 a.m.–12:50 p.m.

    Welcome & Plenary

    Rhea Miller Recital Hall

    Plenary will be live-streamed starting at noon. Watch online.

    Native American Welcome
    Welcome: Michael Twiss
    IAGLR Past President introduces the International Joint Commission (IJC)
    The IJC is visiting communities and groups across the Great Lakes basin to familiarize the six new IJC commissioners with their constituents. One IJC desire is to have commissioners meet with undergraduate and graduate students interested in the Great Lakes to hear their views on what they believe and know is important about the Great Lakes and how they can be protected. Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY, was selected to host the commissioners and have them meet with students. The commissioners will introduce themselves to conference participants via remote feed from Clarkson.

    Michael Kelly Plenary: Saginaw Bay WIN - Building Support for Restoration in Michigan's Largest Watershed
    Michael Kelly
    Director, The Conservation Fund Great Lakes Office

    Michael (Mike) Kelly is the director of The Conservation Fund's Great Lakes Office in Bay City, Michigan, and has served in that capacity since 2000. He is responsible for programs such as the Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network as well as land acquisition and conservation financing around the Great Lakes region through The Conservation Fund’s Great Lakes Revolving Loan Fund program.

  • 12:50–1:50 p.m.

    Lunch

    Marketplace at Doan

  • 2–3:40 p.m.

    Concurrent Sessions

    Seminar Rooms E, F, G

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  • 3:40–4 p.m.

    Break

  • 4–5:40 p.m.

    Concurrent Sessions

    Seminar Rooms E, F, G

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  • 5:45–6:45 p.m.

    Poster Reception

    Banquet Room

    View posters. Reception includes appetizers and drinks

  • 7–8:30 p.m.

    Public Gathering

    Rhea Miller Recital Hall

    Overview of state of Lake Huron, actions agencies are taking, and actions we all can take to protect the lake, followed by guest speaker.

    Jane Keon 21 Years and Counting: A Toxic Town Fights Back
    Jane Keon
    Secretary and Founding Member, Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force

    Keon is a founding member of Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force, an EPA-sanctioned Community Advisory Group monitoring the cleanup of three Superfund sites, a radioactive site and other contaminated sites in St. Louis, Michigan.

  • Thursday, Oct. 10
  • 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

    Registration

    Second floor atrium

  • 7:30–8:15 a.m.

    Coffee and Networking

    Second floor atrium

  • 7:30 a.m.–5:40 p.m.

    Exhibitors

    Second floor atrium

  • 8:15 a.m.

    Morning Remarks

    Mark Fisher, Council of the Great Lakes Region
    Ed Verhamme, International Association for Great Lakes Research

  • 8:30–10:10 a.m.

    Concurrent Sessions

    Seminar Rooms E, F, G

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  • 10:10–10:30 a.m.

    Break

  • 10:30–11:50 a.m.

    Concurrent Sessions

    Seminar Rooms E, F, G

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  • 11:50 a.m.–12:50 p.m.

    Plenary

    Banquet Room

    Mark Fisher Plenary will be live-streamed. Watch online.

    Discussion: A science policy conversation with the Council of the Great Lakes Region and International Association for Great Lakes Research featuring Mark Fisher, CEO, Council of the Great Lakes Region and Paul Sibley, President, IAGLR, with closing remarks by U.S. Rep Dan Kildee (D-Flint Township) (11:50-12:35)

    Update: Lake Huron Lakewide Management Plan, Elizabeth LaPlante, Lake Superior Manager, Great Lakes National Program Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (12:35-12:50)

  • 12:50–1:50 p.m.

    Lunch

    Marketplace at Doan

  • 2–4 p.m.

    Concurrent Sessions

    Seminar Rooms E, F, G

    (View schedule)

  • 4–4:20 p.m.

    Break

  • 4:20–5:40 p.m.

    Concurrent Sessions

    Seminar Rooms E, F, G

    (View schedule)

  • 5:40–6:40 p.m.

    CSMI Summary Session

    Banquet Room

    Pizza and cash bar.

  • 6:45–8:45

    Movie Night

    Banquet Room

    Documentary Screening of Making Waves: Battle for the Great Lakes, a 2-hour documentary about the effects of aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes and the efforts underway to control and prevent them.

  • Friday, Oct. 11
  • 9–10 a.m.

    Workshop: Beach Sanitary Surveys

    Science East Building, Room 203

    Julie Kinzelman, City of Racine, WI

  • 10–11 a.m.

    Workshop: qPCR Laboratory Tour and Great Lakes Source Tracking

    Science East Building, Room 203

    Tami Sivy, SVSU; Shannon Briggs, GLBA

  • 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

    Field Trips

    All leaving from SVSU at 11 a.m. Each of the following is limited to 11 participants.

    Upper Saginaw River tour on the Cardinal II boat
    David Karpovich, SVSU

    SVSU Mobile Research Lab and Bay City State Park beach tour
    James McEvoy, SVSU

    Bay County farm conservation tour
    Martin Arford, SVSU