Linked below are some of the presentations (PDF) from the 2009 Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting. The meeting took place Sept. 29-30 in Erie, Pennsylvania.
If you would like further information on speakers and presentations, please contact Tim Eder at teder@glc.org or 734-971-9135.
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Tuesday, Sept. 29
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Call to Order
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Todd Ambs, Vice Chair
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Keynote Remarks
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Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper
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Welcome to Erie
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Mayor Joseph Sinnott
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Roll Call
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Tom Crane, Deputy Director
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Report of the Chair
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Todd Ambs, Vice Chair
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Report of the Executive Director
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Tom Crane, Deputy Director
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Presentation and Discussion:
Federal Efforts to Protect and Restore
the Great Lakes
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Presentation Panel Moderator: Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to U.S. EPA
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• U.S. Federal agencies panel discussion -
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
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Charles Wooley, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Michael Greer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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• Canadian Restoration Activities
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Kerry Mitchell, Office of the Consulate General of Canada in Buffalo
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Observer Comments
• Ducks Unlimited views on GLRI
• Update from IJC on Upper Great Lakes Study
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Observers to the Great Lakes Commission
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GLC Member's Views on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
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Commissioners
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• Update from states on
plans for implementation
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• Review of draft recommendations
on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
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Matt Doss, Policy Director
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Business of the Great lakes Commission
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Todd Ambs, Vice Chair
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Adjourn
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Wednesday, Sept. 30
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Call to Order
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Todd Ambs, Vice Chair
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Keynote: Challenges for the Great Lakes Cruise Industry
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Ray Schreckengost, Executive Director, Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority
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Panel: Water Conservation and the Energy-Water Nexus
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Moderator: Marc Miller, Director, Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources Commissioner
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Mary Ann Dickinson, Executive Director, Alliance for Water Efficiency
John Gasper, Strategic Area Manager, Environmental Assessment Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Michael Webber, Associate Director, Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Texas-Austin
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Briefing and Update: Regulating Ballast Water Discharges
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Capt. Lorne Thomas,, U.S. Coast Guard, Ninth District
Chris Wiley, Fisheries and Oceans Canada/ Transport Canada
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Business: Resolutions and Action Items
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Todd Ambs, Vice Chair
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Resolutions and Action Items
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Commissioners
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• Resolution on water-energy
• Action item - Recommendations on GLRI
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Action item - GLWQA Review
• Election of Officers
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Invitation to 2010 Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Days events in Washington D.C. |
Todd Ambs, Vice Chair
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Adjourn
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