The Great Lakes Calendar features events from around the region that may be of interest to Great Lakes stakeholders, with a focus on professional conferences and events relevant to research, science, policy, and education. If you have an event you would like to publicize, please submit it below!
"Inner Space to Outer Space: Great Lakes’ Contribution to Space Exploration & Research" will be presented by State of Michigan Maritime Archaeologist Wayne Lusardi. Mr. Lusardi will highlight an assortment of objects, both human-made and natural, that have fallen from space into the Great Lakes.
Join archaeologists from Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and art instructors from Art in the Loft in an exciting new interactive experience! Participants will learn about historic shipwreck artifacts and then learn the specialized techniques to illustrate them.
The Western Dredging Association 2020 Midwest Chapter Meeting will take place March 24-26, 2020, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Participants and presenters are sought regarding best dredging practices and innovation in the Midwest and beyond.
Please join the Great Lakes HABs Collaborative for a webinar highlighting Lakewide Management under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and lake-by-lake reports on HAB-related issues and research.
This presentation will discuss how Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority uses data from two long-term coastal wetland monitoring programs to set goals and objectives and evaluate project success.
The 15th Annual Lake Erie Conference will have speakers on a variety of topics of interest to Lake Erie stakeholders, including Asian carp, water levels, the growing manure problem in the western basin of Lake Erie, and more.
It is not yet spring and already the five Great Lakes are currently near or exceeding record levels due to an abundance of precipitation, highlighted by rainfall and snow melt. Impacts and challenges to those in and around the basin will be discussed in this webinar.
The Annex 9: Climate Change Impacts Binational Subcommittee under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement invites you to attend a webinar on the Dibaginjigaadeg Anishinaabe Ezhitwaad Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu taking place April 17 at 11:30 AM (EST).
As spring finally begins to appear around the Great Lakes, volunteers are heading out to beaches for a spring cleaning. The Alliance for the Great Lakes’ Adopt-a-Beach program mobilizes thousands of volunteers who give back to their local beaches each year.
The 2020 Great Lakes Water Infrastructure Conference, a first-of-its-kind regional conference hosted by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), will identify the water infrastructure challenges faced by the Great Lakes region and discuss solutions to those challenges.
A webinar hosted by the International Joint Commission (IJC) on high water levels in the Great Lakes will take place on Friday, May 8 at 12:00pm (EDT) in English and at 9:30am (EDT) in French.
The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation Board of Directors and staff are pleased to invite you to attend the 11th biennial ‘Is the Coast Clear?’ Lake Huron conference being held May 12-13, 2020 at the Oakwood Resort in Grand Bend, Ontario.
Biological control agents introduced into the U.S. for control of invasive hydrilla have been partially effective and new agents are needed, especially those adapted to cooler climates/environments. Since 2014, extensive surveys of hydrilla have been conducted in Asia, particularly China and the Republic of Korea, where U.S. introductions were thought to have originated. Samples were […]
Each year, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Annual Conference invites panelists and speakers to talk on a central theme concerning municipalities and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.
Discover the past with us on the historic U.S. Brig Niagara! Live aboard the ship for a college-level program focusing on the fundamentals of square-rig seamanship and comparative public history. Program begins and ends in Erie, PA, and will include sailing voyages to the major maritime museums and monuments of Lake Erie.
Get ready for the coolest competition of the year: area students from local teams flying hand-built, remote controlled robots through a challenging series of precision maneuvers - all in under 15 minutes - underwater. The public is welcome to observe the MATE Regional ROV competition, an annual underwater robotics competition for students.
Due to COVID-19, the 2020 Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting has been canceled. Please cancel your travel plans for Kenosha, and save the date for our 2020 Annual Meeting, to be held September 15-17 in Erie, Pennsylvania.
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission will hold a public Annual Meeting May 27-28, 2020, in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario. At this meeting, the public can learn about and discuss developments in the Great Lakes fishery. Commissioners and the U.S. and Canadian Committees of Advisors will hold meetings here as well.
For the past 27 years, the River Institute has hosted an annual Symposium to bring together researchers and stakeholders to explore issues and challenges facing large rivers and their watersheds. This sharing of knowledge is powerful as it leads to a better understanding of fresh water resources and ecosystems, as well as the development of strategies for renewal and protection.
Scientists from across the globe will gather in the heart of North America in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for IAGLR's 63rd Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. Hosted by IISD Experimental Lakes Area, the conference will feature four days of scientific sessions, speakers, and discussions centered around the theme 2020: Focusing on the Future.