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!
The Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) presents the Great Lakes Seminar Series - Flying Slime: Lakes, Aerosols, and Harmful Algal Blooms (Andrew Ault).
The Great Lakes Water Quality Board (WQB) of the International Joint Commission (IJC) is hosting a virtual public meeting on July 27, 2023.
Join Michigan Sea Grant Environmental Intern, Madalyn Saddler, as she takes a deep dive into freshwater acidification research, discussing what freshwater acidification is, its relevance to the Great Lakes ecosystem, and how the sanctuary is using the project to connect people to climate change in the Great Lakes.
The Great Lakes Watershed Field Course (GLWFC) is a 4-day professional development experience for teachers throughout the Great Lakes region.
Chris Roxburgh will be sharing his photos and historical information on the shipwrecks of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
The American Fisheries Society, President April Croxton, and the Michigan Chapter are excited to host the 153rd AFS Annual Meeting, August 20-24, 2023 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The Great Lakes Dredging Team face-to-face Meeting will take place in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, at the Soo Locks!
The the Great Lakes Educators of Aquatic and Marine Science (GLEAMS) Coastal Cleanup takes place from September 7 through October 7.
The GLLC Annual Meeting brings state and provincial legislators together from across the Great Lakes region to consider actions and resolutions, learn about Great Lakes policy, and build relationships across jurisdictions.
The 19th annual Toledo Lighthouse Festival Maumee Bay State Park will take place Sept. 9 & 10, from 10-5,
on the shores of Lake Erie.
Please save the date for the 11th Great Lakes Areas of Concern Conference, taking place in Green Bay, Wisconsin on September 13-14, 2023.
Workshop participants will learn the fundamentals of anaerobic digestion and tour a new anaerobic digester that is designed to treat manure from three large dairy farms and generate renewable energy from manure.
Vampire fish are invading the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center! September’s seminar will feature Dr. Andrea Miehls of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission and a tank full of writhing sea lampreys.
Join us in Huron, Ohio, for the 2023 Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve Research Symposium and Open House.
Join the Alliance for the Great Lakes for September Adopt-a-Beach on Saturday, September 23rd. September Adopt-a-Beach takes place in conjunction with the International Coastal Cleanup, so you’ll be joining millions of people caring for their local shorelines all over the world.
Join the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes Science Advisory Board and Great Lakes Water Quality Board for a discussion about two new reports on progress toward nutrient management in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
Learn about the state of invasive species in Lake Erie at our upcoming webinar, “Aquatic Invasive Species in Lake Erie” on September 28, 2023 at 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET) as part of our Let’s Talk Lake Erie webinar series!
The 3rd International Workshop on Waves, Storm Surges and Coastal Hazards will be hosted by the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana in October 2023.
Please plan to join us for the 2023 Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting, to be held at the Maumee Bay Lodge & Conference Center in Oregon, Ohio, October 3-5, 2023!
Come join us in Cleveland for the 2023 Great Lakes Conference! After a successful return to an in-person conference last year, we have decided to further expand our agenda and meet for two full days rather than a day-and-a-half.