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!
Join us for a conversation with author and Great Lakes advocate Sally Cole-Misch about connecting with nature, place and each other through her multi-award-winning novel, The Best Part of Us. Her novel has been called the "Where the Crawdads Sing for the Great Lakes."
Join us on October 16-18 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, for the 21st Annual Great Lakes Beach Association (GLBA) Conference.
Get ready to dive into the world of nutrients and algae! Register for our upcoming public webinar, Striking a Balance: Nutrients and Algae in Lake Ontario, taking place on Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 12 p.m. ET.
The Pennsylvania Lake Management Society is proud to welcome the 2023 North American Lake Management Society Conference to Lake Erie.
This free event will take place both online and in-person in Cornwall, ON, Canada. For our 30th Anniversary, we hope to highlight the past, present and future of the St. Lawrence River, its tributaries and interconnected systems.
The Midwest Climate Resilience Conference (MCRC) is intended to provide a venue for meaningful climate adaptation and resilience dialogue amongst a diverse set of voices and perspectives including representatives from communities who are most impacted.
The Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative’s Place-Based Education Conference is a three-day event designed to inspire and support a community of educators around the power of place-based learning.
This seminar provides guidance on creating and navigating the pathway to equitable, inclusive research partnerships.
Topic: What causes seiches, why is western New York prone to Lake Erie seiche events, how do they impact the shoreline, best practices for public and private landowners interested in making shoreline properties more resilient to winter weather events.
Seminar title: How Environmental Justice Law & Policy Has Been Shaping Great Lakes Protection & Restoration
Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is hosting a networking and educational event discussing the Michigan Food System Waste Reduction RoadMap.
Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and Kalsec are hosting a networking and educational event discussing the Michigan Food System Waste Reduction RoadMap.
Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and Make Food Not Waste are hosting a networking and educational event discussing the Michigan Food System Waste Reduction RoadMap.
The Healthy Headwaters Lab, at the Great Lakes Institute of Environmental Research, at the University of Windsor is organizing a series of workshops around the Ecosystem Approach.
Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and Gordon Food Service are hosting a networking and educational event discussing the Michigan Food System Waste Reduction RoadMap.
Join EGLE and its partners for Michigan’s inaugural State of the Western Lake Erie Basin Conference, where featured speakers will discuss topics related to phosphorus management in the Western Lake Erie Basin.
Please join us on Wednesday, December 13th from 10:30-12:00 pm eastern / 9:30-11:00 pm central for a webinar that will provide updates on work under the Nutrients Annex of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA).
In this seminar, Bill Currie will present the development and applications of the Mondrian model, which was designed to link across four levels of organization in coastal wetlands.
This talk will focus on nutrient reductions at two wetlands: Brooks Park flowing into Buckeye Lake, a hypereutrophic lake experiencing annual harmful algal blooms.
“Finding a Balance” is the theme of this year’s Ontario Invasive Plant Council Conference!