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!
Please join us March 3-5 for the 2026 Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Day in Washington, D.C.!
This is an in-person classroom style event with multiple speakers designed for continuing education for soil and water conservation professionals
Every three years, the International Joint Commission (IJC) assesses progress towards the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement’s goals for drinkable, fishable, swimmable Great Lakes. Share your perspectives to help inform the IJC’s independent advice to Canadian and US governments.
Hosted by the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus, The Council of State Governments' Midwestern Legislative Conference and the AAAS Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues, this webinar will cover the economics of data centers and key considerations for state policymakers: revenue generation, job creation and more.
Strengthening science on the African Great Lakes through a highly collaborative network of freshwater experts.
ODNR Old Woman Creek Reserve and the Office of Coastal Management offer this training to equip participants with skills to implement resilient shoreline techniques along Lake Erie.
The lake committees are composed of representatives from the state, tribal and provincial agencies that are responsible for day-to-day fishery management on the lakes.
Every three years, the International Joint Commission (IJC) assesses progress towards the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement’s goals for drinkable, fishable, swimmable Great Lakes. Share your perspectives to help inform the IJC’s independent advice to Canadian and US governments.
Every three years, the International Joint Commission (IJC) assesses progress towards the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement’s goals for drinkable, fishable, swimmable Great Lakes. Share your perspectives to help inform the IJC’s independent advice to Canadian and US governments.
Seminar title: Harnessing genomics to characterize diversity in Great Lakes ciscoes across space and time.
Seminar title: Exploring the role of nitrogen substrate availability in the ecology of Microcystis-dominated CyanoHABs
The 2026 Western Dredging Association Midwest Chapter meeting will be held April 21-23, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Save the date for the 2026 Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Annual Conference.
This presentation will share key insights from National Wildlife Federation programs, and outline research and extension needs to scale up adoption in the Great Lakes region.
You're invited to the joint conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research and the Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences.
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.
GreenTech 2026 is Green Marine's 19th annual conference. Green Marine targets key environmental issues related to biodiversity protection air, water and soil quality, and community relations.
The 2026 Dredging Summit & Expo is a technical conference organized by the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) to promote the exchange of knowledge in fields related to dredging, navigation, marine engineering, and construction.
In 2026, the American Fisheries Society returns to the city of Columbus, Ohio, for the first time since 1933.
The 2026 conference is focused on the scientific, economic, and environmental value associated with the high-resolution mapping of the Great Lakes.