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!
A free, one-hour livestream conversation with world-renowned water activist Maude Barlow. FLOW Executive Director Liz Kirkwood will lead the discussion with Ms. Barlow, following a video tribute by FLOW founder Jim Olson. Audience questions will be encouraged.
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in-person meeting will be held in St. Catharines, Ontario on June 22-24.
Seven years after being launched in Chicago, the premier Great Lakes Economic Forum, hosted by the Council of the Great Lakes Region, is returning to the city to showcase the region’s socioeconomic and environmental strengths and assets and engage regional public, private, and non-profit sector leaders on strategic global, continental and regional issues impacting the bi-national Great Lakes region’s long-term competitiveness and sustainability.
Stone Laboratory and Ohio Sea Grant at The Ohio State University will host a live web event for NOAA’s annual HABs Forecast for western Lake Erie on June 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET.
Dredging operations are a crucial part in maintaining navigation channels. Historically, dredged material has been stored in confined disposal facilities (CDFs), particularly when the material is determined to be contaminated. Due to the limited space currently available within CDFs nationwide, new methods for sediment placement and use are currently being investigated.
Please join the Great Lakes Commission for a webinar on July 21, 2022, presenting the GLC's collaborative blueprint on approaches for advancing Great Lakes water infrastructure.
Learn nature-based ways to address shoreline erosion and about the shoreline project permitting process for the St. Lawrence River region in New York State with presenters from New York Sea Grant, New York State DEC, St. Lawrence County Planning Department, and Save The River.
New York Sea Grant (NYSG) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) host this July 25th, 1-3 pm Summer 2022 Great Lakes Ecosystem Education Exchange (GLEEE) professional development workshop for teachers, environmental educators, and homeschoolers.
The American Great Lakes Ports Association (AGLPA) will hold its 2022 Summer meeting on July 26th & 27th in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
New York Sea Grant (NYSG) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) host this July 26th, 1-3 pm Summer 2022 Great Lakes Ecosystem Education Exchange (GLEEE) professional development workshop for teachers, environmental educators, and homeschoolers.
New research from Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Lab and the Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative.
This presentation will discuss expected climate change impacts, forest vulnerability and tree species projections for the Western Great Lake States, provide an overview of the Adaptation Workbook approach for incorporating climate change into land management planning, and examine a demonstration project that utilized the Adaptation Workbook.
New York Sea Grant (NYSG) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) host this August 8th, 1-3:30 pm Summer 2022 Great Lakes Ecosystem Education Exchange (GLEEE) professional development workshop for teachers, environmental educators, and homeschoolers.
New York Sea Grant (NYSG) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) host this August 9th, 1-3:30 pm Summer 2022 Great Lakes Ecosystem Education Exchange (GLEEE) professional development workshop for teachers, environmental educators, and homeschoolers.
Annex 9 of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, Climate Change Impacts cordially invites you to our next scheduled quarterly webinar.
This conference of the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program will feature roundtable discussions to share solutions for reducing nutrient and sediment pollution in the Great Lakes.
Beach visits play an important role in Ohio’s $15 billion tourism industry, but water quality issues like harmful algal blooms and E. coli outbreaks can negatively affect beachgoers and discourage them from returning to a favorite spot.
The American Fisheries Society will host the 152nd AFS Annual Meeting, August 21-25, 2022, in Spokane, Washington. The meeting theme is “What Do Fish Mean to Us?”
This event is a hybrid virtual one-day conference & two-day in-person work summit entitled “The Ecosystem Approach in the 21st Century: Guiding Science and Management” hosted by the University of Windsor.
On August 25th, two of Michigan’s greatest environmental authors—Dave Dempsey and Jerry Dennis—will join together on stage to talk about protecting the Great Lakes, the threats our water supply are facing, the dangers of climate change to our natural surroundings, and other topics covered in their books Great Lakes for Sale, Up North in Michigan and The Living Great Lakes.