Troubled Waters: The Fate of the Great Lakes in a Shifting Federal Landscape
(ALL TIMES EASTERN)
Monday, November 17th
11 a.m. - Noon: Virtual Kick-Off - How Federal Funding Changes Are - And Aren't - Impacting Environmental Regulations, Clean Energy Efforts and More
Oday Salim
Director, Environmental Law & Sustainability Clinic; Co-Director, Environmental & Energy Law Program, University of Michigan
Liesl Eichler Clark
Director, Climate Action Engagement, University of Michigan
Tuesday, November 18th
6:30 p.m. - Opening Dinner - Welcome, Orientation & Telling Environment Stories Better
Overnight in Detroit
Wednesday, November 19th
6 a.m. - Breakfast at hotel kiosk
7 a.m. - Bus departs for Celina, Ohio
9:30 a.m. - Have Your Milk and Drink It, Too? MVP Dairy Cares for Cows - and Downstream Water Quality
Allison Ryan
Director, Marketing and Commuinications, MVP Dairy, LLC
Terry Mescher
H2Ohio Program Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - On Edge: Federal Funding Cuts Shrink Monitoring Capabilities and Threaten Ag Partnerships
Chris Kurt
Owner/operator, Kurt Farms
Jay Martin
Professor, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Ohio State University
Jerry McBride
Farmer & Chairman, Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
12:30 p.m. - Lunch
1 - 3 p.m. - Trickle Down Economics: As Funds Dry Up, Farmers Work to Keep Best Management Practices in the Ground
Bill Kellogg
Owner/operator, Kellogg Farms
Angela Blatt
Senior Agriculture Policy Manager, Alliance for the Great Lakes
Jeff Duling
Farmer & Chairman, Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative
Janelle Mead
CEO, Ohio Federation of Soil & Water Conservation Districts
Jessica D’Ambrosio
Ohio Agriculture Project Leader, The Nature Conservancy
3 p.m. - Bus departs for Cleveland
6 p.m. - Dinner
Overnight in Cleveland
Thursday, November 20th
7 a.m. - Breakfast at hotel
8 - 11:30 a.m. - Water Guardians: How Cleveland Keeps Watch on Water Quality
Kyle Dreyfuss Wells
CEO, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD)
Scott Broski
Superintendent of Environmental Services, NEORSD
Nivia Torres
Advanced Instrumentation Supervisor, NEORSD
Leslie Vankuren
Supervisor of Sample Control, NEORSD
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Ripple Effects: The Community-Scale Effort to Keep Cleaning the Cuyahoga
Jennifer Grieser
Director of Natural Resources, Cleveland Metroparks
1 - 2:30 p.m. - Lunch with community members
2:30 p.m. - Bus departs for Maumee Bay Lodge
6 p.m. - Dinner
Overnight in Oregon, Ohio
Friday, November 21st
7 a.m. - Breakfast at lodge
8 - 9 a.m. - For the Birds: National Wildlife Refuges Brace for Further Reductions in Staffing and Science
Additional speakers to be announced.
Aimee Arent
Executive director, Friends of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. - Lake Effect: Federal Funding Impacts to Freshwater Research
Tom Bridgeman
Director, University of Toledo Lake Erie Center
Gregory Dick
Director of the Cooperative Institute of Great Lakes Research (CIGLR), University of Michigan
Chris Winslow
Director, Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory, The Ohio State University
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. - Lake Effect: Federal Funding Cuts and Stakeholder Concerns
Additional speakers to be announced
Chuck Campbell
Project manager, Department of Public Utilities, City of Toledo
Noon - 1 p.m. - Still Forecasting Sunny Skies: How Federal Policy Will - And Won't - Impact Solar Power
Michael Heben
Director, PVIC, McMaster Endowed Chair in Photovoltaics, Distinguished University Professor, University of Toledo
1 p.m. - Lunch
2 - 4 p.m. - Out with the Old, In with the New: DTE Energy Converts Former Coal-Plant to New Battery Storage Site
Speakers to be announced
4 p.m. - Bus departs for Romulus, Mich.
6:30 - Closing dinner