TENTATIVE AGENDA

7:30 AM    Registration and Exhibits    
        
8:15 AM    Welcoming Address
                         Mayor Ron Meer
        
8:20 AM    Indiana's Dunes
                        Paul Labovitz, Supt., Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

8:50 AM    The Importance of Great Lakes
                        Bruno Piggott, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Environmental Management
​                        David A. Ullrich, Executive Director, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative 

9:45 AM    Break and Exhibits                


10:00 AM    W.G. Jackson
                           Janet Vail, Ph.D., Annis Water Resources Institute (AWRI)
                           Grand Valley State University

10:45 AM    Key Note Address - Blue Drop
                           George, Hawkins, Esq. CEO and General Manager,
                           District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
                                                                
11:30 PM    Lunch     (Provided)        
        
12:30 PM    Is our Environment In Jeopardy? 

1:00 PM    Clean Air the South Shore Way — Double Tracking in Michigan City
                       Nicole Barker,  Director of Capital Investment and Implementation
                       South Shore Line
        
1:30 PM    Lakes Alive
                       Greg Bright, Biologist, Commonwealth Biomonitoring
          
1:50 PM    Dunes Learning Center
                       Geof Benson, Executive Director, Dunes Learning Center

2:15 PM    Break and Exhibits
2:30 PM    Orchards Galore
                      Nathanael Pilla, Project Coordinator, Saves the Dunes
                       
3:00 PM    Septic Initiatives
                          Dorreen Carey, Education/Outreach, Indiana Dept. Natural Resources


W.G. Jackson Lake Michigan Sampling Tours will start in the afternoon; exact times TBA