Program

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From Great Lakes Flow Mighty Rivers is this year's theme.

Tentative Program. Last updated October 4, 2011.

Sunday, May 13
IAGLR Board Meeting
Nav Centre
Short Courses/Workshops
Registration Open
Evening Welcome Mixer
Nav Centre
Monday, May 14
Opening Ceremonies & Awards (Traditional Native Opening)
Stuart BunnPlenary Session
Rivers as Connected Ecosystems
Featuring Stuart Bunn
Director, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
Campbell Hall
Scientific Sessions
Poster Social with Exhibitors
Stone HouseStudent Mixer
Stone House
Tuesday, May 15
Scientific Sessions
Kelly MunkittrickPlenary Session
A new paradigm for monitoring the cumulative effects of stressors in the Great Lakes
Featuring Kelly Munkittrick
Scientific Director, Canada Research Chair in Ecosystem Health Assessment, Canadian Rivers Institute; Professor, Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick
Campbell Hall
IAGLR Business Lunch
Campbell Hall
Scientific Sessions
IAGLR Hockey Game
Benson Center
Community Tours/Evening Out
Wednesday, May 16
Scientific Sessions
Gail KrantzbergPlenary Session
Complex science is no match for impaired governance
Featuring Gail Krantzberg
Professor and Director of the Centre for Engineering and Public Policy in the School of Engineering Practice McMaster University
Campbell Hall
Scientific Sessions
IAGLR Banquet
Campbell Hall
Thursday, May 17
Scientific Sessions
Sarah BaileyPlenary Session
Current state of ballast water as a vector of introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes
Featuring Sarah Bailey
Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Principal Investigator with the NSERC Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network; Adjunct Professor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (University of Windsor) and the University of Toronto (Scarborough)
Campbell Hall
Closing ceremonies (Traditional Native Closing)