IAGLR Special Meeting

Science Policy Advisory Board Kickoff Meeting: Input Sought on Strengthening the Science-Policy Linkage

Wednesday, June 13
9 - 11 a.m.
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
University Union, Lower level, Niagara A

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This spring, IAGLR conducted the Survey of Great Lakes Policy Issues, which asked Great Lakes organizations to identify and rank high-priority policy issues in the region, and to identify desired information to assist policymakers in decision-making regarding these issues.

Data collected through this survey will enable IAGLR and partner organizations to develop more focused information exchanges among Great Lakes science and policy communities and, in so doing, will help advance the scientific foundations of Great Lakes policy.

Interested representatives of participating organizations were asked to serve on a Science Policy Advisory Board to guide the project. With advisory board input, mechanisms will be developed to evaluate project outcomes and facilitate ongoing communication with policymakers to ensure that their information needs are met in a timely fashion.

The advisory board's first tasks include reviewing the survey results and reaching agreement on key issues and sets of questions for which IAGLR and partner organizations could strengthen the linkage between Great Lakes science and policy. IAGLR will convene the inaugural meeting of the SPAB to tackle these tasks in conjunction with IAGLR's Annual Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Draft Agenda

9 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions
	Overview of IAGLR's Five-Year Plan and the Joyce Foundation Grant John Hartig, President of IAGLR
	Presentation of Survey Results Steve Bocking, Trent University
	Facilitated Discussion of Survey Results and Advice from Policymakers
	Next Steps
11 a.m.	Adjournment

If your organization is interested in participating on the advisory board, or sending a representative to the kickoff meeting, please contact IAGLR President John Hartig at president@iaglr.org.

Support for this effort is being provided by the Joyce Foundation to help fulfill its mission of strengthening public policies in ways that improve the quality of life in the Great Lakes region.