Final
Call for Abstracts and Notice for Online Registration
Joint Conference
Lake Michigan: State of the Lake ? 4th Biennial
Conference
and
Great
Lakes Beach
Association ? 5th Annual Meeting
November 2-3, 2005
KI Convention Center and Regency
Suites
Green
Bay, WI
Please join us in
Green Bay, WI
for the joint Lake 4THLake
Michigan: State of the Lake Conference and Great Lakes Beach
Association Meeting. The conference brings together scientists, resource
managers, planners, policy makers, officials, students, and citizens working to
improve and protect Lake Michigan and all Great
Lakes beaches.
The theme for this year's conference is Restoring Lake Michigan and
Green Bay ?
Assessing What is Possible.
This is the final call for papers; our apologies
for cross-postings. All interested
persons are invited to submit abstracts for consideration. Both oral and poster presentations will
require an abstract. The abstract submittal deadline has been
extended to August 12, 2005.
Authors will be notified of
acceptance by September 2, 2005. Authors must follow the abstract format
and submission instructions found on the conference web site, http://www.aqua.wisc.edu/solm/.
We encourage authors to submit abstracts for specific
session topics but also will consider general contributions.
State of Lake
Michigan/State of Green
Bay Session Topics
- Contaminants and Sediment Remediation
- Monitoring, TMDLs and the Lake
Michigan Mass Balance Study
- Eutrophication and Harmful Algal Blooms
- Fisheries, Food Webs and Aquatic Nuisance Species
- Coastal Habitat Protection, Restoration, and LaMP
Targets/Indicators
- Coastal Dynamics
- Great Lakes Observing Systems and Remote Sensing Tools
- Sustainable Surface and Ground Waters
- Tourism and Economics
Great Lakes Beach Poster Session
Topics
Please note that all Great Lakes Beach Association
platform presentations are invited and abstract submissions for beach topics
will be considered for poster
presentations only. Posters on beach health research
from all Canadian and U.S. Great
Lakes jurisdictions are encouraged. Posters representing original research
may be submitted for any aspect of beach health but the following topics are
especially welcomed:
- Source Tracking and Nonpoint Sources of Pathogens
- Rapid Testing, Predictive Monitoring and Efficacy
Evaluation
- Modeling
- Visitor Communication, Inter- and Intra-State
Communication, and Progress Reporting
- Swimming Health Effects
- Policy Development
Presenters are expected to cover their travel costs
and registration fees. The conference registration
fee for presenters has been reduced to $60 ($40 for students) through generous
contributions from the U.S. EPA and the WI Coastal Management Program. Your registration fee covers the cost of
breakfasts, lunches, breaks and an evening poster reception. The conference will be held at the new
KI Convention Center adjacent to the Fox River in downtown Green Bay. The Center is connected to the Regency
Suites (Green
Bay?s only all-suite hotel) and across the street from
the Holiday Inn City Centre Hotel.
Both hotels are offering exceptional room rates of $62/night for
government employees. (The
conference rate at the Regency Suites will be $92 for non-government attendees).
For abstract submittal instructions and to register online,
please visit the conference web site http://www.aqua.wisc.edu/solm/, or contact the Conference Chair:
Victoria Harris
UW Sea Grant Institute
UWGB MAC 212
Green
Bay, WI 54311-7001
Phone: (920) 465-2795
harrisv@uwgb.edu