GLIN==> IAGLR09 conference in Toledo May 18-22; register before May 9 to save $$$

Dear Great Lakes Colleagues:



Please register now for the 52nd annual International Association for Great Lakes Research annual conference to be held May 18-22, 2009 on the beautiful University of Toledo campus.  Our theme is "Bridging Ecosystems and Environmental Health Across Our Great Lakes" with over 550 presentations -  the largest IAGLR conference in recent history. http://www.iaglr.org/conference




Your pre-conference registration includes free campus parking and all events: welcome reception (drink ticket) with Italian light meal and planetarium show on Monday May 18, poster and exhibitor reception on Tuesday May 19 evening (Mexican food, Margaritas, drink ticket) followed by the 2nd annual US-Canada Hockey game, sit-down business lunch on Wednesday May 20 and evening banquet at the beautiful Pinnacle in Maumee (drink ticket, gourmet meal, wine), and barbeque meal at the award-winning Toledo Zoo on Thursday May 21 (polar bear exhibit open, train ride through Africa, drink ticket, great meal and friends).  We thus offer the most for your valuable research grant, university, and agency dollars!




Our scenic campus is only a 45 minutes close drive from Ann Arbor and Detroit, 1 hour from Windsor, 2 hours from Cleveland, 2.5 hours from Columbus, and 4 hours from Chicago. We are in close proximity to the Toledo or Detroit Airports. 




Optional free field trips are featured on Friday afternoon (Lake Erie Center/Lake Guardian=2 0tour or Oak Openings Tour), a guided bird watch by famed ornitholog
ist Dr. Tramer on Thursday morning, and a guided rain garden tour by Dr. Gottgens on Wednesday morning.  




We offer VERY nice and very reasonable housing in our NEW dorms on campus or close-by hotels.  Housing will cost you less than any other conferences!  No need to drive and waste carbon - our conference buses will be running!  This is a green earth-friendly conference! Bring your bicycle or roller blades for our wonderful bike paths and metroparks! Conference registration fees are the same as for the past two years, and offer more for your dollar (US or Canadian) than ever before!




We look forward to seeing you in 3 weeks in Toledo - the gateway between the upper and lower Great Lakes!  




Register now by May 9 to save and network with your Great Lakes research friends and colleagues!




http://www.iaglr.org/conference




Thank you,




Carol Stepien, Ph.D.

your local IAGLR09 conference chair


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