GLIN==> Come to this weeks IAGLR09 conference at U Toledo- Monday-Friday

Dear Great Lakes Colleagues:



Come to our IAGLR09 conference this Monday evening May 18 through Friday afternoon May 22; on-site registration will be open and walk-ins are welcome!  Parking is free across the University of Toledo campus and at all events!.  http://www.iaglr.org/conference





Our theme is "Bridging Ecosystems and Environmental Health Across Our Great Lakes" with over 530 presentations -  the largest IAGLR conference in recent history. http://www.iaglr.org/conference 




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. 




Great walk- in accommodations and low prices at the new Ottawa on-campus residence facility, as well as area hotels.  Our campus and hotels offer the nicest accommodations and most reasonable rates in comparison to the last several IAGLR conferences! all info at http://www.iaglr.org/conference 




Your registration includes free campus parking, 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! 




Other events include sit-down business lunch on Wednesday May 20 and evening banquet at the beautiful Pinnacle in Maumee (drink ticket, gourmet meal, wine), and barbeque meal20at the award-winning Toledo Zoo on Thursday May 21 (polar bear exhibit open, train ride through Africa, drink ticket, great meal and friends).  





Your choice of two ptional free field trips are featured on Friday afternoon (1.  Lake Erie Center/ Maumee Bay State Park Nature Center or 2.  Oak Openings Tour), a guided bird watch by famed ornithologist 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 past20two years, and offer more for your dollar (US or Canadian) than ever before!




We look forward to seeing you this week in Toledo - the gateway between the upper and lower Great Lakes!  Come to network and reconnect 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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