The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs- Global Midwest Initiative along with NRDC and the Shedd Acquariam are excited about partnering on a major conference around how the Midwest/Great Lakes region can leverage its natural and innovation assets for leadership in the cleantech economy of the future: A Green Midwest - A Blue Midwest; the Second Annual GLobalization and the Midwest Conference - November 9 in Chicago, Illinois. For more information and to register for the conference go to: http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/chicago_council_event_corporate_detail.php?eventid=2106 For more information on Brookings Great Lakes Economic Initiative see www.brookings.edu/projects/great-lakes.aspx or contact me at jcaustin at umich.edu. John Austin