GLIN==> Climate Change Webinar: Thursday, May 6, 2010

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Thursday, May 6, 2010
12:00 – 1:15pm EST
Log in will begin at 11:30 AM, Program will begin at 12:00

Interested in learning more about climate change and how it may affect water
resources in your community? This webinar will provide the latest
information on:
  * Climate science and water resources impacts in the Great Lakes region
  * Strategies Great Lakes communities are taking to address climate change
    and water resources protection

The webinar is free, but you must pre-register by Tuesday, May 4, 2010. To
register, visit http://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/climate. Once registered,
you will receive a confirmation email with log-in information.

Welcome and Introduction - Anne Baird, Ohio State University Extension
David Ullrich, Executive Director, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities
Initiative

Climate Change: Science Basics and Impacts around the Great Lakes - Jeff
Rogers, Professor, Department of Geography, Ohio State University

State and Local Adaptation Planning for Climate Change - Jon
MacDonagh-Dumler, Visiting Assistant Professor, Institute of Water Research,
Michigan State University

Question/Answer and Wrap up

Discussions: All presentations will be brief, only 15 minutes. Participants
will have the opportunity to ask questions via live chat and answered during
the last 30 minutes. Additional information and webinar presentations are
available at ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/climate.

David Ullrich: is the Executive Director of the Great Lakes and St.
Lawrence Cities Initiative. His responsibilities include working with U.S.
and Canadian mayors from across the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Basin to
advance the protection and restoration of the resource. Prior to assuming
his current position, Mr. Ullrich served for 30 years at the U.S. EPA’s
Great Lakes regional office in Chicago. He is currently a member of the
International Joint Commission and serves as the U. S. Section Chair for the
Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

Jeffrey Rogers: is a Professor in the Geography Department and the
Atmospheric Sciences Program at The Ohio State University. He is the State
Climatologist for Ohio and performs research on the causes of short-term
climate variability around the United States.

Jon MacDonagh-Dumler: recently joined the Institute of Water Research,
Michigan State University as a Visiting Assistant Professor. In 2008-2009 he
was a Fulbright Scholar in Ireland researching the Water Framework Directive
which the European Union designed to sustainably manage all water resources,
including adaptation to climate change. Jon also previously served at the
Great Lakes Commission.


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