** Workshop call-in option available ** Restoring Michigan's Great Lakes: Opportunities in Year Two of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Thursday, January 13, 2011 A call-in option will be available for tomorrow's workshop on opportunities in year two of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Phone participants can listen to the remarks and access the powerpoint presentations online. The agenda is provided at the end of this message. Instructions: * Call-in number: 888-537-7715 * Passcode: 49054115# Powerpoint presentations will be available online at http://glc.org/spac/workshop-jan11. We ask that conference call participants plan to call in before the start of the meeting. If this is not possible, please call in during a break or in between sessions to minimize disruptions. Also, please keep your phone on mute to minimize background noise. You may use *6 to mute and un-mute your line. The program begins at 9:00 am Eastern. There will be a 45 minute break for lunch beginning at 12:00 Noon, after which the program will resume at approximately 12:45 pm. The call-in option will conclude at 2:45 pm. All interested parties are encouraged to join the workshop by phone. Workshop Agenda and Presentation Times For the complete agenda and conference speakers, see the workshop webpage at http://glc.org/spac/workshop-jan11. All times are Eastern Standard Time. 9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks 9:30 a.m. Keynote Remarks: Taking the Initiative: Where We've Been, Where We Still Need to Go Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the U.S. EPA Administrator for the Great Lakes 10:00 a.m. Overview of Michigan's Areas of Concern Program and Integration with the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 10:30 a.m. Break 10:45 a.m. Overview of Restoration Priorities in Michigan's Areas of Concern 12:00 Noon Lunch (conference line will be shut down during lunch) 12:45 p.m. Priorities for the Areas of Concern and Upcoming Funding Opportunities What We Want to See: Measures of Success for the Areas of Concern Funding Opportunities in Year Two of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 2:00 p.m. Advancing Contaminated Sediment Cleanups under the Great Lakes Legacy Act and Options for Generating Non-Federal Cost Share Status Report on the Great Lakes Legacy Act and Approaches for Generating Non-Federal Match Partnering with Industry to Support Contaminated Sediment Cleanups under the Legacy Act 2:45 p.m. Workshop conference call adjourns -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20110112/7b05e964/attachment.html