GLIN==> Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Quality Technical Conference December 6 - 8, 2011

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Quality Technical Conference
2011 Conference Announcement & Preliminary Agenda

“I encourage each of you to have more meetings like this where we can
get together with national decision makers and indigenous people of this
land. In Red Cliff, we sit down and talk to the elders and do more of
this...Do we have all the answers? No. But, we need to come together.”
– Marvin Defoe, Vice Chairman of Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa

In the spirit of this eloquent speech by a participant from last year’s
conference, we are pleased to announce that the 2011 Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Quality Technical Conference will be held
in Chicago, Illinois on December 6 through 8, 2011. The primary purpose
of this year’s conference is to facilitate implementation of quality
practices for projects being conducted under the GLRI by providing
training, tools, resources, and a forum for communication among GLRI
collaborators as they implement their projects. Last year, Mr. Defoe
encouraged meetings that promote collaboration and communication among
the multitude of experts addressing the numerous environmental
challenges facing the Great Lakes. The 2011 GLRI Quality Technical
Conference will provide an opportunity to work together to improve
quality practices for GLRI projects and ultimately, the environment.

The first conference day will include the meeting welcome, and plenary
and technical sessions. Day two will offer a choice of two concurrent
sessions: Session I will include training sessions and Session II will
include a series of technical sessions on implementation of quality.
Refer to the attached “Call for Papers” for more information. The
morning of conference day three will be dedicated to presentations by
GLRI collaborators. The Quality Program Lead for each GLRI collaborator
will present that status of quality implementation for their GLRI
projects.

Conference At A Glance
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Dates
December 6-8, 2011

Location
Metcalfe Federal Building
77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604

Registration
Free conference registration. Contact Elizabeth Benjamin of CSC at
ebenjamin at csc.com and provide:
• Attendee’s name, e-mail, organization, and role
• Does person plan to attend in-person or on-line for the conference (if
on-line, webinar registration information will be provided)

Logistics
Travel and accommodation information, including dining options, are
provided in
the 2011 GLRI Quality Technical Conference Meeting Logistics Fact Sheet
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(See attached file: GLRI_QTC_announce.pdf)
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