Great Lakes St. Lawrence Collaborative Summit

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Collaborative

Join our Expert Panel co-chairs,  Gord Miller and Jean Cinq-Mars, to discuss draft recommendations and share your input.

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LIVESTREAM LINK FOR TODAY'S SUMMIT:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXLsRiG6bcU" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXLsRiG6bcU </a>The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Collaborative is hosting a one-day event to present draft recommendations for Great Lakes protection to stakeholders. The event is taking place in Toronto, Ontario, on May 1, 2019 and will also be livestreamed for those that cannot attend in-person.Join our Expert Panel co-chairs, Gord Miller and Jean Cinq-Mars, to discuss draft recommendations on the next generation of Great Lakes protection in the areas of:1) the management of toxics and harmful pollutants, particularly regarding cumulative exposure 2) adopting a risk-based approach to beaches and bacteriological contamination3) climate change and its impact on shoreline communities4) nutrients and the value of precision conservation and stormwater optimizationWe are very pleased to announce our key note speaker, Cam Davis. Cam has recently been elected Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. He is the former special advisor on the Great Lakes to President Obama. Cam will speak about the importance of collaboration between Canada and the United States on Great Lakes protection, and the contribution that the Collaborative recommendations could make to this important relationship. The Summit is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the recommendations under development and to provide your thoughts and feedback before they are shared with key decision makers.For further information on the Collaborative, please visit www.westbrookpa.com/glslcollab.

Summit Agenda8:15 Registration opens 8:45 Livestream begins9:00 Welcome: Expert Panel Co-chairs 9:02 Land Acknowledgement and Greeting: Valarie King, Mississaugas of the Credit9:12 Review of programme for the day: NIcola Crawhall, Secretariat9:15 Introductory Remarks: Expert Panel Co-chairs9:20 Introduce first presentation: Jean Cinq-Mars9:22 1st issue table presentation: Climate Change: Al Douglas, Ewa Jackson 9:37 Questions of clarification: Facilitated by Nicola Crawhall 9:47 Introduce second presentation: Gord Miller9:50 2nd issue table presentation: Beaches: Bernie Mayer, Sandra Cooper10:05 Questions of clarification: Facilitated by Nicola Crawhall 10:15 Coffee Break10:30 Break Out Groups1. Climate Change2. Beaches11:15 Report out of Break Out Groups11:50 LUNCH12:50 Keynote Speaker introduction: Gord Miller 12:52: Keynote speaker: Cameron Davis, former advisor on Great Lakes to President Obama1:22 Thank keynote speaker and Introduce third presentation : Jean Cinq-Mars1:25 3rd issue table presentation: Nutrients: Gayle Wood, Dale Cowan1:40 Questions of clarification: Facilitated by Nicola Crawhall1:50 Introduce fourth presentation : Gord Miller1:52 4th issue table presentation: Toxics: John Carey 2:07 Questions of clarification: Facilitated by Nicola Crawhall2:17 Break Out Groups: 1. Nutrients2. Toxics3:00 Presentation by Break Out groups3:30 Summary Comments by Co-chairs: Gord Miller, Jean Cinq-Mars3:40 Adjourn

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