The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Annual Meeting

H Agenda

Wednesday July 11, 2007

1:00 pm Registration Opens Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Evening Arriving guests - Dine-Around selection or dinner on own Grand Rapids Restaurants

Thursday July 12, 2007

7:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast & Exhibits DeVos Place
8:00 am Board of Directors Meeting DeVos Place
9:00 am Welcome to Grand Rapids
Mayor George K. Heartwell
City of Grand Rapids
Secretary and Director, GLSLCI

Welcome to Meeting
Mayor David Miller
City of Toronto
Current Chairman and Director, GLSLCI
DeVos Place
9:30 am Members Meeting DeVos Place
9:30 - 11 am Exhibits DeVos Place
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Water Conservation and Efficiency in Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities DeVos Place
Noon Exhibits DeVos Place
12:30 pm Lunch and Address
Mayor Heartwell
Grand Rapids
DeVos Place
2:00 pm Keynote Speech
Gord Miller
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
DeVos Place
2:30 pm Working Session on Water Conservation DeVos Place
3:00 pm Break & Exhibits
3:30 pm St. Lawrence River Issues DeVos Place
4:15 pm Québec City 400th Anniversary DeVos Place
4:30 pm Wrap up for Day
5:30 pm Reception and Dinner
  • Peter M. Wege
    President, The Wege Foundation
  • Tribal Chair Frank Ettawageshik
Public Museum of Grand Rapids
9:00 pm Return to Hotel

Friday July 13, 2007

7:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast & Exhibits DeVos Place
8:30 am Welcome for the Day
Mayor Gary Becker
City of Racine, Wisconsin
Incoming Chairman and Director

Presentation of Sustainable Small Cities Award
DeVos Place
8:45 am Keynote Address
Climate Change Impacts on Cities in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Basin
Dr. Rosina Bierbaum
University of Michigan
DeVos Place
9:30 am Ballast Water and Invasive Species DeVos Place
10:30 am Break & Exhibits
11:00 am Emerging Issues and Strategies
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Electronic Waste
  • Household Hazardous Waste
  • Mercury
  • Beaches
DeVos Place
Noon Lunch DeVos Place
1:00 pm Depart