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Great Lakes Connecting Channels: Governance, Ecosystem Science and Management

June 12, 2009
Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo The State University of New York

For more information about this program, please contact Anita Mazurek at AMazurek@buffalo.edu or 716-645-2071.

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8:00-8:30 Registration, coffee/tea,  snacks
8:30-9:30 Welcome and Connecting Channel Overview

Barry Boyer
Professor of Law, University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY

IJC Commissioners

Don Zelazny
Great Lakes Program Coordinator
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
  Part I: The State of the Science

Moderator: Helen Domske
Associate Director, Great Lakes Program,
University at Buffalo, SUNY and New York Sea Grant
9:30-10:00 Niagara River Overview

Brad Hill
Environmental Scientist
Science & Technology Branch
Environment Canada
10:00-10:20 Break, refreshments
10:20-10:50 Detroit River Overview

Lynda D. Corkum/Jan J.H. Ciborowski 
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
University of Windsor

10:50-11:20 St. Lawrence River Overview

Michael R. Twiss
Great Rivers Center; Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Clarkson University
11:20-12:00 General Discussion: Challenges, Opportunities and Needs in Connecting Channels Science
12:00-1:30
LUNCHEON ADDRESS:
Wag the Dog: Using Science to Govern the American and African Great Lakes

Dr. Zafar Adeel

Director, United Nations University, International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)

**This is shared presentation with Great Lakes United's workshop, "The Toxic Hotspots: Organizing the Cleanup"
  Part II: Governing the Connecting Channels
1:30-2:20
Citizens Organizing in Binational AOCs: To Be or Not To Be Binational
 
Elaine Kennedy
Member of St. Lawrence River Restoration Council and former chair of the Public Advisory Committee of the St. Lawrence River (Cornwall) Remediation Action Plan.
 
Janice Littlefield
U.S. Co-Chair, St. Clair River Binational Public Advisory Council.

**This is shared presentation with the Great Lakes United workshop, "The Toxic Hotspots: Organizing the Cleanup"
2:20-4:00

(20-minute break after first speaker)

 Reflections on the Theory and Practice of Governing Across and Around the Connecting Channels

Mark Sproule-Jones
Professor, Department of Political Science
McMaster University

John Hartig
Refuge Manager, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge

John Gannon
Secretary, Water Quality Board, International Joint Commission
4:00-4:45 General Discussion:  How Do the Connecting Channels Fit Into the Changing Process of Great Lakes Environmental Management?
4:45-5:00 Remarks from Michael Wilson, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
5:00-5:45 Wine and Cheese Reception shared with Great Lakes United's program

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Presented by University at Buffalo Great Lakes Program in collaboration with other units of UB from the College of Arts and Sciences, Schools of Architecture and Planning, Law, and Engineering and the Applied Sciences.

With thanks to all our sponsors and contributing organizations as follows:

Sponsors: Canadian Consulate General, Buffalo; Canadian Embassy, Washington D.C.; and University at Buffalo's Great Lakes Program, Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, Canadian American Studies Committee, and Environment and Society Institute.

Contributing organizations: We thank the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeepers and the New York Sea Grant Program, as well as the following units of the University at Buffalo for providing support for this conference: Regional Institute, College of Arts and Sciences, and the Schools of Architecture and Planning, Law, and Engineering and Applied Sciences.

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