MI H2Objective Conference: Research Shaping Michigan’s Water Future

September 29‐30, 2011
McGregor Memorial Conference Center and Community Arts Auditorium
Wayne State University

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Thursday, September 29

Time	Activity	Location
10:00 am	Registration Opens	McGregor Center
11:00 am	Welcome Hosting PI's Nancy Love, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan Carol Miller, Ph.D., P.E. Department Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wayne State University Joan B. Rose, Ph.D. Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, Michigan State University	McGregor Center
11:30 am-3:00 pm	Concurrent Tours (Lunch included) Conservation Tour Guide: Melvadean (Mebby) M. Pearson, Board Member of the non-profit agency The Friends of Belle Isle Urban Farm Tour Guide: Lindsay Turpin, Urban Garden Program Manager, Greening of Detroit Detroit River Cruise Tour Guide: Walter J. (Wally) Pociask, Associate Director of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety, Wayne State University Ford Factory Environmental Tour Guide: Kurt L. Heise, J.D., LL.M., Environmental attorney and consultant, former Director of the Wayne County Department of Environment	Depart from McGregor Center
3:00-3:40 pm	Explore Exhibits and Network Network with others Explore the Poster Session and Exhibits View the Art Gallery Display "Watercolor Revisited: A New Perspective" Linda Mendelson, Curator	McGregor Center and Community Arts Building
3:40-6:00 pm	Reception Master of Ceremonies Tracy Mehan, Principal, The Cadmus Group, Inc Opening remarks Jeff Mason, Executive Director, University Research Corridor University administrators Keynote Presentations "Connecting People and Rivers: Policies for Clean Water" Katherine Baer, Senior Director, Clean Water Program, American Rivers "Advanced Technologies for Water Security" Peter Gallant, VP Business Development and Regulatory Affairs, ENDETEC - Global Sensor Platform, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies "The Energy Water Nexus: Accounting for Water in Future Energy Development" Corrie Clark, Environmental Policy Analyst, Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory Comments by Congressman Hansen Clarke (MI-13) View the Art Gallery Display Cocktail Reception with speakers and artists	Community Arts Auditorium and Building
6:00-8:00 pm	Dinner Master of Ceremonies: Andrew Humphrey, Reporter and Meteorologist, WDIV-TV Local 4, Detroit	McGregor Center

Friday, September 30

Time	Activity	Location
8:00 am	Registration Opens	McGregor Center
9:00-9:15 am	Welcome Speakers Hilary Ratner, Vice President for Research and Interim Dean of the Graduate School, Wayne State University Chris Brown, Chief Operations Officer, City of Detroit George Jackson, President and CEO, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation and Chief Development Officer, City of Detroit	McGregor Center
9:15-10:45 am	Plenary session on models for Resarch & Development partnerships Moderator John Austin, Director of the Great Lakes Economic Initiative with the Brookings Institution Keynote Presentations "Challenges for breaking down the silos – lessons from building the Canadian Water Network as a national research network" Dr. Kelly R. Munkittrick, Scientific Director, Canadian Water Network "Protecting Freshwater Resources, Advancing the Blue Economy: The Role of Private Foundations" Samuel B. Passmore, Program Director-Environment Program, C.S. Mott Foundation "Water Technologies as a Regional Economic Driver; Global and National Developments and the Cincinnati –Based Water Technology Innovation Cluster (WTIC)" Alan H. Vicory, Jr., P.E., BCEE, Water Technology Innovation Cluster Steering Committee Chair and Executive Director, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission	McGregor Center
10:45-11:30 am	Poster Session and Networking Network with others Explore the Poster Session and Exhibits View the Art Gallery Display "Watercolor Revisited: A New Perspective" Linda Mendelson, Curator	McGregor Center
11:30 am-12:45 pm	Keynote Presentation and Lunch Master of Ceremonies Jan Urban-Lurain, President, Spectra Data & Research, Inc. Keynote Presentation "Return of Detroit River's Charismatic Megafauna" John Hartig, Manager, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge	McGregor Center
12:45-3:00 pm	Concurrent break-out sessions Water and Energy Panel Members: Jonathan Bulkley, Ph.D., The Peter M. Wege Professor of Sustainable Systems, University of Michigan PJ Dada, Assistant Director, Information Technology & Systems Integration & Operation, Detroit Water & Sewerage Department Russel Pogats, Director, North Area Power Plants, DTE Energy Nancy Popa, Manager, Environmental Services, Consumers Energy John Regan, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University Gus Simiao, CEO, Vortex Hydro Energy Facilitator Gil Pezza, Director, Water Technologies Initiative, Michigan Economic Development Corporation Water and Health Panel Members: Shannon Briggs, Ph.D., toxicologist and coordinator for the beach monitoring program, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Eric M.V. Hoek, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA and Director of the UCLA Nano Material and Membrane Technology Research (NanoMeTeR) Laboratory Olivier Jolliet, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan Jason Rohr, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida Facilitator Jennifer Read, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Michigan Sea Grant and Executive Director, Great Lakes Observing System, University of Michigan Water and Landscape Panel Members John Bratton, Ph.D., Deputy Director, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory Dennis McGrath, Ph.D., Assistant State Director, The Nature Conservancy in Michigan Paul Seelbach, Ph.D., Fishery Biologist and Branch Chief, Ecosystem Health and Restoration, USGS Facilitator Claire Layman, Public Policy Education Specialist, MSU Extension—Greening Michigan Institute	McGregor Center
3:00-3:15 pm	Break	McGregor Center
3:15-4:00 pm	Concluding session Facilitator G. Tracy Mehan III, Principal, The Cadmus Group, Inc.	McGregor Center

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