October 26-29, 2008
Northwestern Michigan College Hagerty Center in Traverse City, Mich.

Abstract Submission Deadline: July 1, 2008

Submit an abstract or attend the conference if you work on or want to learn more about:

• Public trust and public access
• Offshore energy & utilities facility siting (wind, oil & gas, and others)
• Conservation & habitat management (underwater preserves, wetlands, benthic communities and reefs)
• Spatial planning, coastal data & science
• Submerged cultural resources (shipwrecks management)
• Water-dependent uses and water development (ports, docks & moorings, working waterfronts, eco-tourism, house boats, submerged logging and shoreline hardening, aquaculture)
• Dredging (methods and disposal)
• Global climate change & hazards ( sea level rise, lake level fluctuations & related economic impacts, erosion, hurricanes, tsunamis, and oil spills)
• International issues
• Regional reports (Canada, Unites States - Pacific, Atlantic, Gulf & Great Lakes coasts, Caribbean)
• Other submerged lands issues

• Joseph Sax, Professor Emeritus, Berkley Law University of California
• Chris A Shafter, Professor of Law, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing

• Increase awareness of the management issues surrounding submerged lands within the United States, the Provinces of Canada, and the Caribbean basin.
• Provide a continuing forum to discuss and exchange information about submerged lands issues and, in the process, uncover possible alternatives and solutions to conflicting uses.
• Through panel discussions, papers, and workshops, disseminate information about current statutes, regulations, and other management frameworks of continuing value to managers, practionners and conference participants.
• Improve and encourage communications between submerged lands managers. Facilitate information and ideas exchange among participating states, provinces, and nations, as well as groups with similar interests.
• Identify and maintain a current contact list of submerged lands managers from participating states, provinces, territories, and nations.

Conference Host Great Lakes Commission Planning Team

Contact
For further information, contact:
Becky Pearson, Senior Program Specialist
Great Lakes Commission
Phone: (734) 971-9135
E-mail: bpearson@glc.org