Maine Sustainability & Water Conference Hones in on Urgent Local, Regional and Global Issues
From sessions on the health of beaches and shellfish beds to innovative local climate change adaptations to citizen science successes, the 2015 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference features an expanded agenda on urgent topics affecting New England, the country and the globe. This year’s event offers 13 half- and all-day sessions on water resource and sustainability science topics, a large poster exhibition and a midday plenary session featuring keynote speaker Whitney King, Miselis Professor of Chemistry at Colby College. King will discuss the process of putting together a community action plan to address declining water quality in the Belgrade Lakes.
One of the largest environmentally related conference in Maine, this unique event draws presenters from universities, all levels of government, private companies, national organizations and non-profit agencies big and small. Registration for this year’s conference is open and can be accessed here (link: http://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/maine-sustainability-water-conference-2015/registration/).
Originally called the Maine Water Conference, the annual event was founded in 1994 by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center as an annual forum for the exchange of information and presentation of new findings on water resource issues in Maine. In 2014, the conference expanded its focus to become the Maine Sustainability & Water Conference, creating a joint focus on water resources and sustainability science.
Click here for a taste of what you can find at this year’s conference…