Events and Agenda​
Sunday, January 4th
Early Registration  5:00 pm – 7:00 pm 

Monday, January 5th
Registration and Continental Breakfast
​Welcome and Opening Remarks - Linda Hensel, No-Spills Committee Chair
KEYNOTE: Steve Lehmann, Scientific Support Coordinator, NOAA Emergency Response Division
Presentations:

• Nuclear Safety & Canada’s Propose Nuclear Waste Depository - Ken Yale, MDEQ
• Perspective on crude oil spill response readiness in the Great Lakes Region - Ralph Dollhopf, US EPA
• Michigan FlexViewer - Jon Gulch, US EPA

Lunch
Presentations:

• Oil Under Ice Spill - Trever Miller and Dean Sahara, SWAT Consulting Inc.
• Mississippi River Tank Barges Grounding - Mike Popa , T&T Marine Salvage, Inc.
• Group V Heavy Oil Response and Resource Gaps - Mike Rancilio, International Spill Control Organization
• Bi-Directional Flow of the Mackinac Straits - Eric Anderson, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab
• Wurtsmith Air Force Base CFC Releases - Bob Delaney

​Networking and Hospitality with Exhibitors

Tuesday, January 6th          
Breakfast
​Presentations:

• Indian River Full Scale Exercise - Steve Keck, USCG Sector Sault Saint Marie
• Canadian National Railway Environmental Measures - Patti McCall and Marco Capodicacca, Tetra Tech
• Advancements in Submerged Oil Detection and Recovery - Jim Elliott, T&T Marine Salvage, Inc.

​Lunch
Presentations:

• Kalamazoo River Update & Round Table Discussion
  Jeff Kimble US EPA
  Mark Ducharme, MDEQ
  Lisa Quiggle, MDEQ
  Linda Dykema, MDCH
  Dave Bareham, Enbridge Energy, Inc.
• MDEQ Pipeline Spills Update - Mike Baronowski, MDEQ
• Zephyr Oil Site, Muskegon, MI - Sara Pearson, MDEQ

Networking and Hospitality with Exhibitors

Wednesday, January 6th     
Breakfast
Presentations:

• Pall Gelman Scientific Site, Ann Arbor - Jim Brode
• Rouge River Sediment Study - Great Lakes Legacy Act - Rose Ellison
• DTE Oil Spill Process - Christy Clark

Lunch

• Rapid Response tools to reduce the risk of aquatic nuisance species spread: increased capacity within the Great Lakes - Phyllis Green
• Indonesia US EPA Clean Up Assistance - Brian Kelly, US EPA

Conference Wrap-up and Gift/Prize Raffle