The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) will host the Great Lakes Environmental Emergency Response and Management Conference on March 23-24, 2027 in Lansing, Michigan. This conference will provide networking and training opportunities to the emergency management and spill response community within the Great Lakes Region.
The focus of this event will be on collaboration as it relates environmental emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. Participants may include federal, state, county and municipal emergency response personnel, facility emergency managers, contractors, consultants, and any interested in environmental emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.
Abstract Submission Guidelines
- Abstract submission deadline: 11:59 PM, October 18, 2026
- Abstract Title: Limited to 12 words.
- Abstract Length: Limited to 300 words.
- Presenting Author Biography: Limited to 150 words.
- Presentations should be at least 30 minutes, and not more than 40 minutes, in length. Longer presentations should be submitted as two separate presentations of equal length (e.g., Part 1 and Part 2).
- Acceptable presentation formats are PowerPoint (.ppt) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf).
Please review the topic areas below to consider the category where your presentation would best fit. Authors may suggest additional topics that are not on the list, but they must fit a general topic area related to environmental emergency management, planning, and response.
Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by December 2026. All primary presenters will receive a complimentary Conference registration. Co-presenters will be offered a reduced rate.
Topic Areas
- Preparedness – emergency response planning, planning tools, planning development, process, framework, mitigation, etc.
- Response – actual response to an incident (strategy, Incident Command System, training, tools, roles. resources, etc.)
- Recovery – recovery to normal conditions after an environmental incident (i.e., responsibilities, coordination, regulation, procedures, etc.)
Desired presentations include:
- How to build out an exercise
- Utilities, water, or wastewater emergency response
- Cost recovery and response financing
- Cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection
- Case studies from across the Great Lakes Region
- Response escalation and phases of an incident
- Environmental emergency training resources
- Supply chains and obtaining resources during a response
- International presentations relating to the Great Lakes Region
- Emergency communication systems and notification tools (MiHAN, MiWarn)
- Increasing severe weather events and response
- Emerging technology and research