The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) in partnership with the Northern Michigan Waterways Hazardous Material Spills Planning (No-Spills) Committee is hosting the Great Lakes Environmental Emergency Response and Management Conference on February 11-12, 2025, at the Suburban Showplace in Novi, 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, September 22, 2024
- 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).
Conference sessions will covery topic areas (tracks) as shown below. Please review the topics 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 November 2024. All primary presenters will receive a complimentary Conference registration.
Topic Areas (Tracks)
- 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.)
EGLE is specifically seeking talks that include a component on collaboration among state, federal, local, and private response entities in addressing response related issues. Examples include:
- Case studies
- Emerging trends in environmental emergency mitigation, response, or recovery
- Climate change and weather impacts
- Response strategy and technology
- Multi-agency response coordination and communications
- Cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection
- Multi-agency panels, walkthroughs, or tabletops
- Interactive presentations and demonstrations