Annual Meeting Montreal 2017

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Presentations

City to City Partnerships Panel

Public Private Partnerships Panel

Keynote: Pierre Beland

Special Session: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Partnerships to Address Climate Change Panel

Special Presentation: Sustainable Municipal Water Management in Montreal, Burough Mayor Chantal Rouleau

Intergovernmental Partnerships Panel

Mayor Denis Lapointe, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

Special Presentation: NASA-DEVELOP Program

Jenna Williams, NASA-DEVELOP

Resolutions

2017 Resolutions: All

Press Release

GLSLCI EN Press Release – 061517
Communiqué AVGLSL 15 juin

Program

Simultaneous translation services will be available for all conference programming.

**Tuesday, June 13**
5:00pm–9:00pm	Registration

**Wednesday, June 14 – Members’ Activities**
8:00am-6:00pm	Registration (Lobby)
8:00am – 8:30am	Breakfast (Jasmin room)
8:30am – 12:30pm	Board Meeting and Lunch
12:45pm – 1:45pm	Regional Meetings Quebec Meeting (room: Jasmin) US Meeting (room: Iris AB) Ontario Meeting (room: Ball room)
2:00pm	Members’ Meetings
5:30pm	Break
5:15-5:30pm	Departure for Montreal City Hall
5:45pm – 6:45pm	Welcome Cocktail at Montreal City Hall
6:45pm	Departure for Members’ Reception
7:15pm-10:00pm	Members’ Reception (shuttle buses back to hotel throughout the event) Presented by the Chamber of Marine Commerce and the Port of Montreal

**Thursday, June 15 – Open to the public (with registration)**
7:30am-5:00pm	Registration
7:30am	Breakfast Presented by the Quebec Port Authority and AIVP, the Worldwide Network of Port Cities
8:15am	*Opening Ceremonies and Welcoming Remarks* The Honorable Denis Coderre, Mayor, Ville de Montréal
9:00am	Keynote speaker
9:30am	Press Conference – Cities Initiative Members (Jasmin Room) Break with sponsors – All other attendees (Lobby)
10:30am	Break with sponsors – All attendees (Lobby)
10:15am	City to City Partnerships The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative is an example of municipalities acting as catalysts for on the ground action with respect to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. In this panel, we will hear about other city to city partnerships that are making more and better things happen faster. Panelists will explore how municipal organizations can help municipalities lead by example and advance on issues, particularly when there may not be broader support.Speakers Serge Péloquin, Mayor, Ville de Sorel-Tracy Jarkko Virtanen, Deputy Mayor, City of Turku (Finland), Vice President of the Union of Baltic Cities Frank Klipsch, Mayor, Davenport, Iowa, Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative
11:15am	*Public Private Partnerships for Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Municipalities* Public Private Partnerships (PPP) offer opportunities in water management, gray and green infrastructure and shoreline planning. This panel will discuss how PPPs are developed and what their advantages and disadvantages are in a context of public water as a primary issue.Moderator Tom Barrett, Mayor, City of Milwaukee Panelists Chris Wheat, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago Steven Hobbs, Director, The Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships Johanne Mullen, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Pierre J. Hamel, Professor, INRS Urbanisation
12:15pm	Lunch
12:45pm	Keynote Speaker Dr. Pierre Béland, former IJC Commissioner, researcher, writer and conservation expert
1:15pm	Break with Sponsors (Lobby)
13:30pm	Special Session – Great Lakes Restoration Financing Cities Initiative mayors will share success stories and the results of investment in Great Lakes restoration, particularly through the U.S. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.Moderator Mayor Denis Coderre Panelists Mayor Paul Dyster, Niagara Falls, NY Mayor Mike Vandersteen, Sheboygan, WI Mayor John Paterson, Leamington, ON
2:00pm	*Partnerships to Address Climate Change* For Great Lakes and St. Lawrence communities, impacts of climate change, such as extreme weather events, are a reality. Municipalities must prepare for the impacts of climate change. Citizen participation is necessary. What are the partnerships that can help municipalities to address climate change and improve their resilience?Moderator: Michelle Morin-Doyle, Deputy Mayor, Québec City Panelists: Kimberly Hill Knott, Director of Policy, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice and Project Director, Detroit Climate Action Collaborative Cindy Toth, Director of Environmental Policy, Town of Oakville Roger Lachance, Directeur du service de l’environnement, Ville de Montréal
3:15pm	Break with Sponsors (Lobby)
3:30pm	Special Presentation – Sustainable Municipal Water Management in Montreal Chantal Rouleau, Borough Mayor of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Ville de Montreal
4:00pm	*Partnerships with Indigenous People and Communities* There are a number of opportunities for partnerships between Indigenous People and Communities and municipalities in order to advance common goals on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence. Management of our water resources is one integral way in which we can work together. This panel explores examples of these partnerships to address water management in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence region.Moderator: Keith Hobbs, Mayor, City of Thunder Bay Panelists: Chief Christine Zachary-Deom, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Frank Ettawageshik, Executive Director, United Tribes of Michigan Dr. Dean Jacobs, Consultation Manager, Walpole Island First Nation
5:15pm	Break
6:00pm	Departure for cocktail, dinner and show (meet in the lobby)
7:00pm	Cocktail, dinner and Cirque du Soleil (shuttle available, 15 minute walk through Old Montreal, show starts at 8:00pm)

**Friday, June 16 – Open to the public (with registration)**
7:30am	*Breakfast* Special tables to learn about the Aquahacking Movement
8:30am	Keynote Frank Ettawageshik, Executive Director, United Tribes of Michigan
9:00am	*Intergovernmental Partnerships for the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence* There are a number of jurisdictions that share the responsibility of managing the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. This panel will explore instances where federal, state, provincial and local governments work together to sustainably manage the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence and address issues and challenges.Moderator: Mitch Twolan, Mayor, Town of Huron-Kinloss Panelists: Denis Lapointe, Mayor, Ville de Salaberry de Valleyfield David St. Pierre, Executive Director, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago Tim Eder, Executive Director, Great Lakes Commission
10:00am	*Special Presentation – NASA DEVELOP program* Jenna Williams, NASA Develop Program, Ames Research Center (CA) The NASA DEVELOP student team will discuss an update to their project aiming to identify trends in the movement of algae and the formation of harmful blooms.
10:30am	2018 Host Presentation – Town of Ajax, ON and Closing Ceremonies
11:30am	Departure for tours (meet in the lobby)

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Thank you to the City of Montréal, Québec for hosting and to all participants for attending the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative 2017 Annual Meeting and Conference!

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