Thank you for joining us at Water@Michigan 2024 – we look forward to seeing you at future Water@Michigan events and programming during the 2024-2025 academic year.

Join us on April 5 at the Michigan League for the 2024 Water@Michigan Symposium, which will center around water justice, access, and affordability across U-M and Michigan.

From ensuring safe drinking water to tackling emerging contaminants and securing equitable access for under-resourced communities, the challenges are significant and the need for change—and action-based research—is urgent. Register today to convene with colleagues and community leaders working to address these challenges.

Schedule 

• 9:00 am
  Morning registration
• 9:30 am
  Faculty panel on engaged research
• 10:30 am
  Workshop: Power and Partnerships in Community Engagement presented by the Ginsberg Center (designed for graduate students, post-docs, researchers, faculty new to engaged research)
• 12:30 pm
  Afternoon registration
• 1:00 pm
  Welcome and Keynote Address ft. State Senator Stephanie Chang
• 1:40 pm
  Facilitated networking

• 2:20 pm

  OxCreek Watershed Lightning Talks | Mike Shriberg (moderator)

  • Alex Little, City of Benton Harbor
  • Marcy Hamilton, Southwest Michigan Planning Commission
  • Curt Wolf, Civil and Environmental Engineering, U-M
  • Craig Borum, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, U-M
  • Emily Finnell, Michigan Office of the Great Lakes, EGLE

• 3:00 pm

  PFAS Lightning Talks | Jen Read (moderator)

  • Abby Hendershott, Michigan PFAS Action Response Team
  • Robb Kerr, Great Lakes PFAS Action Network
  • Rebecca Meuninck, Great Lakes PFAS Action Network
  • Kate Manz, School of Public Health, U-M
  • Elizabeth Bondi-Kelly, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, U-M

• 3:45 pm

  Foundations panel | Mike Shriberg (moderator)

  • Kimberly Gleffe, CS Mott
  • Leslie Young, Wege Foundation
  • Nat Lichten, Fred A and Barbara M Erb Family Foundation
  • Greg Yankee, SE Michigan Community Foundation

• 4:30 pm

  Water Justice, Access, and Affordability Lightning talks | Evan Pratt, Washtenaw County Drain Commissioner (moderator)

  • David Porter, English Language & Literature, U-M
  • Salam Rida, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, U-M
  • Drew Gronewold, School for Environment and Sustainability, U-M
  • Jumana Vasi, We the People of Detroit
• 5:00 pm
  Reception

This event is presented by Water@Michigan. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please contact Water@Michigan ([email protected]) with any questions about the event.

Keynote Address