The University of Toledo will host its 25th annual Great Lakes Water Conference on Friday, Oct. 31, with seven national panelists exploring issues related to water security.
“Water Security and the Great Lakes Region” will be presented as a live webinar from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Online registration is required by Wednesday, Oct. 29, and registrants will receive an email with a link to the virtual conference a few days before the event.
Registration for those seeking continuing legal education (CLE) credits is $55. Registration for all others is free.
The University of Toledo College of Law and its affiliated Legal Institute of the Great Lakes sponsor the annual Great Lakes Water Conference, which explores timely water issues of importance to the region and the nation. This year national panelists with expertise in law, public policy and civil engineering will discuss water security, described as the availability of water of a quality and quantity sufficient to sustain human health and well-being, livelihoods, ecosystems and economic production.
Panelists are expected to explore questions around water treatment cybersecurity, aging water infrastructure and climate-related natural disasters, among other topics.
“Water security means not just that a population has enough water, but that it’s able to protect it from threats both natural and man-made,” said Evan Zoldan, a professor in the College of Law and director of the Legal Institute of the Great Lakes. “Our panelists will highlight why problems that are well-known to many of us, including aging infrastructure, cybersecurity and extreme climate events, are all part of the question of water security.”
The Legal Institute of the Great Lakes is a multidisciplinary research center within the College of Law. Founded in 1993, it supports research, maintains publications and sponsors conferences on legal, economic and social issues of importance to the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.
For more information, including a conference agenda and a link to register, go to the College of Law’s Great Lakes Water Conference website.
