2024 Great Lakes Beach Association Conference

Oct 1 - 3 2024

Grand Portage, MN

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Join us on Oct 1- 3 in Grand Portage, MN, on the Grand Portage Reservation for the 22nd Annual Great Lakes Beach Association (GLBA) Conference. 

The conference will be held in at the Grand Portage Lodge and Casino.

We are no longer accepting abstract submissions for oral presentations, which were due August 15, 2024. Still accepting poster presentations.

Access the agenda here.

Questions? Contact Margaret Watkins (mwatkins@grandportage.com) or Taryn Manthey (Tmanthey@grandportage.com)

Conference Registration

Price guides for attendees and for field trips.

$100 attendees

$25 students

Field trips: There are free field trips during the conference.  A bus will be provided, and carpooling is also encouraged to the field trip sites. In addition, if interested in a pre- or post-conference hike to the Little Spirit Cedar tree, email Margaret or Taryn (email links) to arrange for a required tribal escort.

Call for presentation abstracts has ended

The deadline for abstracts ended on August 15, 2024. However we are still accepting abstracts for POSTERS.

Categories for posters and presentations include:

• Laboratory technologies and rapid detection methods

• Harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes

• Microbial mitigation strategies and case studies

• Microbial source tracking and risk-based decision making

• Beach safety, dangerous currents, and beach notification systems

• Trash mitigation and microplastics in the Great Lakes

• Community Science

• Indigenous-led monitoring and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

• Public engagement and communications

• Predicative modelling

Grand Portage Lodge and Casino

Conference and Accommodation details

Location : Grand Portage Lodge and Casino, 70 Casino Dr., Grand Portage, MN

Room rate : $107 USD; CODE IS 103 - please contact Molly Boyd, the Events Coordinator at the Grand Portage Lodge, to book with the discounted rate.  Her direct phone number is:  (218) 475-2914 and email address is: mboyd@grandportage.com

Web: https://www.grandportage.com/

Phone: 1-800-543-1384

There is a room block. The rooms and room rates are blocked under the “Great Lakes Beach Association.”

Check back often for room block details and updates.

Our Sponsors

Gold plus Sponsors more than $5,000

Gold Sponsors $1,000 - $5,000

Silver Sponsors $500 -$999

Bronze Sponsors $100 -$499

Contact

Questions?

Margaret Watkins (mwatkins@grandportage.com )

Taryn Manthey (Tmanthey@grandportage.com)