The Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin and the Green Bay Innovation Group (GBIG) invite you to Solving PFAS Together: Academia + Industry, a one-day mini conference on Wednesday, April 15, in Stevens Point.
This one-day event is a pre-conference option at the Wisconsin Lakes and Rivers Convention. Thanks to sponsorships, you can register for the workshop plus lunch for $50 (a $65 discount). Deadline is April 5.
The conference will foster innovative conversations among experts from industry, academia, government and nonprofits about research and development of alternative materials as well as PFAS remediation and filtration methods. This will be a highly interactive day! Come prepared to participate and meet new potential collaborators.
See detailed agenda below.
WHEN: April 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
WHERE: Holiday Inn Convention Center, Stevens Point
COST: A discounted rate of $50 for the full-day workshop and lunch
Attendees are invited to stay for the welcome reception for the annual Wisconsin Lakes and Rivers Convention at no additional cost.
Who Should Attend
- Manufacturers or developers of alternative materials to replace PFAS
- University faculty and staff researching alternative materials to replace PFAS
- Environmental consultants who clean up PFAS and manufacturers of products used to identify and clean up PFAS
- University faculty and staff researching products to identify and clean up PFAS
- Government and nonprofit staff who are working on Wisconsin’s PFAS priorities
- A maximum of 56 attendees.
Agenda
- Shared goal: LISTEN to LEARN to COLLABORATE
- Keynote Speaker: Dr. Erin Bulson, geologist and environmental engineer in disposal operations support at Waste Management, will present an interactive session on a proven collaborative model
- Small group work: Share strengths/weaknesses of current collaborations and brainstorms ways to take action
- Small group work: Create new collaborations with colleagues across industry/academia/government/non-profit through facilitated discovery and discussions
Registration Steps
Follow the steps below to register using the discount code:
- Go to registration site.
- Sign Up as a New User (unless you’ve attended the Lakes and Rivers Convention in the past two years).
- Enter your personal information. Select the registration type “Attendee: In-person.”
- If you will only attend the PFAS workshop, select “I will not be attending the Convention, only the add-on workshops and/or Thursday evening banquet.” (unless you plan to attend Thursday and Friday, which we welcome you to do!).
- Select one of the PFAS workshops (Academia or Industry) AND the Wednesday lunch. Lunch is covered by a sponsorship from the Green Bay Innovation Group. You must select “I will not attend” in the remaining sections. Note: The PFAS workshop will still show the cost of $100. You will enter a promo code on the last step to get a discount.
- Skip by selecting Next or select books if you’d like to order any.
- Skip by selecting Next or support a scholarship.
- Enter promo code PFAS and click Apply. This promo code should remove the cost of lunch ($15) and half of the cost of the workshop ($50) for a $65 discount total.
- Finish by paying with credit card and submitting your registration.
- QUESTIONS? Email freshwater-collab@uwm.edu.
