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Thursday, April 17        Friday, April 18        Saturday, April 19

Wednesday March 18th
8:00 am  Registration Desk Opens
9:00 am-6:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open
9:00 am-12:00 pm Morning Workshops (click for detailed list)
10:15 am - 10:45 am

Refreshment break in Exhibit Hall

12:00-1:00 pm Lunch
  • Welcome to the 31st Annual Wisconsin Lakes Convention
1:00-5:00 pm Plenary Session

Dr. Tony Ricciardi,
"AIS in an era of globalization: making linkages around the world"
3:30-4:00 pm Refreshment break in Exhibit Hall
5:00-6:00 pm Networking time
6:00 pm Dinner
  • Randy J. Stark, Bureau of Law Enforcement, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
7:30-8:45 pm Special Session: Update on Wisconsin's Approach to Managing Aquatic Invasive Plants
8:00-11:00 pm Wisconsin Lakes Convention Reception
Friday, April 18
7:30 am-6:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
9:00-11:15 am Welcome
  • John Molinaro, President, Wisconsin Association of Lakes
  • Matthew Frank, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Plenary Session

  • Chad Pregracke
    "From the Bottom Up: One Man's Crusade to Clean America's Rivers”
  • Jeff Bode, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
    "Protecting in Partnership"
  • Bill O'Connor,
    "The Nature of Lakes"
  • Multi-media presentation "Learning from Lakes A to Z"
11:30 am-1:00 pm Lunch
  • Wisconsin Lake Stewardship Awards
  • Garey Bies, 1st Assembly District
  • Governor Jim Doyle (invited)
1:00-1:50 pm Concurrent Sessions I (click here for details)
2:00-2:50 pm Concurrent Sessions II (click here for details)
3:00-3:30 pm Refreshment break in Exhibit Hall
3:30-4:20 pm Concurrent Sessions III (click here for details)
8:00 pm-? Entertainment & music/refreshments
Saturday, April 19
7:30 am-1:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
8:00-8:50 am WAL Annual Meeting
8:00-8:50 am Who's Who in Lakes?
9:00-9:50 am Concurrent Sessions IV (click here for details)
9:50-10:10 am Refreshment break in Exhibit Hall
10:10-11:00 am Concurrent Sessions V (click here for details)
11:10am-12:00 pm Concurrent Sessions VI  (click here for details)
12:00 pm Lunch and Closing Ceremony
  • Patrick Goggin, Lake Specialist

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