State of Lake Michigan Conference 2026

The meeting is at Blue Chip Casino Hotel in Michigan City, Indiana.

The audience includes researchers, resource managers, educators, communicators, and other professionals from the Lake Michigan basin.

It is most useful for researchers, resource managers and educators who work on Lake Michigan and want contacts in neighbouring states, since four Sea Grant and university partners (Illinois-Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and the Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future) host it and the audience spans the whole basin. Because the meeting is designed to cross disciplines and returns after several years without a lake-specific forum, specialists who want deep technical sessions in a single field will likely get less from it than from a discipline-specific society meeting.

Attendees at regional environmental science and resource management meetings usually wear business casual, such as slacks or khakis with a collared shirt or sweater. Early November in Michigan City, Indiana, is cool, so a jacket or layers are sensible for moving between the hotel and outdoors.