The Algal Bloom Action Team invites you to join us for our Sixth Annual Harmful Algal Bloom Virtual Symposium on January 8th, 2026. Registration is now live here, and there is a registration fee of $25. You can find the agenda below, or on our Symposuims page.
- Date: Thursday, January 8th, 2026
- Time: 9:00 AM to 2:15 PM, CST
- Register here
| SESSION ONE: Monitoring, Forecasting, and Detection | ||||
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| Time | Section | Presentation | Presentor | Moderator |
| 9:00 - 9:30 AM | Opening Comments/Introduction, Presentation 1, and Q&A | Beyond Symptoms: Transforming Lake Management With A Risk-Based Assessment Framework for HABs and Hypoxia | Dave Shackleton | Eugene Braig |
| 9:30 - 10:00 AM | Presentation 2 and Q&A | Assessing Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Harmful Algal Blooms Using Integrated Monitoring Approaches in Mississinewa Lake, Indiana | Nileshwari R. Yewle | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Presentation 3 and Q&A | Sediment Nitrogen Cycling in Lake Erie: Basin-Specific Responses to Warming, Nutrient Loading, and Harmful Algal Blooms (2021-2023) | Berk Durutürk | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 AM | Break | |||
| 10:45 - 11:15 AM | Presentation 4 and Q&A | Nutrient Loads Alone Can Predict Microcystin in Lake Erie Harmful Algae Blooms | McKayla Dzyngel | TBD |
| 11:15 - 11:45 AM | Presentation 5 and Q&A | An Autonomous AI-Driven Platform for Proactive Phosphorus Removal and HAB Prevention in Recreational Lakes | Lawrence Lambert | |
| 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | Lunch Break | |||
| SESSION TWO: Prevention and Treatment | ||||
| Time | Section | Presentation | Presentor | Moderator |
| 12:30 - 1:00 PM | Comments/Intro, Presentation 6, and Q&A | Sublethal Long-term Exposure to Cyanotoxin Affect HPA Axis Activation | Salan Ghaju | TBD |
| 1:00 - 1:30 PM | Presentation 7 and Q&A | The physiological impact of gestational cyanotoxin ingestion during mouse pregnancy | Maryam Janbazi | |
| 1:30 - 1:45 PM | Break | |||
| 1:45 - 2:15 PM | Presentation 8 and Q&A | From Mandate to Methodology: Fulfilling the GAO’s Call for Preventative HABs and Hypoxia Solutionsoms Using Integrated Monitoring Approaches in Mississinewa Lake, Indiana | Dave Shackleton | TBD |
| 2:15 PM | Adjourn | |||