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2026 Symposium Agenda

SESSION ONE: Monitoring, Forecasting, and Detection

  • 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, by Dave Shackleton

    • Moderator: 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, by Nileshwari R. Yewle

    • Moderator: Eugene Braig
  • 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), by Berk Durutürk

    • Moderator: Eugene Braig
  • 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, by McKayla Dzyngel

    • Moderator: 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, by Lawrence Lambert

    • Moderator: TBD
  • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM: Lunch Break

SESSION TWO: Prevention and Treatment

  • 12:30 - 1:00 PM: Comments/Intro, Presentation 6, and Q&A

    • Sublethal Long-term Exposure to Cyanotoxin Affect HPA Axis Activation, by Salan Ghaju

    • Moderator: TBD
  • 1:00 - 1:30 PM: Presentation 7 and Q&A

    • The physiological impact of gestational cyanotoxin ingestion during mouse pregnancy, by Maryam Janbazi

    • Moderator: TBD
  • 1:00 - 1:30 PM: Break
  • 1:00 - 1:30 PM: Presentation 8 and Q&A

    • From Mandate to Methodology: Fulfilling the GAO’s Call for Preventative HABs and Hypoxia Solutions, by Dave Shackleton

    • Moderator: TBD
  • 1:00 - 1:30 PM: Adjourn
SESSION ONE: Monitoring, Forecasting, and Detection
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