2016 World Water Day at Michigan Tech

Keynote speaker John Austin, will present “Water is our Past- Water is our Future” - A New Blue Economy in 641 Dow, followed by a reception. Austin is director of the Economic Center at Prima Civitas Foundation, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, president of the Michigan School Board and a lecturer at the University of Michigan. Austin is well known for authoring the report "Healthy Waters, Strong Economy" which led to federal support for Great Lakes clean-up and restoration and regional understanding and actions to build on our Great Lakes and water resources as an economic asset.