2026 Great Lakes Region Climate Action Seminar

January 29 & 30, 2026 (virtual seminar)

Disaster & Refuge in the Great Lakes:  Preparing for Vulnerability and Possibility in the Climate Crisis

The ASLA State Chapters for Upstate NY, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota and the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects are pleased to announce the Call for Presentations for the 2026 Great Lakes Region Climate Action Seminar. This is the fourth event in a series aimed to explore and expand landscape architecture’s role regarding climate change impacts occurring in urban and natural systems across the Great Lakes Region.

The theme for the 2026 Seminar is Disaster & Refuge in the Great Lakes: Preparing for Vulnerability and Possibility in the Climate Crisis.