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2025 Atlantic
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The conference committee is calling on municipalities, consultants, suppliers, and industry representatives to submit technical abstracts on current topics and how they are charting the course within our industry. We are hoping to receive a varied range of topics so we can appeal to all the conference attendees.
We are looking forward to once again coming together to share our experience and knowledge with our peers, and we require your support to make this happen. Please consider submitting an abstract – the host committee is excited to hear from you.
Presentations
The ACWWA is inviting abstract submissions for the 2025 Conference in St. John’s, NL. All topics related to the water and wastewater profession will be considered, with a specific emphasis this year on abstracts considering the theme of growth. Abstracts should fall under one of the three primary categories: technical presentations, practical demonstrations, and workforce attraction. Presentations will be 20 minutes in length with 5 minutes for questions.
Technical Presentations
Technical presentations offering detailed insights into innovative technological advancements or research to assist with growth within water and wastewater systems.
Practical Demonstrations
Offer a practical demonstration or case study illustrating your team's integration of learned skills or tools within daily operations, emphasizing their impact on process efficiency and decision-making. Engage participants in interactive sessions designed to demonstrate how these tools effectively streamline tasks and optimize performance within the water and wastewater profession.
Workforce Attraction Presentations
Highlight your team's adeptness in navigating success amidst the ever-evolving leadership styles within today's growing, dynamic workforce. Presentations may encompass themes such as honing soft skills, adeptness in change management, efficient project execution, and fostering ongoing leadership development.
Instructions for Submitting Abstracts
Please submit an abstract (maximum length of 300 words), a presenter biography (maximum length of 200) and a copyright release form at https://acwwa.ca/abstract-submission by March 14th, 2025. Also, please indicate if the presenter is a first-time Emerging Leader participant at the ACWWA section conference and would like to be considered for the Fresh Ideas program developed through AWWA’s Manufacturers / Associates Council and the Young Professionals Committee.
The top presentation selected from this group of presenters will be given the opportunity to compete in the Fresh Ideas poster competition at the AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE 2026) in Washington, DC, June 21st – 24th, 2026, representing the Emerging Leaders of ACWWA. Along with complimentary conference registration provided by the ACE 2026 organizing committee, ACWWA will provide the winner with a stipend to assist with travel costs to the conference. Please note that the Fresh Ideas program does not permit co-presenters.
Selection Criteria
Submissions will be reviewed based on the significance of the work/content to a broad audience, originality of the work, new concepts, improvements or new data, technical content, the status of the completeness of the work, and the relevance to the theme of the conference, if applicable. Case studies on new technologies and industry presentations that are innovative/educational are encouraged. However, submissions that appear to be marketing material for a particular product or company will not be accepted. Authors will be notified of the selection of their abstracts for presentation by the end of July 2025
Calling All Operators and Students!
We are excited to offer an added incentive for operators. Operators whose abstracts are accepted will have their conference registration waived!
Also, in addition to being considered for the Fresh Ideas program and a chance to represent the Emerging Leaders of ACWWA at ACE 2026, students whose abstracts are accepted can request their conference registration waived.
