Call for Abstracts and Speaker Information
Present at the 2025 Onsite Wastewater Mega-Conference!
- Abstract submissions for presentations are CLOSED!
- Submittals for posters are OPEN!
The Mega-Conference will be held October 19-22 in Sandusky, Ohio. This year's conference theme is "Clean Water Strategies at the Heart of it All." We welcome all proposals, especially those that complement this theme.
A poster and oral presentation contest for Emerging Professionals will once again be held as part of the conference.
Important deadlines:
Dates are tentative and subject to change. (updated 2/3/25)
- February 3, 2025: Call for Abstract submissions opens.
- March 31, 2025: Deadline for Abstract submissions.
- June 9, 2025: Authors will be notified of the Education Committee's selection and provided with instructions regarding paper, presentation, and poster criteria and format.
- June 30, 2025; Deadline for Poster submissions.
- Late June-early July: Attendee & Exhibitor registration will open.
- July 31, 2025: Poster abstract deadline.
- August 11, 2025: Draft paper manuscripts due for review by the NOWRA Education Committee.
- August 18, 2025: Draft presentations due.
- September 2, 2025: Presenters must be registered for the conference and are responsible for covering their own registration and travel expenses. Failure to do so may result in removal from the agenda.
- September 2, 2025: Comments and/or edited papers returned to the author. If re-review is required, they will be due on September 11, 2024.
- September 22, 2025: Final papers and presentations must be submitted in electronic format to be included in the proceedings and conference. If the paper and/or presentation is not received by this date, the topic and speaker may be removed from the agenda.
Paper and Presentation Guidelines:
- Speaker Agreement Form (Blank)
- Latest Draft Agenda
- If you are a PRESENTER, click here for the 2025 Onsite Mega-Conference Presentation Guidelines.
- If you are writing a PAPER, click here for the 2025 Onsite Mega-Conference Paper Guidelines.
- If you are presenting a POSTER, click here for the 2025 Onsite Mega-Conference Poster Guidelines.