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Call for Papers
Submission Form

Would you like to be a presenter at the 2025 IWC in Orlando, Florida?

Use this form to submit an abstract of your paper.  While abstracts should include specific details, they are executive summaries of your paper.

Abstract length should be a minimum of 150 words, with a maximum of 400 words, plus any supporting data. Papers should describe completed studies, programs or descriptions of work in progress with significant intermediate results. Presentations of the papers at the conference are allowed 25 minutes in length, followed by a 10-minute prepared discussion by a third-party expert. Case histories discussing solutions to problems are desirable, especially by end-users. Papers describing new technical advancements, including supporting data, are particularly welcome.

Final sessions will be decided on the basis of abstracts submitted.

 

Deadline to Submit: Friday March 21, 2025

 

Writing Effective Abstracts (pdf)

 

Suggested Topics for the Abstract:

Boiler Water Treatment and Condensate Polishing
Brine/Concentrate Management
Brine Management/ Recovery
Carbon Capture and Hydrogen (Decarbonization)
CCR Wastewater Management – Groundwater, Leachate, DeWatering
Cooling Water Treatment
Data Centers
Desalination
Energy Transition and Water Challenges
Fundamentals
Ground Water Treatment at Coal Ash Sites
High Recovery Systems
Innovative High-Recovery Membrane Processes
Innovative / Emerging Topics Technologies
Ion Exchange
Lithium/Rare Earth
Microelectronics/Semi-Conductors
Mining
Monitoring/IoT

Nutrient Reduction and Removal
Oil & Gas Upstream/Refining/Downstream
PFAS
Potable Water Treatment
Pretreatment Technologies (Including Gray Water)
Produced Water Management and Treatment
Recycle/Reuse
Risk and Rewards of High-Recovery RO
RO and Membrane Treatment Processes
Sustainability
Trace Contaminant Removal
Ultrapure Water
Wastewater Treatment – Power Plant Wastewaters
Wastewater Treatment – Industrial/Others
Water and Carbon Capture
Water Needs for Hydrogen and New Materials
Water Positive
Water Project Delivery
Zero / Minimum Liquid Discharge

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Abstract Information

 


The Primary and Secondary Topic is only used as a general topic guideline for the committee and does not affect the selection process.




Abstract length should be a minimum of 150 words with a maximum of 400 words.
Min: 150 words, Max: 400 words


Author obligation to the International Water Conference®:

The IWC reserves the right of First Publication of any Papers accepted for presentation. If an author has a Paper accepted for presentation, he/she must not submit it elsewhere for publication without the consent of the IWC Executive Committee. Papers submitted should not have been published previously. If a paper is published by the IWC, the paper becomes the copyright property of the IWC. The author acknowledges his/her intent to submit for publication. The submitting author or the employer in the case of a "work made for hire", acknowledges the following:

Author shall retain:
(1) All propriety rights other than copyright (such as patent rights);

(2) The right to use all or part of the paper in future works of their own, including lectures, press releases, reviews, textbooks or reprint books.

It is understood that permission to reproduce will be waived at the time of publication by the following statement, which will be included in the Proceedings of the International Water Conference®: "Rights to reprint articles in this publication may be granted, provided that written permission from the author and a statement of the prospective publisher's intent are received by the IWC and that the IWC grants written permission to the prospective publisher."

Authors are expected to write a paper as well as prepare a PowerPoint presentation, along with as a closure to the Discusser’s comments and questions. The author (or co-author) is expected to attend the conference in person to deliver their paper. Authors are also expected to commit to the timelines and due dates for all submittals.

The IWC requires papers to be non-commercial and limits trade names or logos to a single use in papers and presentations. Generic identification is required for all products and companies. Authors selected for presentation must register through normal conference registration procedures.

The author acknowledges that company management/ ownership and any clients referenced in the paper have given full permission to present this content
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