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WEFTEC Presentation Types

Workshops

WEFTEC workshops offer an immersive and interactive learning experience, designed to impart practical skills, techniques, and concepts directly applicable to professionals in the water quality field. These workshops cover a range of essential and cutting-edge topics, ensuring participants can dive deep into specific areas of interest in a classroom setting. With a focus on practical application, these workshops are structured to provide both half-day and full-day programs, tailored to enhance the professional development of attendees by addressing current challenges and innovations in water management.

Technical Sessions

Utilizing both traditional classroom formats and interactive styles, Technical Session proposals and individual Abstracts enable you to share your challenges, solutions, and ideas and be the catalyst for change in the water sector.

Individual Abstracts
All abstract submissions should include an author, co-author, and a maximum of two speakers. The abstract itself cannot exceed 5,500 characters. Accepted individual abstract submissions will be paired with 1-2 other individual abstract submissions to develop one technical session. Accepted abstract authors should expect to coordinate with the other authors in their technical session.

Each accepted abstract will be assigned a presentation time based on the format of the session. Speakers should expect presentation time to be as short as 5 minutes or as long as 15 minutes. Presentation times are shared immediately upon acceptance into the technical program.

Session Proposal
All session proposals should consist of a maximum of three speakers, two facilitators, and a completed agenda (60 to 90 minutes). Agendas must have a cohesive theme or topic with the goal of encouraging knowledge exchange or development. Proposals must incorporate attendee interaction.

Accepted session proposal submissions will become a complete technical session. Accepted proposal facilitators should expect to coordinate with program community members to finalize the session’s agenda and attendee engagement activities before WEFTEC 2024. Proposal speakers and facilitators should not all represent the same utility or organization but should come from different backgrounds and experiences. This includes not having all clients from one consulting organization or manufacturer.

Technology Spotlights

Technology Spotlights at WEFTEC are curated sessions that guide participants through the exhibition, spotlighting booths where the latest innovations designed to tackle current water sector challenges are showcased. These focused encounters not only allow for direct interaction with cutting-edge solutions but also facilitate in-depth discussions with exhibitors about their products and services, providing a hands-on learning experience about new technologies and their applications within the industry.

Pavilions Sessions

Pavilion sessions offer innovative, applied, and late-breaking information right in the exhibition. These sessions feature expert speakers, cutting-edge technologies, and interactive discussions aimed at addressing the different niches each pavilion addresses.

Circular Water Economy Theater
The inaugural Circular Water Economy theater will introduce the concept of Circular Water Economy and focuses on reducing waste, recovering nutrients and energy, and regenerating nature. Presentations will treat water as a renewable asset through the 3Rs (reduce, recover, regenerate). Circular Water theater sessions can be either 20-minute or 50-minute presentations, with a maximum of 3 panelists if it is a panel.

Innovation Pavilion Theater
The Innovation Pavilion, presented by WEF, BlueTech Research, and Imagine H2O, is the go-to destination for the latest and most prominent water sector innovation initiatives. Presentations will highlight the newest trends, opportunities, technologies, and implementations in the water  sector that address today’s challenges. Innovation theater sessions can be either 20-minute or 50-minute presentations, with a maximum of 3 panelists if it is a panel.

Global Center
The Global Center highlights content and networking featuring attendees and presenters from five continents and over 20 international trade delegations.  The theater covers a range of topics relevant to international attendees, including global workforce, water clusters, public-private partnerships, sustainable water management, and global business opportunities. Sessions must be educational and informative.

Global Center theater sessions are typically 55 minutes long (35-45 minutes presentation, followed by 5-10 minutes Q&A). Panel presentations with up to 5 panelists are welcome. Shorter presentations of 25 minutes will also be considered based on the nature of the topic.