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2025 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress

Anchorage, Alaska | –

For Speakers

The following information is for speakers at the EWRI Congress 2025, occurring Sunday, May 18 – Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

NOTE: This event will be in person in Anchorage, Alaska.

Registration for the EWRI Congress 2025 

Speakers and moderators will receive a speaker code to apply a discount to the member/non-member registration rates.  

It is mandatory that you register and pay for the conference by Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

IMPORTANT:  EWRI requires that at least one author from your presentation register by the speaker registration deadline of Wednesday, January 22, 2025, and plan to present your presentation in person in Anchorage. Presentations that don’t have at least one author registered by Wednesday, January 22, 2025 will be removed from the technical program and associated papers will not be published in the proceedings.  University professors may not present more than two presentations on behalf of their students.

Preparing for Your Presentation

  • A detailed agenda will be posted to the conference program page in February 2025.
  • All presentations in the concurrent technical sessions are scheduled for 15 minutes.
  • Please make sure all of your presenters and panelists are registered for the conference.
  • A moderator will be assigned to each session. 
  • Each session room will have a laptop and screen. The larger concurrent technical session rooms will also have microphones, but the smaller rooms may not.  
  • Please design your slide format in the standard 4:3 slide size format. EWRI does not require or provide a standard template for your presentation design.
  • Please arrive to your assigned presentation room 15-20 minutes prior to your scheduled presentation time.
  • Please bring a copy of your presentation on a USB drive and ask the moderator to load the presentation onto the laptop.  
  • EWRI does not require you to submit your presentation prior to the event date. We also do not distribute presentation slides.

Cancellations & Refund Requests

Authors and Co-Authors

Author conference registrations (including co-authors) that are canceled between Wednesday, January 22, 2025 – Friday, February 28, 2025 are subject to a $100.00 cancellation fee. If the author (including co-authors) has submitted a final written paper, an additional $250.00 cancellation fee is applicable per paper.

Author conference registration fees (including co-authors) are completely non-refundable after Friday, February 28, 2025, due to the necessary advance production of the proceedings and the program.

Authors (including co-authors) may submit a request for refund consideration if:

  • There is an illness or emergency that prevents you from traveling.  In this instance, the refund request is made in writing and accompanied by a doctor's note and/or similar official documentation stating the emergency and the person's name. The subsequent refund request will be discussed post-conference by EWRI management, and if the refund is approved, it will be made minus a $100.00 processing fee and an additional $250.00 per paper submitted.
  • If the participant has been denied a travel visa, please submit the official documentation received with the denial of your visa application.  The subsequent refund request will be discussed post-conference by EWRI management, and if the refund is approved, it will be made minus a $100.00 processing fee and an additional $250.00 per paper submitted.
    • If your visa appointment has been delayed and you have written proof that you requested an appointment prior to January 1, 2025, please send your documentation for refund consideration. The subsequent refund request will be discussed post-conference by EWRI management, and if the refund is approved, it will be made minus a $100.00 processing fee and an additional $250.00 per paper submitted.

To submit a cancellation and/or refund request, please contact ASCE Customer Service at [email protected].

Attendees and Moderators

Attendee refund requests (does not apply to authors or co-authors) received after the cancellation date of Wednesday, April 16, 2025, will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and are reviewed 30 days post-conference.

Refund requests may only be made for illness or emergency, and should be accompanied by a doctor's note and/or similar official documentation stating the emergency and person's name. The subsequent refund will be discussed post-conference by EWRI management, and if the refund is approved, it will be made minus a $100.00 processing fee.  

To submit a cancellation and/or refund request, please contact ASCE Customer Service at [email protected].

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