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2026 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress

Mobile, Alabama | –

For Speakers

The following information is for speakers at the EWRI Congress 2026, occurring Sunday, April 26 – Wednesday, April 29, 2026.

NOTE: This event will be in person in Mobile, Alabama.

Registration for the EWRI Congress 2026 

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 7, 2026.

IMPORTANT:  EWRI requires that at least one author from your presentation register by the speaker registration deadline of Wednesday, January 6, 2026., and plan to present your presentation in person in Mobile, AL. Presentations that don’t have at least one author registered by Wednesday, January 6, 2026 will be removed from the technical program and associated papers will not be published in the proceedings.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 2026.
  • 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 normal 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 session 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/Refunds

Please see below regarding refund requests.

Authors and Co-Authors:

Author conference registrations (including co-authors) that are canceled between Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025 - Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 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 Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 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, 2026, 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, Mar. 25 2026, 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.

Please send cancellation requests to [email protected] or fax to +1 (866) 902-5593.

Government & Military:

Government & military speakers should not register for the conference until you are 100% sure that you are approved to attend. This registration deadline waiver is only applicable to abstract submitters who do not intend to submit a paper.*

If a government or military abstract submission has been approved for oral presentation, it will not be added to the official agenda until paid conference registration has been received.  Please stay in communication with Mark Gable regarding your abstract and registration status, if you are experiencing any delay in registration approvals.

Government & military participants that submit refund requests will follow the same cancellation policies outlined above for authors/co-authors, attendees or moderators as appropriate.

*Any government & military participants that intend to submit a written paper for the conference proceedings, must submit the paper per the outlined submission schedule and must complete their paid conference registration by the Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 speaker registration deadline.

Registration Questions

Contact [email protected], or call (800) 548-2723 or +1(703)295-6300 and ask to speak with a Registration Customer Service Representative.

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