Call For Abstracts

Share Your Knowledge.
Shape Resilient Water Futures.

Share your research, knowledge, and practical experience at the 11th IWA-ASPIRE Conference & Expo 2027, taking place on 25–30 October 2027 at the SMX Convention Center Manila, Philippines.

Under the theme “Resilient Water Futures: Innovation, Inclusion, and Integrity,” the conference invites researchers, water professionals, utility leaders, policymakers, academics, young water professionals, and innovators to contribute solutions addressing current and emerging water and sanitation challenges.

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Thematic Tracks,
Topics and Subtopics

Rural Water & Sanitation

Rural Water Security: Safe and reliable supply, climate resilience, groundwater sustainability, emergency preparedness, water quality monitoring, nature-based solutions, small and rural water supply systems, and off-grid solutions.

Rural Sanitation & WASH: Rural sanitation systems, non-sewered rural areas, low-cost technologies, hygiene programmes, WASH in schools and health facilities, gender and inclusion, and WASH in emergencies.

Urban Water Management

Integrated Urban Water Management: Disaster risk management, urban flooding and resilience, stormwater and green infrastructure, water-sensitive cities, demand management, and nature-based solutions.

Non-Revenue Water: Leakage reduction, smart metering, District Metered Areas, asset management, water audits, digital NRW, and utility performance.

Water & Environmental Protection: Watershed protection, urban river rehabilitation, pollution control, ecosystem-based approaches, climate impacts, and coastal and marine risks.

Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies

Water and Wastewater Treatment: Drinking water and wastewater treatment technologies, membrane and advanced filtration, low-carbon treatment processes, emerging contaminants, nature-based and hybrid systems, automation, and digitalization.

Sludge and Septage Management: Treatment technologies, collection and transport systems, operational safety, decentralized solutions, biosolids treatment, and beneficial reuse.

Resource Recovery and Circular Economy: Energy and biogas production, nutrient recovery, water reclamation and reuse, recycling, waste-to-resource innovations, and integrated resource recovery.

Citywide Inclusive Sanitation and Non-Sewered Sanitation

NSS Systems & Technologies: Decentralized systems and innovations in containment.

Faecal Sludge Management: Collection, treatment, and reuse.

NSS Business & Scaling: Sustainable business models and strategies for scaling solutions.

Health & Safety: Risk management and worker safety.

Inclusive Sanitation: Equity, public health, strategic service planning, and social and behaviour change.

Water Governance, Policy and Sustainable Finance

Financing & Public-Private Partnerships: Tariffs, financial models, PPP mechanisms, blended finance, creditworthiness, climate financing, and loss and damage funds.

Governance & Regulation: Regulatory performance, governance reform, transparency, accountability, utility capacity building, and community-based governance.

Institutional Development and Leadership: Utility strengthening, policy frameworks, thought leadership, capacity building, and emerging water professionals.

Smart Water & Emerging Technologies

Digital Water Systems: Digital transformation, smart sensors, and monitoring systems.

Artificial Intelligence & Data Applications: Forecasting, optimization, and digital twins.

Advanced Tools: Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing, and cybersecurity.

Submissions will be reviewed based on their relevance to the conference theme, technical quality, originality, clarity, practical value, and alignment with the selected track. Accepted abstracts may be assigned to either an oral or poster presentation.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 29 January 2027 (TBC)
Notification of Acceptance: 15 April 2027 (TBC)