Call for Abstracts
Present at the most comprehensive environmental conference on technology and solutions!
Share your knowledge, advance the industry, and make connections.
Call for Abstracts available! Submittal deadline is December 19.
View the complete Call for Abstracts before you submit to review instructions and choose your topic.
Submit your abstract in the appropriate category below.
- Platform Presentation Abstracts
- Panel Session Abstracts
- Technical Poster Abstracts
- Student Poster Abstracts
We're looking for the latest and greatest research, applications, ideas, and solutions in the environmental industry on topics including, but not limited to:
- 2026 Mini Symposium – Energizing the Future
- Conference Theme and Hot Topics – Energy Transition, Grid Resiliency/Reliability, Decarbonization, Plugging Abandoned/Orphaned Wells, Texas Energy Fund, Natural Disaster Preparedness, AI Applications, Data Centers
- Air Emissions – Stationary/Mobile Sources, Emission Inventory, Modeling, Measurements, Monitoring, Satellite Data, Control Technologies
- Air Quality – Measurements, Controls, Modeling, Photochemistry, Visibility, Data QA/QC
- Bioenergy, Biofuels, Biogas, Landfills
- Community-Based Monitoring and Emission Reduction Programs
- Environmental Change – Science, Policy, Impacts, Carbon Neutrality, CCUS, Action Planning, Mitigation and Adaptation
- Environmental Program Administration – Policy, Regulation and Implementation, Permitting, Public Engagement, Odor Issues, EPA Priorities, NSR
- Environmental Equity
- Health, Safety, and Environmental Effects/Exposure
- Indoor Air, Vapor Intrusion
- Oil and Gas, Industry, Power Generation, Nanotechnology
- PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
- Air and Waste Regulatory and Legal Issues
- Sustainability, Resource Conservation, Circular Economy, Resilience Planning, Sustainable Waste/Materials Management
- Transportation and Land Use
- Waste Treatment, Processing, Waste-to-Energy, Landfills, Site Remediation, Regulations
- Wildfires and Prescribed Fire Impacts
Panel Session — Requires panel chair to recruit speakers and submit a 150-word Panel Synopsis describing the panel topic/goals and listing confirmed panelists and their affiliations by April 1.
Platform Presentation — Authors may submit a full-length manuscript or extended abstract for technical review, or PowerPoint presentation slides that will receive only a content review.
Technical Poster — Authors may submit a full-length manuscript or extended abstract for technical review, or poster pages that will receive only a content review.
Student Poster — Authors must bring a poster display in accordance with A&WMA guidelines for content and format.
ACE 2026 Technical Program Timeline
December 19, 2025
Abstract Deadline for
Professional and Student
Platform Presentations,
Technical Posters, and
Panel Sessions
December 19, 2025
Early Notification of
Non-North American
Proposals Submitted by Dec. 1
January 9 – February 13, 2026
Notification of Acceptance
January 16, 2026
Abstract Deadline for
Student Posters
February 13, 2026
Author Notification of
Presentation Format
April 1, 2026
Draft Paper, Poster, and
Panel Synopsis due, All Panelists Confirmed
April 1 – May 16, 2026
Review Period
May 22, 2026
Final Submissions Due
Why you should present
A&WMA’s Annual Conference is recognized as the premier international conference of its kind providing the latest information on air, energy, emerging contaminants such as PFAS, sustainability, resource conservation, and waste management issues. The conference typically has over 200 platform and poster presentations, 30+ panel sessions, and multiple concurrent sessions each day with an audience of hundreds of top environmental professionals from around the world.
December 19, 2025
Abstract Deadline for
Professional and Student
Platform Presentations,
Technical Posters, and
Panel Sessions
December 19, 2025
Early Notification of
Non-North American
Proposals Submitted by Dec. 1
January 9 – February 13, 2026
Notification of Acceptance
January 16, 2026
Abstract Deadline for
Student Posters
February 13, 2026
Author Notification of
Presentation Format
April 1, 2026
Draft Paper, Poster, and
Panel Synopsis due, All Panelists Confirmed
April 1 – May 16, 2026
Review Period
May 22, 2026
Final Submissions Due
Why you should present
A&WMA’s Annual Conference is recognized as the premier international conference of its kind providing the latest information on air, energy, emerging contaminants such as PFAS, sustainability, resource conservation, and waste management issues. The conference typically has over 200 platform and poster presentations, 30+ panel sessions, and multiple concurrent sessions each day with an audience of hundreds of top environmental professionals from around the world.
