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Call for Abstracts



Put your research, solutions, and innovations at the forefront of the environmental industry!

Share your expertise, advance the science, and connect with top professionals from across the field.​

Call for Abstracts Available!  Submittal deadline is December 14. 

All presenters should follow this process: 
  1. View the complete Call for Abstracts document to review instructions and choose your topic.
  2. Review the Presentation Options and Submission Format Details before submitting your request. 
  3. Submit your abstract into the category of your choice using the links below: 
    1. Platform Presentation
    2. Panel Session
    3. Technical Poster
    4. Student Poster
We’re looking for innovative applications, research, emerging ideas, and forward-thinking solutions addressing today’s environmental challenges, including but not limited to:
  • Conference Theme & Hot Topics – Ports, Freight Corridors, and Warehouse/Distribution Centers; Power Generation and Battery Storage; Next Generation Clean Air Technologies; Impacts of Legislative Changes: CEQA, NEPA, and Permit Streamlining; Wildfires, Urban Fires, and Post-Fire Environmental Management; Biodegradable Plastics
  • Air Quality/Emissions – Stationary/Mobile Sources, Emission Inventory Issues, Modeling, Measurements, Monitoring, Satellite Data, and Control Technologies
  • Photochemistry, Visibility, and Data QA/QC
  • Air and Waste Regulatory and Legal Issues
  • Bioenergy, Biofuels, Biogas, and Waste-to-Energy
  • Community-Based Monitoring and Emission Reduction/Incentive Programs
  • Climate Science, Policy, Impacts, Carbon Neutrality, CCUS, Action Planning, Mitigation, and Adaptation
  • AI Applications in Air and Waste Management
  • Data Center Sustainability and Permitting
  • Environmental Program Administration – Policy, Regulation and Implementation, Permitting, Public Engagement, Odor Issues, EPA Priorities, and NSR
  • Environmental Equity and Community Engagement
  • Health, Safety, and Environmental Effects/Exposure
  • Indoor Air and Vapor Intrusion
  • Oil and Gas, Industry and Mining Environmental Issues, and Nanotechnology
  • PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
  • Power Generation Permitting and Compliance
  • Sustainability, Resource Conservation, Circular Economy, Resilience Planning, and Sustainable Waste/Materials Management
  • Transportation, Noise, and Land Use
  • Waste Treatment, Processing, Landfills, Site Remediation, and Microplastics



 
ACE 2027 Technical Program Timeline 

December 14
Abstract deadline for professional and student platform presentations, technical poster, and panel sessions

December 18
Early notification of Non-North American proposals submitted by December 4

January 8 – February 15, 2027
Notification of Acceptance

January 15, 2027 
Abstract deadline for Student Posters 

February 15, 2027
Author notification of presentation format

April 12, 2027
Draft Paper, Poster, and
Panel Synopsis due, All Panelists Confirmed

April 12 – May 28, 2027
Review Period

May 25, 2027
Advance registration deadline and hotel cutoff 

June 1, 2027
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, 20+ panel sessions, and multiple concurrent sessions each day with an audience of hundreds of top environmental professionals from around the world.