A&WMA 2026 ACE: A&WMA's 119th Annual Conference & Exhibition: Energizing the Future JW Marriott Austin Austin, TX, United States, June 21-24, 2026

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

Review the Presentation Options and Submission Formats before submitting your abstract. 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

Accepted presentations can be submitted in these formats: 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 an 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.