WaterSmart Innovations Conference & Expo

WaterSmart Innovations (WSI) is the American Water Works Association (AWWA) conference dedicated to sustainable, efficient, and resilient water management. Official event page: https://www.awwa.org/event/watersmart-innovations/ (https://www.awwa.org/Events-Education/WaterSmart-Innovations redirects here).

Next edition used for this listing: October 21-23, 2026 (Wednesday-Friday), Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon. CMS dates 2026-10-21 to 2026-10-23 match this official next edition. AWWA Conferences listing (https://www.awwa.org/conferences/) also lists WaterSmart Innovations October 21-23, 2026, Portland, OR. No sooner official edition was found.

Venue (official event page and schedule page): Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232, United States. Official copy: all conference events will take place at the Oregon Convention Center, unless otherwise noted. Official hotel block is at The DoubleTree by Hilton Portland (book by September 30 for the $169 group rate, or when the block fills); that hotel is not the conference venue.

Hours from official WSI 2026 Schedule at-a-Glance (https://www.awwa.org/conferences/watersmart-innovations-schedule/), schedule subject to change, all events at the Oregon Convention Center: Wednesday, October 21, 2026: Registration 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; pre-conference workshops 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (times vary, additional fee); pre-conference facility tours 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (times vary, additional fee); Students & Young Professionals Connect 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, October 22, 2026: Registration 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Opening General Session 8:30-9:30 a.m.; Exhibit Hall 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; morning professional sessions 10:00-11:30 a.m.; lunch in the Exhibit Hall 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m.; afternoon professional sessions 1:15-4:45 p.m.; cocktail reception in Exhibit Hall 4:45-6:30 p.m. Friday, October 23, 2026: Registration 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; morning professional sessions 8:30-11:45 a.m.; Exhibit Hall 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.; lunch in the Exhibit Hall 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; afternoon professional sessions 2:00-4:45 p.m.

Registration is open on the official event page. Register Here links to https://events.awwa.org/GcmMaintenance/awwa/login/login.html?C=30000288N. Early-bird rates on or before September 21, 11:59 p.m. ET; regular rates on or after September 22. Full-conference (educational sessions, exposition, reception and lunches; workshops and tours extra): member early $595, non-member early $695, member regular $695, non-member regular $795. Speaker (validation required): $495/$595 early, $595/$695 regular. Student (validation required): $65 member early, $90 otherwise. Exhibits only (non-booth staff): $70 member early, $100 otherwise. Pre-conference workshop or facility tour: $90-$180. Spouse/guest (non-industry): $65. Rates subject to change. Cancellations in writing only; email substitutions or cancellations to [email protected] or [email protected].

Program (official copy): WSI addresses water supply reliability including climate adaptation, wildfire impacts on watersheds, urban water-use trends, and the water-energy-sustainability nexus. Pre-conference workshops and tours are Wednesday, October 21, 2026, additional fee, not included in full-conference registration. Exhibit hall is described as a place to see product demos from providers of water solutions.

Audience named on the official page: water resource planners and engineers; conservation and green infrastructure professionals; municipal water and wastewater utility staff; consultants; local, state, and federal government agencies; water quality specialists; public affairs managers.

Contact from official pages: login assistance 800.926.7337 or [email protected]; Education Services [email protected]; hotel-fraud reports [email protected]; exhibitor sales Donna Walstrom 303.734.3601 / [email protected] (companies 0-9 and A-I) and Eddie Quinn 303.347.6138 / [email protected] (companies J-Z). AWWA Headquarters footer: 6666 W. Quincy Ave., Denver, CO 80235 USA, 303.794.7711 / 800.926.7337.

Frequency and numbered edition are not stated in official AWWA body copy on the event, schedule, or conferences pages; they are not set. Do not mix other AWWA events (Annual Conference & Expo/ACE, Water Infrastructure Conference, Water Quality Technology Conference, and others) into this listing.

Sources: https://www.awwa.org/event/watersmart-innovations/ ; https://www.awwa.org/conferences/watersmart-innovations-schedule/ ; https://www.awwa.org/conferences/