47th Annual Meeting and Conference
Registration is now open!
Before March 29:
General $180 Student $100 |
After March 29:
General $200 Student $120 |
Registration includes lunch and dinner on Thursday, refreshment breaks on both days, program abstract book, and AWRA Section dues.
Please fill out and submit this form to register for the Wisconsin AWRA Annual Meeting. Each individual registering for the conference needs to fill out this form to provide their information and preferences for the conference. If you are registering as a part of a group, and one person would like to pay the registration fees for the group, you may pay multiple registrations at the bottom of this form.
If someone not attending the conference would like to pay the registration fees for a group, please fill out and pay with this form.
If you have questions about registration, please email us at wisconsinawra@gmail.com
Please fill out and submit this form to register for the Wisconsin AWRA Annual Meeting. Each individual registering for the conference needs to fill out this form to provide their information and preferences for the conference. If you are registering as a part of a group, and one person would like to pay the registration fees for the group, you may pay multiple registrations at the bottom of this form.
If someone not attending the conference would like to pay the registration fees for a group, please fill out and pay with this form.
If you have questions about registration, please email us at wisconsinawra@gmail.com
Lodging
The meeting will be held at the Paper Valley Hilton in Appleton, WI Rooms at the hotel can be reserved until April 4, 2024 at the AWRA conference rate of $98 for a single room and $119 for a double room. A limited number of group rooms are available upon request. You must indicate that you are attending the American Water Resources Association meeting to receive this rate. Please call the hotel directly at 920-733-8000 to make your room reservation. Rooms are tax exempt with proper identification. Parking at the hotel is $10/day.
Key Documents
Program Highlights
We have another excellent year of talks from industry professionals, state and federal agencies, educators and students sharing case studies, regional groundwater and surface water trends, water regulations, and cutting-edge research on groundwater and surface water interactions, water quality, impacts from agriculture and urban land uses, and much more. There are over 75 excellent talks to deepen your knowledge and broaden your perspectives.
Thursday Coffee Hour Meet and Greet
Attendees new and old are invited to kickoff the conference at a meet and-greet on Thursday morning, April 25, starting at 9 a.m. Come catch up with old acquaintances, and introduce yourself to new colleagues! In particular, first-time attendees and students are encouraged to stop by for a chance to get to know fellow meeting-goers before the conference kicks off. Coffee will be provided.
Friday Student Career Workshop
Students are invited to participate in a career workshop on Friday April 26 from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. The workshop will include Q&A and a discussion of job opportunities by a panel representing a range of career choices for water resources professionals. The workshop is free and includes lunch. Students can sign up during registration. Spots are limited; so sign up early!
Looking for Student Assistants
Student helpers are needed to run the projectors and do other tasks at the annual meeting. If you are interested, please contact Matt Diebel at mdiebel@usgs.gov by April 5. Student assistants will need to arrive at the meeting location by 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 25, and are required to attend and assist with both days of the conference. In exchange, they will receive a refund on their registration fees.
Officer Elections
Elections for President Elect, Vice President, Secretary, and Director-at-Large will be held at the luncheon business meeting. Biographies of each candidate will be printed in the program. We are always looking for volunteers to serve on the Wisconsin AWRA Board or Conference Planning Committee. If you are interested or know someone you’d like to nominate, contact President Elect Meg Haserodt (mhaserodt@usgs.gov)
Student Awards
The AWRA Annual Meeting is designed to create a student-friendly atmosphere. Students are strongly encouraged to present and discuss Wisconsin-related research in all aspects of water science and policy. To encourage excellence in student oral and poster presentations, up to four awards of $200 will be offered. If you are a graduate or undergraduate student and would like to be considered for an award, please indicate your interest on the abstract submission form. Students submitting abstracts for poster presentations to be considered for an award will be asked to provide a PDF of their posters one week in advance of the conference for preliminary judging.
New Strategic Plan
After a year of work, we are excited to announce that the board of directors has approved our first strategic plan. This plan is designed to be flexible to our membership needs, while providing a roadmap of near-term and long-range planning goals. We have developed a mission and vision to guide the organization, and we documented our values to ensure we hold true to what we all love about the organization. During the lunchtime session, the Board will provide an overview of key strategic planning outcomes and propose our first steps to achieving those goals.
The plan identified three main strategies:
We invite you to review the strategic plan executive summary here. We are planning to present our findings, implementation goals, and engage in an open discussion about this strategic plan with membership at the annual meeting.
The plan identified three main strategies:
- Build organization capacity to make leadership more inviting and sustainable for a broader range of people and to allow the organization to do more. We plan to restructure leadership, streamline operations, and assess resources needs and opportunities to allow the organization to thrive and grow more effectively.
- Broaden backgrounds and experiences across our organization, leadership and conference to strengthen the organization, enrich the science and support an inclusive and equitable profession and community. We will strive to continue to expand the water resource professional organizations and sectors we market our annual conference to. And we will work to grow diversity, equity and inclusion with a focus on welcoming people from historically underrepresented and marginalized communities.
- Focus on improving Wisconsin AWRA’s offerings. The annual meeting is the organization’s primary event, and members are enthusiastic about maintaining the opportunity to connect and share our science with each other. At the same time, members are enthusiastic about expanding those opportunities to connect, either through tweaks to the annual meeting or through events or services beyond it. We will look for opportunities to strengthen our connection through and beyond our flagship event.
We invite you to review the strategic plan executive summary here. We are planning to present our findings, implementation goals, and engage in an open discussion about this strategic plan with membership at the annual meeting.
Donations
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to WI-AWRA. Donations may be made by individuals or organizations and are directly used to fund either student awards, the student career luncheon, or student registration costs.