10th IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Water New Zealand Conference & Exhibition

Call for Abstracts is now open until 6 December 2024

In an innovative departure from business as usual, the International Water Association (IWA) is joining forces with Water New Zealand to create an event that combines IWA-ASPIRE 2025 with the annual Water New Zealand Conference and Expo.

Theme: Empowering Tomorrow – Smart Water Solutions for Resilient Communities

When: 10-24 October 2025

It will provide a meeting platform for international water and sanitation professionals, practitioners, and New Zealand WASH professionals, scientists, and experts on common themes.

Empowering Tomorrow

• Automation
• Artificial intelligence
• AR / VR and remote management
• Machine learning
• Digital transformation / digital twins
• Utility leadership
• Future workforce

Smart Water Solutions

• Smart networks (source – customer –discharge)
• Decarbonisation
• Water reuse
• Circular economy & Resource recovery
• Customer engagement
• Affordable outcomes
• Rehabilitation over replacement
• Successful innovation ecosystems

Resilience

• Extreme weather events
• Seismic & volcanic activity
• Climate adaptation
• Remediation
• Pollution control
• Nature-based solutions
• Wastewater surveillance
• Water Sanitation Safety Planning
• Sustainability & SDGs
• Emerging chemicals and microbes
• Nanoplastics
• Asset resilience

Communities

• Indigenous peoples’ relationship with water
• Te Mana o te Wai
• Regulatory framework
• Water stewardship & conservation
• Farming & Industry
• Environmental outcome focussed
• Post-disaster community participation
• Diversity, equity & inclusion

Topics

• Empowering Tomorrow
• Smart water solutions
• Resilient
• Communities

Register and learn more about the Event:  10th IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Water New Zealand Conference & Exhibition.