CONFERENCE'25

“Mentoring Tomorrow’s
Water Innovators”

REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Join us at the Egan Center in Downtown Anchorage May 13-15.

Registration for our Annual Statewide Conference will include breakfast and lunch for each day of your registration; access to all conference sessions, keynote addresses, refreshment breaks, receptions; and any offsite events.

Our technical tracks will include Water; Wastewater; topics that are applicable to both sectors; Management and Safety; and more.
Be watching for the draft agenda in early March.

You can register yourself, and up to 4 more ATTENDEE’s per category using the buttons below (Exhibitors, please use the link in the EXHIBIT section below to sign up for a booth):

JOIN OUR GROWING LIST OF SUPPORTERS

Gain special recognition throughout the conference
We are again offering you a tax-deductible opportunity to sponsor special events during and immediately following the conference.

Don’t miss this opportunity
Network with public health officials, consulting and environmental engineers, government regulators, water & wastewater system managers, operators, utility managers, councilmen, chiefs, tribal administrators, and other industry professionals that work together diligently to keep “Clean, Safe Water for Alaska”.

EXHIBIT AT THE EXPO

May 13-14

If you are an AWWMA (AWWA or WEF) member, you will automatically receive your discount at checkout. If you are currently a member of another (state) section or member association, let us know your member number and we will provide you with a member discount code as well!

The Expo will include your choice of an 8’x10′ piped and draped booth, a skirted 6′ table, one chair per registered attendant, plus electricity, and access to the facility’s public Wi-Fi.

Each booth registration will include one full conference pass (should you wish to participate before and after the EXPO). Registration includes optional special events, breakout sessions, and any conference materials.

Additional booth representatives must register.

SETUP Anytime after lunch on Tuesday (1:00-4:00 pm)
Teardown anytime after the Wednesday Reception (after 6 pm)

EXPO layout coming soon

VISITING DELEGATION

CHERYL PORTER
President, American Water Works Association

Cheryl Porter is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Water and Field Services at Great Lakes Water Authority in Detroit, Michigan.

Her career in the water sector began in 1996 as a chemist for the City of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department and elevated to COO by 2014. Since joining AWWA in 2005, Cheryl has been an active volunteer with AWWA and the Michigan Section of AWWA on various committees, and has assumed leadership roles such as the MI-AWWA Board Trustee, AWWA Director-at-Large, AWWA Vice President and currently President Board roles.

Cheryl holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Michigan, a Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, and an MBA with a concentration in Human Resources from Madonna University.

HOWARD CARTER
President, Water Environment Federation

Howard Carter is the director of the Water Resource Recovery Department for the City of Saco, Maine.

A WEF member since 1998, Howard spent five years in the House of Delegates as a representative of the New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) and his last year as the speaker of the House. Additionally, he was a founding member of the New England Operations Challenge team “Pump Fiction” that went on to compete nationally in both Division 1 and 2 for a number of years.

Howard is also an active member of NEWEA, and a past president of the Maine Water Environment Association (2002).

In addition to receiving numerous WEF Operations Challenge team awards over the years Howard is also a recipient of the William D. Hatfield Award, the Arthur Sidney Bedell Award, A WEF Fellow, a WEF Service Pin Recipient, and a member of the Select Society of Sanitary Shovelers.

Howard is a graduate of both the U.S. Naval Nuclear Piping/Mechanical Apprenticeship program and the Southern Maine Technical College Wastewater Treatment/Environmental program.

COMPETITIONS

Hydrant Hysteria and Drinking Water Taste Test: Tuesday evening during the Meet & Greet Reception.

Try your skills and win prizes!
The winning Hydrant Hysteria teams will be provided airfare and hotel accommodations to represent AWWMA at ACE26! Start working together now and practice as a team to bring back the trophy!

Contact Joe Swain for more information on how to compete, or click here to learn more about the competition.

The Drinking Water Taste Test winner will be provided the opportunity to take a fresh sample to ACE’25 to represent Alaska’s! Bring your treated water samples to the REGISTRATION DESK upon arrival and sign up at the conference!

Click here to view the Taste Test Rules.