The Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. (CWP) is now accepting abstracts from those interested in presenting at the 2025 National Watershed & Stormwater Conference. The Conference includes three full days of technical content from Tuesday, April 8^th through Thursday, April 10^th, 2025, at the Royal Sonesta hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This year, the National Conference’s central theme is

Collaboration for Successful Watershed Stewardship

CWP is soliciting abstracts from land and water resources communities, government agencies, engineers, scientists, planners, and other interested parties. The selection process includes reviews conducted by the Conference’s Technical Planning Advisory Committee and CWP’s planning team. Presentations are for educational and professional growth purposes, not sales or marketing pitches. CWP invites those who are seeking to promote products or services to partner with the Conference as a sponsor (learn more here).

You can submit abstracts online via a Google Form

Abstract submission

We are seeking input from the land and water resources communities & other interested parties and invite you to assist with program development via the abstract submission process.

All abstracts will go through a review and selection process conducted by the Technical Advisory Committee and the Center’s planning team.  Presentations are to provide educational opportunities to audience members and not sales or marketing pitches.

There are three (3) presentation formats: traditional presentation, poster presentation, and workshop/panel session, as described below. On the abstract submittal form, indicate which presentation type you prefer. If you are requesting multiple distinct presentations, please submit one abstract submittal form per topic.

1. Presentation
   • Presentation time slots are 25 minutes, which includes approximately 20 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for questions from the audience.
   • Presentations will be grouped into sessions with other presentations within the same technical track.
2. Poster Presentation
   • A Poster Session will be held during an evening reception. Presenters will present their posters and lead a discussion with small groups.
   • Students are encouraged to apply for this presentation type.
3. Workshop
   • Each workshop session is expected to take 1.25 to 1.5 hours including time for questions. We recommend 3–5 speakers for each session.
   • Workshops can consist of either panel discussions on a specific topic, or a presentation with at least one interactive exercise.
   • Alternatively, individuals can apply to participate on a roundtable or panel about a specific topic. Based on speaker interest, CWP will organize and moderate workshop panels. Panels may include MS4 Compliance, IDDE, climate change, agriculture, watershed planning, etc. If you’re interested in participating in a panel discussion about a certain topic, your abstract submittal should include your professional bio and topics of interest.

Abstracts are due by December 31, 2024

Abstract submission questions should be emailed to:  Center@cwp.org.

CWP is interested in wide-ranging presentation topics related to watershed and stormwater management, CWP is particularly interested in presentations that might relate to the central theme of “Collaboration for Successful Watershed Stewardship” including but not limited the topics below: