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Low Impact Development Conference

Jacksonville, Florida | –

Call for Abstracts

By submitting an abstract to the EWRI LID Conference 2026, you acknowledge that you understand that:

  • You are available to present in person (no virtual) at any time that the conference staff assigns your presentation (Monday, March 2-Wednesday March 4). This conference will take place in person in Jacksonville, Florida
  • It is mandatory that you register and pay for the conference by Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
  • ASCE will not pay for your travel or other expenses.
  • You have obtained permission and funding from your agency/company to make this presentation, including registration and affiliated travel (if applicable).
  • You have applied for your international travel paperwork in advance to obtain international travel permissions (if applicable).
    • Please note: Visa appointments can take up to 6 months, so please do not wait to start this process. An international letter of invitation will not be sent until you have registered and paid for the conference. Visit the for international travel page for more information.
  • In order to submit a co-author of your presentation the following will be needed (name, email, profile headshot, short biography and company name). You will not be able to submit your abstract without this information.

Topical Sessions and Tracks Requested for the EWRI LID Conference 2026

When submitting your abstract, you will be asked what track/category your abstract topic most closely fits. Below is a list of sessions that we intend to develop by grouping similar topical abstracts. Please view this list prior to submitting your abstract, so you can properly determine which track you would like your abstract to be considered for.

  • Addressing Emerging Contaminants/Pollutants in Stormwater
  • AI Applications
  • Applications in Coastal Regions
  • Bioretention
  • Co-Benefits: Urban Ecosystem Services, Economic Development, Public Health, Workforce Development
  • Compound Flooding
  • Economics, funding, and Life-Cycle Analysis
  • Green Roofs
  • Innovative Multi-disciplinary Collaborations
  • Innovative Outreach and Educational Programming
  • Integrated Water Management
  • Local/Regional Florida Concerns
  • Modeling and assessments
  • Multi-disciplinary Collaboration
  • Municipal challenges and successes
  • Nature-Based Solutions
  • Operation & Maintenance
  • Permeable Pavement
  • Social Perspectives– instigating uptake in the community
  • Solutions for Extreme Events
  • Visionary, unconventional, innovative built and non-built projects
  • Watershed and large-scale applications

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Abstract Guidelines

Abstracts Due: Wednesday, August 1, 2025

Abstracts must be:

  • The abstract must be written in the best possible technical and grammatical English.
  • The abstract should consist of one paragraph of about 250 words.
  • Abstracts cannot include lists, tables, figures, display equations, footnotes, or references.
  • The abstract should present a concise statement of the scope, principal findings, and conclusions of the author's work.
  • Your own scientific, technical or project work but not literature review.
  • No more than 2 submissions per person (as the presenter)

Only people who have significantly contributed to the research, project, or manuscript preparation should be listed as co-authors.

Abstracts must NOT be:

  • Autobiographical
  • ASCE requires that conference proceedings papers be original, unpublished work.
  • Commercial or promotional
  • ASCE/EWRI membership is encouraged, but not required for submission.

ASCE does not publish abstract-only submissions or slide presentations in conference proceedings.

 

Important Deadlines

  • Abstracts Due: Wednesday, August 1, 2025
  • Speaker/Author Registration Deadline:  Wednesday, October 8, 2026

Should an author submit their final paper but fail to register by the deadline, the unregistered paper will be removed from the conference program and proceedings.

If you intend to submit only an abstract for presentation at the conference, you are still required to register and pay by this date.

Speaker/author and moderator registration fees are non-refundable after Wednesday, October 8, 2025, due to the necessary advance production of the proceedings and the program. Exceptions may only be made for illness or emergency if the request is made in writing and accompanied by a doctor's note and/or similar official documentation stating the emergency and person's name. The subsequent refund will be discussed post-conference by EWRI management, and if the refund is approved, it will be made minus a $250.00 processing fee. To submit a cancellation request, please contact ASCE Customer Service at [email protected].

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