Deadline: September 27, 2024
Symposium Overview
The 43rd Annual Indiana Water Resources Association Symposium is shifting in timing and format this year. The one-day symposium will be held this fall on Thursday, November 7, 2024, at the MADE@Plainfield facility (1610 Reeves Rd, Plainfield, IN 46168).
At this year’s one-day in-person event in November, we will host a diverse group of interagency partners and collaborators to present on topics related to water resources in Indiana. Please submit an abstract of your work to be considered for presentation!
The 2024 symposium committee is seeking oral and poster presentations on a wide range of topics related to water including: Public Health and Safety: contamination, flooding, drought, vulnerable groundwater supply, microplastics, harmful algae blooms, arsenic, PFAS, and other water-related health and safety concerns. Habitat: invasive or endangered species, low and high flows, sedimentation, pollution, and other effects on in-stream or other species. Environmental Response: bank stability, ground subsidence, floodplain considerations, and storage losses. Infrastructure: water monitoring, integrated water-resource management, public and industrial water supply, source-water protection, stormwater, treatment, distribution, and mapping.
In addition to these “theme” topics, we would love to hear about water-resource issues and activities in your area of expertise. IWRA is particularly effective in bringing together professionals and students from a variety of water resources and related disciplines and provides a relaxed forum for presentations and discussion. To that end, presentations on any topic concerning water resources research, assessment, planning, management, protection, development, or education are solicited.
Our one-day symposium schedule will have time for 14 oral presentations. We are also seeking poster presentations to communicate your work!
Student presentations are encouraged, and students receive financial support to present (see Student Scholarships). The cost of presenting will be covered by the IWRA Student Scholarship Fund. Presentations are not required to be original material. We welcome presentations given previously to other organizations.
Abstract Submission
Abstracts should be submitted via email to Sally Letsinger (sletsing@iu.edu). Please use the subject line “2024 IWRA Abstract”. Abstracts should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe Portable Document formats, should not exceed one page, and should include:
• A description of the issue or problem, the methods or approach, results, and implications for water-resources research or management.
• The title, author(s), and affiliations. Please include contact information (email and telephone) for the presenting author. Please indicate if the presenting author is a student.
The deadline for submitting an abstract is September 27, 2024.
Symposium Registration Fees
Registration fees have not yet been determined but are expected to be very affordable (and will include lunch). Information on registration fees will be provided later this fall in the symposium announcement and at the IWRA web site www.iwra.info. Student presenters will have their registration fees paid by IWRA.
Student Scholarships
IWRA especially values student presentations and sponsors a Student Scholarship Fund designed to cover student expenses for attending and presenting at the Spring Symposium. All student-submitted abstracts will be considered for a scholarship. Please contact Sally Letsinger, sletsing@iu.edu, if you have questions concerning student scholarships.
Schedule for Abstract Submission, Acceptance, and Presentations
- September 27, 2024 Deadline for abstract submissions
- October 4, 2024 Notification of abstract acceptanceformat
- November 7, 2024 43rd IWRA Symposium
Following the symposium, the IWRA will host our fall business meeting and social hour. More info to follow!
The Indiana Water Resources Association
The Indiana Water Resources Association (IWRA) was founded in 1979 as a state section of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA, www.awra.org) to promote water resources research, education, and communication in Indiana. The IWRA is an organization of several hundred professionals and students working in all aspects of water resources. Its members include scientists, engineers, technicians, environmental health specialists, regulators, educators, lawyers, policy makers, and students from government, universities, industry, consulting firms, and other water-related groups. One of the main goals of IWRA is to facilitate communication and the exchange of information within the water-resources community of Indiana. Please view our conferences as an opportunity to present your work, in a relatively informal atmosphere, to Indiana’s water-resource professionals. Because many of our members do not regularly attend national meetings, we encourage you to present papers that you may have given previously at national or regional professional meetings.
Further Information:
For further information about the 2024 IWRA Symposium, please contact IWRA Symposium committee member Sally Letsinger, sletsing@iu.edu. Additional information concerning IWRA is located at the Indiana Water Resources Association website: www.iwra.info
