CIWEM Early Career Professionals Conference 2025

Submit your abstract: Present your project 

By early career professionals, for early career professionals

To help attendees get the most from the conference, we invite submissions of a 150 to 200 word abstract on a project or topic they would like to present. These fast-paced 10-minute talks, followed by an end-of-session Q&A, offer a great opportunity to develop presentation skills in front of a supportive early career audience.

We are open to receive presentation abstracts from all disciplines that contribute to a safer, more sustainable future for our planet through their work relating to water and environment. Areas that might be applicable are:

Built Environment

Energy and Climate Change

Natural Environment

Management and Regulation

Flooding

Water Resources

Waste and Resources

Processed Water

ECPs will benefit from broader exposure to other disciplines in their sector, helping them build well-rounded knowledge to move beyond the siloed ways of working that are currently common and foster collaboration and ultimately, integration.

All attendees, whether presenting or not, will contribute to the conference outputs through participating in workshop sessions and sharing their own experience, observations and passions informing a compelling future view of the sector.

This will be facilitated throughout the second half of the day, where we will hold a workshop session focused on developing recommendations, generated by ECP attendees, to be communicated to the wider sector via CIWEM’s written and online publications, as well as an address by the CIWEM Early Careers President at the CIWEM Annual Dinner which is being held on the evening of the ECP conference.

This is an exciting opportunity for attendees to communicate their views to futureproof the sector and ensure it meets the needs of existing and future water and environmental professionals.We are looking for people and partnerships that have an inspiring, unique and actionable story or approach to empowering positive outcomes. Please share your ideas for content or express an interest in speaking using the link below.

The deadline for submissions is Monday 18 August 2025.

Our partners

WSP is a world-leading multi-disciplinary professional services consulting firm which supports significant projects in both the built and natural environments. They provide engineering and design services to public and private sector clients in the transportation and infrastructure, property and buildings, earth and environment, power and energy, resources and industry sectors, as well as a strategic advisory offering.

Their team of around 9,000 technical specialists and strategic advisers in the UK is part of a talented family of over 67,000 global changemakers, transforming what’s possible to build a smarter, greener future for all. Together, they deliver innovative solutions to solve complex problems for their clients and the communities they serve, meeting both the needs of today and addressing the challenges of tomorrow.