Call for Proposals

2015 NGWA Groundwater Expo and Annual Meeting

Las Vegas, NV
December 15-17, 2015

The National Ground Water Association is seeking submissions for its professional development offerings at the 2015 NGWA Groundwater Expo. We welcome proposals from those who wish to actively engage their audience while elevating the skills, competencies, and professional practice of those in the groundwater industry.

Please share your proposal for a workshop, activity, panel, poster, or technical session abstract by the stated deadline by clicking here.

Technical Session(s) — Deadline: June 7, 2015


Advances in Groundwater Science and Practice
This broadly focused session will provide a forum for exchange of information on the wide spectrum of technical advances and lessons learned in the science and practice of groundwater hydrology. Abstracts can range from research projects to case studies to management and policy challenges.

-Shlomo P. Neuman will be the keynote speaker at the Advances in Groundwater Science and Practice technical session. The title of his presentation is “Can Flow and Transport in Heterogeneous Media be Resolved Using Traditional Approaches? I Think Not"


Water Quality Issues in Stressed Aquifers
Water availability is a high priority across the country as competition for water becomes more intense with aquifers stressed by human and climatic factors. Water quality is often an important consideration in addressing water availability in stressed aquifers. This technical session solicits abstracts on any aspect related to water quality in stressed aquifers, including saltwater intrusion, agricultural chemicals, mobilization of trace elements and other naturally-occurring substances, contamination from land-surface activities, effects of interactions with surface water, effects of energy development, and water-quality issues associated with managed aquifer recharge. 


Pozos Profundos en Latinoamérica (Deep Water Wells in Latin America)
Latinoamérica ha sido por muchos años el escenario de pozos profundos muy complejos. Agencias gubernamentales de agua, empresas mineras internacionales y proyectos agrícolas de gran escala en la región ahora requieren de métodos de perforación de clase mundial, aceros con alta resistencia a la corrosión y consultorías hidrogeológicas para garantizar a sus operaciones el suministro de agua en el tiempo. Esta serie es una muestra del día a día de este mercado creciente. Las ponencias están dirigidas ha propietarios de pozos de agua con la necesidad de optimizar la operación de sus pozos y a los proveedores para poder entender las necesidades de sus clientes.


General Instructions

Important Submittal Information:

  • Titles must be 15 words or less and only the first letter of each word should be capitalized unless otherwise necessary.
  • Descriptions should be in complete sentences (no bullets please). Each description must be 150 words or less.
  • Submittals will not be accepted without complete presenter information including name, employer, complete mailing address, phone number, email address, and a short bio of 100 words or less. A sample bio can be found below. Regulators will not approve an offering for continuing education without a bio.

Example: Eileen Poeter, Ph.D., is an emeritus professor of geological engineering at the Colorado School of Mines and director of the International Ground Water Modeling Center. Before entering academia, she worked for Golder Associates and then formed Poeter Engineering in 1984. Poeter earned a B.S. in geology from Lehigh University in 1975, and an M.S. in 1978 and a Ph.D. in 1980 in engineering science from Washington State University. She has taught semester and short courses for 26 years. Her research focuses on parameter estimation and multimodel evaluation. She is the author of UCODE_2005, MMA, and Sim-Adjust, and was the 2006 NGWREF Darcy Lecturer.

 

Each accepted presenter will be expected to sign the Speaker’s Agreement listed below.

2015 NGWA Groundwater Expo and Annual Meeting Speaker Agreement

Thank you for submitting your presentation for the 2015 NGWA Groundwater Expo and Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 15-17. NGWA presents high quality professional development offerings focusing on technology transfer for the protection of groundwater and to elevate the skills of all working within the industry. All abstracts are reviewed and those presenters selected to participate in the Expo will be notified by email.

If selected as an Expo presenter, I understand and agree:

  • I am responsible for all travel costs involved in presenting at the Expo. NGWA will not cover these costs.
  • I must present and conclude my presentation within the time period allocated to me.
  • I must craft and make my presentation to facilitate technology and information transfer. I will not make a sales pitch or give a commercial. Commercial props and materials are prohibited.
  • I am expected to register to attend the event. If I do not register on or before November 13, 2015, my presentation could be removed from the Expo.
  • I may not make statements or representations of statements on behalf of NGWA.
  • All handout materials will be made available to attendees via electronic means in PDF format prior to the Expo. My materials (handouts and presentation files) are due to NGWA on December 6, 2015.
  • By submitting a written description and handout materials to NGWA for the Groundwater Expo, I grant NGWA a license to use, reproduce, and distribute to Groundwater Expo attendees prior to, during, and following the event.


Please note:

By submitting a workshop description you acknowledge you have read and understand the Speaker Agreement and you agree to the terms as outlined.

All submissions must be in electronic format.

Upon submission, an automatic message is generated and sent to your email address with your ID and password.


More information:

Please contact Michele Hladik (800 551.7379, ext. 546/mhladik@ngwa.org) or Kathy Butcher (800 551.7379, ext. 526/kbutcher@ngwa.org) if you have questions.

Technical support may be obtained by calling 401 334.0220 between 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET, Monday-Friday, or at all times by contacting Technical Support. You may also use the "Tech Support" or "Feedback" links in the online abstract system.

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