Young Professionals Summit
February 9-11, 2025
Dallas, TX
Young Professionals Summit
Future Water Leaders: Turbocharge Your Career Path
Join early-career water professionals and students to learn skills and make connections that can shape careers and put you on the path to water leadership.
During the YP Summit, participants will:
- Discuss emerging challenges and identify how these may impact their goals.
- Recognize the skills they have and the ones they might need to develop further as future leaders.
- Explore trending workforce issues and how those offer opportunities for growth.
- Learn from peers and current water leaders the value of their perspectives as young professionals.
- Engage with hands-on water and wastewater tools and approaches in a team-setting to expand practical knowledge and build lasting peer-to-peer support networks.
Registration is Open
Dates & Location:
February 9-11, 2025
Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas
Who Attends The YP Summit?
Early-career water professionals eager to transform the future of water
Students in engineering, environmental science, business, communications, and other disciplines prominent in the water sector
Water executives and managers who want to connect with the next generation of water leadership
Program and Activities
Sunday, February 9 – Tuesday, February 11
Skills development workshops, supplemental training and networking opportunities for emerging leaders and students in the water sector.
Pre-Summit Activity
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Join us for a pre-Summit group activity as we have fun getting to know each other. A shuttle will be provided from the Hilton Anatole hotel.
AWWA YP Leader Training Day & WEF Emerging YP Leadership Workshop
Monday, February 10, 2025
These two events occur concurrently, please register for one of the following.
AWWA YP Leader Training Day
Half-day, afternoon.
Lunch will be provided.
WEF Emerging YP Leadership Workshop
Half-day, afternoon
Lunch will be provided.
YP Summit Networking Reception
Monday, February 10, 2025
Everyone is welcome to the official kick-off of the 2025 YP Summit.
Join us on Monday evening for networking and snacks.
YP Summit
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
YP Summit
Full Day
Join us first thing Tuesday for morning coffee & networking. Sessions will then occur all day, and lunch is provided.
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2025 YP Summit Scholarships Are Now Open
Select which application is for you (AWWA Water Equation or WEF).
AWWA Water Equation – Deadline October 28
AWWA Water Equation is offering two scholarships:
- Five (5) scholarships to young professionals employed by a water utility in North America.
- Three (3) scholarships to full-time collage/university students attending HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities).
Selection will be made by the AWWA YP utility sponsorship award selection committee and will be based on your short answers to questions below and submission of all requested answers and documents by October 28, 2024.
Scholarship winners will be notified by November 18, 2024.
You do not need to be a member of AWWA to apply for the scholarship, but you must be employed by a water utility in Canada, Mexico, or the United States.
- By applying for these scholarships, you understand that your registration, travel, and lodging expenses will be provided by AWWA Water Equation upon presentation of qualified receipts. Your attendance is required February 9-11, 2025 but you may extend your stay with your own funding to attend the Utility Management Conference. You also agree that we may use your photo likeness for marketing purposes
Water Environment Federation – Deadline October 18
WEF is awarding five scholarships to young professionals working for a utility in North America. The purpose of this scholarship program is to help YPs learn about what being part of the WEF Utility Management Community (UMC) entails and to increase YP involvement within this community.
The scholarship allows YPs to expand their network to include technical experts and water industry leaders, and develop peer and mentor relationships, while also providing valuable contributions to the UMC. The WEF scholarship selection committee will include members of the UMC Planning Committee and UMC Leadership.
The WEF YP Utility Scholarship provides:
- Travel expense assistance
- Hotel expense assistance
- Meal assistance
- Full registration for the 2025 YP Summit and UMC Conference events
Eligibility Criteria:
- A member of WEF
- A YP: water professional with five or fewer years of work experience in the industry and/or under the age of 35
- Currently employed by any department in a utility
- Ability and commitment to participate in and attend the 2025 YP Summit and UMC Conference in Dallas, Texas from February 9-14, 2025.
Past Winners
Congratulations to last year’s AWWA Water Equation scholarship winners:
- Jennifer Toney — Alabama
- Wesley Stockwell — Minnesota
- Chathurika Bandara — Texas
- Bharathi Murali — Ontari
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The Future of Water
The next generation of water leaders is waiting to connect with your brand. Demonstrate your thought leadership by becoming a sponsor of the YP Summit.
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Hilton Anatole
2201 North Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207
Located just north of Dallas, the Hilton Anatole offers fine entertainment, curated art, and plenty of entertainment. Just a few miles from the Dallas Arts District and downtown Dallas.
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Dallas is ready to welcome The YP Summit. Conference events will take place at the Hilton Anatole.
Book your room today in our official UMC/YP Summit room block. Please use only the link below to reserve your hotel accommodations.
Alert: AWWA is aware of multiple unauthorized organizations contacting attendees to solicit hotel rooms. For your protection, reserve hotel accommodations using only the link provided by AWWA. Reservations made through any other housing services company cannot be guaranteed by AWWA and could result in hidden charges, unusual restrictions, or incorrect hotel placement. You may report fraudulent activity to awwaconferences@awwa.org.
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“This was so applicable to my job as Laboratory Manager/Chief Chemist. I kept saying that I found my people.”
Resources for Young Professional from AWWA
As you prepare for YP Summit, we invite you to explore the wide range of relevant resources available from AWWA.
The Water Workforce: Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining High-Performance Employees
The most important resources at any utility are human resources. People make all the difference in the success or failure of your utility’s operation. Managing utility workforce issues is the focus of this practical handbook for water utility human resources employees.
Get the Book
State of the Water Industry
Since 2004, AWWA has published the annual State of the Water Industry Report based on survey results to help water utilities, service providers, regulators and researchers identify and prepare for challenges, opportunities, and trends impacting the water community.
State of the Water Industry
Plain Talk About Drinking Water
Consumers want straight talk about drinking water. They want the truth told plainly in language they understand, but that doesn’t talk down to them. They get just that in Plain Talk about Drinking Water, AWWA’s top-selling book that answers common consumer questions about tap water.
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The Water Dictionary Handbook
Developed specifically for water and wastewater professionals, this unique dictionary has more than 15,000 definitions for water-related words, phrases, and acronyms.
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Communicating Water’s Value: Talking Points, Tips & Strategies
This book offers tips and tools to assist management, communications staff, and employees at both small and large utilities in shaping customers’ understanding about the value of water.
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