VWEA and VA AWWA offer two scholarships for attendance at the WEF | AWWA Young Professionals Summit.
The scholarship covers travel to and from the conference, registration and lodging.
Deadline to apply: Friday, December 4, 2026
Summit Details:
The AWWA/WEF Young Professionals (YP) Summit is the premier water and wastewater industry workshop for young professionals. Join other young leaders by exploring your role in water and discussing how you can best serve the water sector at large. This skills development workshop provides supplemental training and networking opportunities to emerging leaders and students in the water sector.
Hosted by the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation, this event will allow attendees to:
💧Foster meaningful peer connections that support career growth and advance the future of the water sector.
💧Develop interpersonal and leadership skills within the context of the water and wastewater industry.
💧Broaden understanding of the water sector through increased awareness of industry roles, challenges, and opportunities.
💧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.
The 2027 YP Summit is now open for registration here
Schedule
Plan to be in Vancouver from February 14 - 16 to participate in all the YP Summit-related activities.
Events that week will include:
📅 Sunday, February 14
- Pre-Summit Activity
- WEF Member Association (MA) YP Leaders Workshop
- AWWA Young Professionals (YP) Leader Training Day
- WEF Emerging Young Professionals Leadership (EYPL) Workshop
- Welcome Reception
📅 Tuesday, February 16
- Young Professionals (YP) Summit
- Networking Reception
📅 February 16 - 19
- Utility Management Conference
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