AWRA 2026 Geospatial Water Technology Conference

May 18-20, 2026 | Niagara Falls, NY

CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE

Conference General Chair

Gonzalo Espinoza
Esri

Conference Co-Chairs

Siddharth Saksena
Virginia Tech

Venkatesh Merwade
Purdue University

Technical Program Co-Chair

Siva Selvanathan
Dewberry

Maiment Award Chair

Karen Adkins
USGS

Sayan Dey
St. Louis University

Student Activities Co-Chairs

Rezvane Ghorbani

Jibin Joseph

Sponsorship Co-Chair

Venkatesh Merwade

Committee Members

Momcilo Markus
JAWRA Liaison

Anthony Castranova

Shahjabin Alam (Juni)
AWRA Board, Ex-Officio

Rabia Ahmed
AWRA Board, Ex-Officio

Jason Zhang
AWRA Board Liaison

Ariel Wise
AWRA Staff Liaison

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