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2022 WEST Conference Theme:

“Resiliency in Every Drop”

Important 2022 Dates

Registration Opens: February 15th, 2022
Abstract Submission: May 6th, 2022
Conference Dates (virtual): June 8th to 10th, 2022

WEST 2022: Resiliency in Every Drop

Welcome to the Water and Environment Student Talks (WEST) 2022 Conference. This year is the ninth iteration of WEST, and we’re very excited to welcome yet another diverse and brilliant group of water researchers to unite from June 8- 10, 2022. In 2021, we moved WEST to an online format, under the theme, “Collaborating for our Future Water.” We were very excited to welcome over 250 participants from 25 countries, and we look forward to seeing you all in 2022, along with many new faces. For 2022, we are keeping the online format to again welcome participants from around the World – diversity is our strength! And of course, registration is free.

The 2022 WEST Conference is being co-hosted by students at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. WEST is predicated on the understanding that addressing our future water challenges will necessitate interdisciplinary collaborations. We hope to unite water researchers across disciplines, cultures and geography to learn the valuable contributions we each must make, and how we must collaborate to address our future water challenges. Diversity of academic and cultural experiences is the strength of WEST, and we are very excited to welcome you all for three days of sharing and learning in June 2022.

Stay afloat,

Karl Zimmermann and Sifat Kalam

WEST Conference co-Chairs, 2021

PS. If you’re interested in learning diverse perspectives on water in the lead up to WEST 2022, please check out our bi-weekly WESTalks water seminars (hosted on Thursday mornings at 9am Pacific time (Vancouver, Canada). You can register for WESTalks here (for free, of course!).