Update your calendar with the dates for Blue Cities 2025 — May 14 & 15 in Mississauga. Don’t miss this event shaped specifically for senior managers, thought leaders and cross-sector collaborators from water, wastewater and stormwater utilities; multiple levels of government; public and environmental health, national and provincial NGOs; Indigenous-led organizations; and knowledge and service providers from the private sector.
What topics will be discussed at Blue Cities 2025?
This year’s conference theme is Navigating the waves: Strategic management of risk in uncertain times and will feature sessions on:
- Managing risk related to aging infrastructure and service interruptions
- Providing equitable, affordable servicing in the face of escalating costs
- Building resilient infrastructure for new housing
- Creating pathways to net zero wastewater
- Remaining nimble through adaptive long-range planning
- Preparing for climate shocks and trends ok
- Monitoring and removing persistent, mobile contaminants
- Preventing the spread of infectious diseases through wastewater surveillance
Who can you expect to see at Blue Cities 2025?
- Leading experts, decision makers and collaborators from across multiple sectors
- A curated speaker roster of international experts selected by CWN
- Exhibitors from North America’s top knowledge and service providers
- Sponsors that can offer value to Canada’s water leaders
- 250 delegates from Canada, the U.S. and Indigenous Nations
Blue Cities is hosted by Canadian Water Network (CWN). As a non-partisan, non-profit organization, CWN works with a wide range of organizations and individuals with diverse perspectives and expertise to solve complex water issues.
Sponsored in part by the Canadian Municipal Water Consortium
Land Acknowledgement
Canadian Water Network (CWN) respectfully recognizes and acknowledges the deep connection that First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples across Canada have with the land that all Canadians call home. We also honour and recognize the significance of the treaties that establish the relationship between Indigenous peoples and settlers on this land.
Our office is located in Waterloo, Ontario, on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. More specifically, our office is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that extends six miles on each side of the Grand River.
We are grateful for the privilege to work and live on this land.