Water Canada’s team is tracking industry events across the country that are being cancelled, postponed, or moved online as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Below, we have provided a list of the events, when and where they were supposed to occur, and the event’s current status. We will continue update this list as we receive more details.
If you have an industry event that should, but doesn’t, appear on this list, please send an email to Water Canada’s Associate Editor Simran Chattha at [email protected].
Event: TRIECA Annual Conference
Date: March 25-26, 2020
Location: Brampton, Ontario
Status: Cancelled for 2020
Event: B.C. AquaHacking Challenge Semi-Final
Date: March 21, 2020
Location: Kelowna, B.C.
Status: Moved to an online platform
Event: South Central Ontario Water Works Association’s Spring Conference
Date: April 1, 2020
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Status: Cancelled for 2020
Event: WCWEA Municipal Lagoons
Date: April 2, 2020
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Status: Postponed
Event: CWRA Alberta Branch Conference
Date: April 19-21
Location: Red Deer, Alberta
Status: Suspended
Event: ONEIA Environment and Cleantech Business and Policy Forum
Date: April 21, 2020
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Status: Being moved to Fall 2020. New date and location to be announced.
Event: B.C. Water and Waste Association’s (BCWWA) Annual Conference
Original Date: April 26-28, 2020
Location: Penticton, B.C.
Status: Rescheduled to November 3-4 to take place in-person. Most recent update indicates that the event will take place virtually.
Event: WEAO’s Technical Symposium and OPCEA Exhibition
Date: April 26-28, 2020
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Status: Cancelled
Event: Ontario’s Water Conference & Trade Show
Date: May 4-6, 2020
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Status: Postponed to May 3-5, 2021
Event: WCWEA Corrosion Control
Date: May 5, 2020
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Status: Postponed
Event: Bettering Environmental Stewardship and Technology Conference (BEST 2020)
Date: May 6-8, 2020
Location: Whistler, B.C.
Status: Being postponed. Currently exploring new dates.
Event: Blue Cities
Date: May 7-8, 2020
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Status: Postponed and moved to an online platform. New event will take place June 1-4.
Event: 2020 CNAM Conference
Date: May 11-14, 2020
Location: St. John’s, Newfoundland
Status: Cancelled. Organizers are the possibility of a virtual conference on the same dates.
Event: Grey to Green Conference
Date: May 28-29, 2020
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Status: Postponed. Re-scheduled for October 19-20 at the same location. Further rescheduled to October 21-23 and moved to an online platform.
Event: 2020 BlueTech Forum
Date: June 2-3, 2020
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
Status: Moved to an online platform
Event: FCM’s Annual Conference and Trade Show
Date: June 4-7, 2020
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Status: Cancelled
Event: IAGLR20
Date: June 8-12, 2020
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Status: In-person event cancelled. Plans are underway for a virtual event.
Event: Window on Ottawa and Canadian Water Summit
Date: June 10-12, 2020
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Status: In-person event postponed to June 9-11, 2021. In the interim, a virtual event will take place on June 11, 2020.
Event: Lake Winnipeg AquaHacking Challenge Semi-Final
Date: June 11, 2020
Location: Winnipeg, M.B.
Status: Moved to an online platform
Event: ACE20
Date: June 14-17, 2020
Location: Orlando, Florida
Status: Cancelled
Event: CWRA’s 2020 National Conference
Date: June 15-18, 2020
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Status: Cancelled
Event: Atlantic Canada AquaHacking Challenge Semi-Final
Date: June 18, 2020
Location: Halifax, N.S.
Status: Moved to an online platform
Event: B.C. AquaHacking Challenge Final
Date: June 25, 2020
Location: Kelowna, B.C.
Status: Moved to an online platform
Event: WEFTEC
Date: October 5-9, 2020
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Status: Moved to an online platform
Event: Western Ontario Water Works Conference
Date: October 6-7, 2020
Location: London, Ontario
Status: Cancelled
Event: Walkerton Clean Water Centre’s (WCWC) Drinking Water Quality Management Standard Training
Status: Postponed. Rescheduled to November 4 and 5 for Barrie. Rescheduled to November 25 and 26 for Thunder Bay.
Event: Walkerton Clean Water Centre’s (WCWC) Small Systems Hands-On Workshop
Location: Peterborough, Ontario
Status: Postponed. Rescheduled to October 20.
Event: RemTech 2020
Date: October 14-15, 2020
Status: Moved online
Event: ACWWA’s Annual Conference
Date: October 18-20, 2020
Location: Fredericton, N.B.
Status: Cancelled
Event: CWWA’s National Water and Wastewater Conference
Date: November 8-11, 2020
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Status: Cancelled. Online programming TBA.
Event: Latornell
Date: November 2020
Location: Alliston, Ontario
Status: Cancelled. Webinar series announced.