Data Centers Conference Call for Abstracts

Presentation Proposals are due October 31, 2025.

This conference will focus on efforts to reduce adverse environmental and public health impacts of data centers and efforts to improve data center sustainability and energy efficiency. Environmental professionals, consultants, local and state managers, and researchers are encouraged to share their research and solutions to reduce the environmental burden of this challenging industry.

If you have more than one submission, you must create a separate entry for each one.

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* 1. Please list the full name of the primary author. This author should also be the presenting author.

First Name

Last Name

Title

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* 2. Please list the affiliation of the primary author, including department if applicable. (Example: John Smith, Office of Air and Radiation, US EPA)

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* 3. Please list the email of the primary author. All correspondence for the conference will be sent only to this person.

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* 4. Please list all co-authors and their affiliations in the order they should appear in the Final Program.

Co-author

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* 5. Please list the title of your presentation. Use title case where important words are capitalized.

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* 6. Please choose the topic(s) where you feel your abstract will best fit. If you are unsure, select an additional category, but no more than 2.

Effective permitting and compliance assurance approaches

Managing criteria and hazardous air pollutant emissions

Air quality impacts

Mitigating noise from data center operations

Management of waste

Response to power demand impacts

Water, land use, and other environmental or public health impacts

Pollution prevention, sustainability, circular economy approaches

Public engagement, company, and inter-agency communication

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Please enter your full proposal of 100-250 words. IF you have photos or diagrams essential to understanding your proposal, you may also upload the proposal with graphics in Question 8.

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* 8. If you have photos or diagrams necessary to explain your proposal, please upload your file (PDF or Word) saved with your last name and abbreviated title.

PDF, DOC, DOCX file types only.

Choose File

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* 9. I agree that by submitting this proposal, if selected, I will present my work in person at the conference, and am responsible for all costs associated with attending including the registration fees, accommodations, and travel costs.

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* 10. I provide permission for my abstract and slides to be included in the final conference proceedings, available to attendees and for purchase following the conference.

The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) requests permission to publish and redistribute your abstract in all media of expression now known or later developed, including in paper and/or electronic form, as well as sales of paper and/or electronic reprints.

By signing this release, the Author confirms that the abstract is original on the Author’s part except for such excerpts from copyrighted works as may be included with the written permission of the copyright owners. The Author further warrants that the abstract contains no libelous, obscene, or unlawful statements, and does not infringe upon or violate any copyright, trademark, or other right or the privacy of others. The Author also warrants that in the case of sole authorship, the Author is the sole owner of the abstract and all copyrights therein, and has full power and authority to register all copyrights therein and to make this Agreement, and that in the case of multiple authorship, these powers of ownership are shared with all other contributing authors. The Author acknowledges that the Air & Waste Management Association is relying on this release in publishing this abstract, and agrees to indemnify the Air & Waste Management Association against liability and expense, including reasonable counsel fees, arising from or out of any breach of these warranties.

Considering that the Author(s) retain the copyright to this abstract, please indicate your agreement to grant the permissions requested for the uses specified above by signing below.

U.S. Government Employees, Grant or Contract Authors: By signing this release, you are certifying that this abstract was prepared as part of your official duties, and as such, is a “work of the United States Government” and is in the public domain and is freely reproducible.

*Please note that as primary/corresponding author, you are representing all co-authors of this abstract. Your signature on this form indicates that you have received permission from all co-authors to allow A&WMA to publish and redistribute this abstract as described above. No abstract will be published by A&WMA unless a signed permission form is received from the primary /corresponding author. In the case of a “work made for hire” (a work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment or commissioned as a work for hire under written agreement), an authorized representative of the employer should sign.

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