Odor Management Conference 2026 Call for Abstracts

Abstracts are due November 14, 2025.

The Air & Waste Management Association's (A&WMA) second specialty conference on odor science – Odor Management: Principles, Policy, and Public Impacts – will held May 12-14, 2026 at the Radisson Blu Mall of America in Bloomington, MN.

The conference will cover a wide array of odor topics, including odor science, odor chemical forensics and source identification, field assessment methods, electronic sensing, odor sampling methods, odor policy and regulation, odor modeling, odor controls and mitigation, community impacts, and best practices.

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

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* 2. Please list the affiliation and location of the primary author, including department if applicable. (Example: Office of Air and Radiation, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC)

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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 select 1-3 topics where you feel your abstract will best fit.

Odor Science

Odor Chemical Forensics and Source Identification

Odor Field Assessment Methods, Tools, Best Practices

Electronic Air Monitoring, Sensing

Odor Sampling Methods, Challenges

Odor Policy and Regulation

Odor Standards and Nuisance/Complaint Thresholds

Odor Modeling, Best Practices

Odor Controls and Mitigation

Odor Community Impacts

Relevant Case Studies

Other (please specify)

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

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

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* 9. I agree that by submitting this abstract, 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 slides to be included in the final conference proceedings, available to attendees and for purchase following the conference.

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*Please note that as primary/corresponding author, you are representing all co-authors of this document. Your signature on this form indicates that you have received permission from all co-authors to allow A&WMA to publish and redistribute this document as described above. No document 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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