THE ISWA WORLD CONGRESS 2026
2 billion tonnes every year and rising*
Waste or resource?
Opportunities to protect and enhance health, environments and economies.
* Global waste generation per annum.
Source UNEP Global Waste Management Outlook Report 2024)
Programme
View the plenary, curated and technical sessions via the interactive programme overview below.
Key themes
- Human Rights: every individual should be free from any harmful effects of waste
- Political Commitment: ensuring continuous improvement in waste management service provision and recognising its societal importance
- Waste Planning: designing and delivering viable solutions for national and local contexts
- The economics of waste and resource management: essential investment to realise wider socio-economic benefits
- Circular Economy: prioritising a transition to more circular economies by 2050
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Thank you
The 2026 ISWA World Congress programme has been shaped with the invaluable support of our technical abstract reviewers, who generously volunteered their time and expertise to review more than 400 submissions.
We are incredibly grateful for their contribution and commitment, which has helped us develop a programme that reflects the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing our sector.
Our thanks go to: Priscilla Pareuil, Marco Ricci, Rene Rosendal, Valeria Branca, Jane Gilbert, Essam Al Sharji, Haniyeh Jalalipour, Joachim Quoden, Kartik Kapoor, Anja Schwetje, Peter Simoes, Georgina Nitzsche, Edward Krisiunas, Emma Beal, Anne Woolridge, Chris Jonas, Susan Evans, Wayne Hubbard, Chris Sherrington, Debbie Nesbitt, Jeff Cooper, Jacob Hayler, Richard Hudson, Marcus Gover, Trang Dang, John Twitchen, Deji Fawole, Zoë Lenkiewicz, Tim Walker, Amani Maalouf, Basem Abusneineh, Noel Howell, Ian Dudding, Tina Benfield, Judith Harper, Claudia Manca, Sarahjane Widdowson, Karl Williams, Enda Kiernan, Adam Read, Claire Shrewsbury, Margaret Bates, Dan Cooke, Purva Tavri, David Daw, Zoe Goodman.
We are incredibly grateful for their contribution and commitment, which has helped us develop a programme that reflects the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing our sector.
Our thanks go to: Priscilla Pareuil, Marco Ricci, Rene Rosendal, Valeria Branca, Jane Gilbert, Essam Al Sharji, Haniyeh Jalalipour, Joachim Quoden, Kartik Kapoor, Anja Schwetje, Peter Simoes, Georgina Nitzsche, Edward Krisiunas, Emma Beal, Anne Woolridge, Chris Jonas, Susan Evans, Wayne Hubbard, Chris Sherrington, Debbie Nesbitt, Jeff Cooper, Jacob Hayler, Richard Hudson, Marcus Gover, Trang Dang, John Twitchen, Deji Fawole, Zoë Lenkiewicz, Tim Walker, Amani Maalouf, Basem Abusneineh, Noel Howell, Ian Dudding, Tina Benfield, Judith Harper, Claudia Manca, Sarahjane Widdowson, Karl Williams, Enda Kiernan, Adam Read, Claire Shrewsbury, Margaret Bates, Dan Cooke, Purva Tavri, David Daw, Zoe Goodman.