Related Events
Continue the conversation about circular sanitation throughout the year at these recommended events. Contact julia@richearthinstitute.org to request to add an event to this page.
August 23, 2025
Stockholm & Online
We’re thrilled to announce that this year marks the 35th SuSanA Meeting! When? August 23, 2025 Where? SEI Offices, Stockholm & Online This event offers a fantastic opportunity to connect, learn, and exchange insights on sustainable sanitation practices. Get ready for a diverse range of engaging and insightful presentations on the topic of sanitation.
September 22-24, 2025
Melbourne, Australia
CECE stands as an annual international conference, spanning diverse disciplines from fundamental to applied research encompassing policies, technologies, and community education concerning the circular economy, climate change, and the environment. The conference's thematic scope extends across circular economy applications in water, energy, environment, waste, resource recovery, and climate change, among other pertinent areas. This conference aims to serve as a dynamic platform, bringing together researchers from academia, industries, government, and NGOs on a global scale. It facilitates the exchange of research findings, covering both foundational principles and practical applications. Notably, CECE aims to foster networks among researchers, nurturing international collaborations that drive innovation and progress in circular economy, climate change, and environmental research. Distinguished plenary and keynote speakers, representing academia, industry, and government, will grace the conference, providing valuable insights and perspectives. Conference also presents a unique opportunity for both industries, academics, or individuals to vie for recognition in various CECE Award categories. For those eager to participate, key conference dates are outlined below. Join us as we explore the frontiers of knowledge and collaboration in the pursuit of sustainable solutions for a circular economy, climate resilience, and environmental well-being.
October 27-31, 2025
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The annual UNC Water and Health Conference reflects Water Institute's commitment to improving public health by achieving universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) services that are safe, affordable and sustainable. The conference provides a curated space where policymakers, practitioners and researchers can gather to review the evidence, interrogate the science and improve old and develop new approaches to expanding WaSH access and services.
November 18-19, 2025
London, UK
The 2025 'Shitology Conference' will be the second international interdisciplinary conference on excrement, past, present and future, hosted by the Bartlett Development Planning Unit at UCL. Our initial starting point for this conference was the collecting and trading of human and animal excrement as an organic fertiliser, both solid and liquid, throughout the ages. This interest developed out of Animal Studies conferences that we have organised over the past 20 years. What became clear was that major social and cultural stakes are involved in questions of shit, and that there is a terrain of politics that needs to be opened up. Not least, because this is one of those commodities that dares not speak its name, due to the taboos that surround it. It is for that reason that we decided to work within an interdisciplinary frame of reference, and to extend our brief into a wider terrain, probing the social, psychological, and cultural issues arising out of this most human of topics. At the 2023 conference there was a clearly expressed interest in drawing up a “Shit Manifesto” in order to map shit questions and open possible pathways for social and political action. At the 2025 conference we intend to lay the basis for that manifesto.
November 19, 2024
Global
World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance day on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. Worldwide, 4.2 billion people live without "safely managed sanitation" and around 673 million people practice open defecation.
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May 17-21, 2026
Delft, Netherlands
The city of Delft is proud to host the 2026 Nutrient Removal and Recovery (NRR) Conference, a specialised event organised by the IWA Specialist Group.
Home to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and the renowned Delft School of Microbiology, Delft has long been at the forefront of bioinspired innovations in the global water sector. Building on almost 40 years of NRR conferences, NRR2026 offers a premier venue to explore the latest biotechnological advancements in (waste)water management. Special emphasis will be placed on the role of curiosity-driven research as the foundation for ground breaking technological solutions.
NRR2026 will bring together key stakeholders — from international academics to industry leaders, practitioners, and policymakers. With strong engagement from universities, research institutes, industry, and governmental agencies, NRR2026 will be a pivotal moment in accelerating the transition from research to real world impact, providing a roadmap for resilient, sustainable, and climate-proof cities.
