October 2025 - Colorado State University, USA

The next SWAT Conference & Workshops will be held 20-24 October, 2025 at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

Colorado State University is organizing an International Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Conference (22-24 October) and Workshops (20-21 October) in collaboration with the USDA-ARS and Texas A&M AgriLife Research. The conference has become the most important scientific gathering for international experts and institutions in the field of river basin management.

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Registration

Conference in-person: 
EARLY BIRD by 15 September 2025: $300 USD, or $250 for students
AFTER 15 September 2025: $350 USD, or $300 for students

The in-person conference registration fee includes coffee breaks, lunch, and the dinner gala for the participant.

Conference online participation:
FREE for non-presenters
While we are not currently accepting remote presentation, if we open at a later date it will be $150 USD, or $100 for students

Workshop both in-person and online:
$200 USD, or $150 USD for students; special workshops $100, or $75 for students.

Register Online

NOTE: Register for the SWAT+ Developer Workshop separately here. Seats are limited!

Important Registration Information

Payments must be made online using a credit card. We cannot accept bank transfers or cash payments.

If you require a visa invitation letter, we are only authorized to issue one if you have an approved abstract or an approved scientific justification for attending the conference. Please contact us before registering if you are unsure. Registration refunds are subject to a 5% processing fee and must be requested by 1 October 2025. No refunds are possible after 1 October 2025.

After registering, please allow up to 5-7 business days for a PDF invoice. 

For all other questions or concerns please read our Registration Tips and FAQs page first, then contact us at the email address on that page for any other inquiries.

Travel

The conference will take place at Colorado State University (founded 1870; student population = 34,000) in Fort Collins, Colorado (population: 170,00), located 60 miles north of Denver.

Getting to Fort Collins, Colorado:

  1. Fly to Denver International Airport (DEN)
  2. Travel from DEN to Fort Collins:
    1. Take a shuttle from Denver and drop off either at CSU Transit Center, or to hotel.
    2. Car rental from DEN. Approximately 1 hour drive from airport to Fort Collins.

Venue

Workshops, conference sessions, lunches, coffee breaks, and the gala dinner will take place in the Lory Student Center (LSC) on campus (circled white in the map below). 

CSU venue map

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Recommended Hotels

  • Hilton Fort Collins (425 W. Prospect; immediately south of CSU campus)
    A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton Fort Collins for the Soil & Water Assessment Tool Conference with an arrival date of Sunday, October 19, 2025. Please call 800 768 0605 and ask for the Soil & Water Assessment Tool Conference or reserve using the link below. You will be able to book in the block at the group rate of $110.00 per room, per night, single occupancy, for a standard room with one king bed. Parking is complimentary – please use the code: HFCGP. The room rate, room block, and parking will be available until Sunday, October 26, 2025, or until it is sold out, whichever happens first. Reserve online here.
  • Best Western University Inn ($105) (914 S. College; immediately east of CSU campus)
  • Fort Collins Marriott ($125) (3 miles south of CSU campus)

Visas

If you reside outside of the United States, please check the visa requirements for your country.

Reminder: if you need a visa invitation letter, we are only authorized to issue one if you have an approved abstract or an approved scientific justification for attending the conference. Please contact us before registering if you are unsure.

Local Organizing Committee

  • Ryan Bailey, Civil & Environmental Engineering, CSU

International Organizing Committee

  • Raghavan Srinivasan, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
  • Jeff Arnold, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
  • Arun Bawa, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
  • Jaclyn Tech, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA

Scientific Committee

Large Scale Applications
Prasad Daggupati University of Guelph, Canada
Venkatesh Merwade Purdue University, USA
Yiannis Panagopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Mikołaj Piniewski Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Raghavan Srinivasan Texas A&M University, USA
Sensitivity, Calibration, and Uncertainty
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Ann van Griensven University of Brussels, Belgium
Environmental Applications
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Katrin Bieger Aarhus University, Denmark
Nicola Fohrer Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
Philip Gassman Iowa State University, USA
José Miguel Sánchez-Pérez CNRS, France
Sabine Sauvage CNRS, France
Martin Volk Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany
BMPs
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Prasad Daggupati University of Guelph, Canada
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Philip Gassman Iowa State University, USA
Yiannis Panagopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Mike White USDA-ARS, USA
Hydrology
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Katrin Bieger Aarhus University, Denmark
Natalja Čerkasova Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Jaehak Jeong Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Yiannis Panagopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Sediment, Nutrients, and Carbon
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Nicola Fohrer Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
Yiannis Panagopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ann van Griensven University of Brussels, Belgium
Pesticides, Bacteria, Metals, and Pharmaceuticals
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Jeff Arnold Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Raghavan Srinivasan Texas A&M University, USA
Model Development
Katrin Bieger Aarhus University, Denmark
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Jaehak Jeong Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Balaji Narasimhan Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, India
Ann van Griensven University of Brussels, Belgium
Mike White USDA-ARS, USA
Xuesong Zhang USDA-ARS, USA
Database and GIS Application and Development
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Venkatesh Merwade Purdue University, USA
Raghavan Srinivasan Texas A&M University, USA
Ann van Griensven University of Brussels, Belgium
Urban Processes and Management
Tássia Brighenti Iowa State University, USA
Pedro Chambel Leitão IST-MARETEC, Portugal
Jaehak Jeong Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Landscape Processes and Landscape / River Continuum
Katrin Bieger Aarhus University, Denmark
Sabine Sauvage CNRS, France
Martin Volk Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany
InStream Sediment and Pollutant Transport
Pedro Chambel Leitão IST-MARETEC, Portugal
Prasad Daggupati University of Guelph, Canada
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Jaehak Jeong Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Balaji Narasimhan Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, India
José Miguel Sánchez-Pérez CNRS, France
Groundwater Hydrology
Ryan Bailey Colorado State University, USA
Forest Hydrology
Mikołaj Piniewski Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Water Quality
Katrin Bieger Aarhus University, Denmark
Extreme Weather
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Tássia Brighenti Iowa State University, USA
Natalja Čerkasova Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Mikołaj Piniewski Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Xuesong Zhang USDA-ARS, USA
Salinity
Ryan Bailey Colorado State University, USA
Coupled Surface-Subsurface Hydrologic Modeling
Ann van Griensven University of Brussels, Belgium
APEX-EPIC Modeling
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Jaehak Jeong Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA

Contact

For registration and invoicing question, please first read our Tips and FAQs page. For all other questions contact the international organizers at eco.web@tamu.edu.

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