Join AWRA Florida on October 16, 2026 in Jacksonville for a Technical Meeting with the theme of Shaping the Future of Water in Florida.

LOCATION:

JEA H2.0™ Purification Center

7599 Southside Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL 32256

NOTES:

• Organizations interested in sponsoring the meeting may pay online here or contact Sam Palermo at 561-351-5278.
• Continuing Education credits will be available for Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Attorneys (pending final approval).
• Thank you to our Sponsors!

AGENDA: (Updated 4-14-26)

9:30 Florida AWRA Board Meeting – All Meeting Registrants Can Attend and are Welcome

11:15 Registration Opens – Make tour part of registration – (Tour 1 11:15 am – 11:45 am)

11:45 Lunch and Networking (included with registration)

12:20 Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker – Ryan Popko, JEA and Greg Stelmack, FL AWRA

12:30 Keynote Address – Mike Register, St. Johns River Water Management District Executive Director

1:00 JEA’s H2.0 Purified Water Demonstration Facility – Ryan Popko, JEA

1:30 Fortifying the Nation’s Oldest City: Nature, Engineering, and the Future of St. Augustine’s Back Bay – Jessica Beach, PE, City of St. Augustine and Jason Harrah, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

2:00 FDOT Resiliency Action Plan (RAP) – TBD

2:30 Water Utility AI Panel TBD – Back up plan is a JEA Topic.

3:00 Break & Refreshments (included with registration) – also, can have some folks go on a tour (Tour 2, 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm)

3:30 SJRWMD Panel TBD

4:15 Facility Tour 3 – These tours are loaded with technical content so they can count toward CEHs. hrs. – (Tour 3 4:15pm – 4:45pm)

5:00 Networking Happy Hour – TBD (Might be Off-Site near Tinseltown – 3 minutes away) – Mello Mushroom off Southside Blvd.

Thank you to our October 2026 Technical Meeting Sponsors!