Preliminary Program - 2026 Executive Management Conference

General Managers/Utility Contacts/Utility Board Members (Four Breakout rooms): In each of the four breakout rooms, general managers, CEOs, and AMWA primary member contacts will engage with the same set of leadership questions. Discussions will center on timely issues facing large drinking water systems, including workforce challenges, regulatory readiness, capital planning, customer communications, and organizational culture. Attendees may submit questions in advance.

Utility Staff/Subscribers (Main ballroom/roundtable version of M2M): Utility staff and AMWA subscribers will participate in a facilitated roundtable session in the Spanish Ballroom. Participants will engage with the same set of timely questions addressed in the executive breakout rooms. Attendees may submit questions in advance.

A limited number of EMC attendees have the opportunity to participate in an optional visit to the Cedar River Watershed Education Center, followed by a viewing of the Cedar Falls Masonry Dam and the Chester Morse Reservoir.

First, the group will tour the Cedar River Watershed Education Center, along the shores of Rattlesnake Lake in the Cascade foothills. The 90,000+ acre watershed is owned by the City of Seattle and provides drinking water for about 1.4 million people in the greater metropolitan area, and the Watershed Education Center allows visitors to learn about the complexity and interactions among drinking water, forests, and wildlife.

Next, the group will visit the Cedar Falls Masonry Dam and the Chester Morse Reservoir. The dam is used for power generation while also providing about 70% of the domestic water supply to the Seattle metropolitan area.

Capacity on the site visit is strictly limited to 20 participants. Registration for the site visit costs $75 and includes breakfast and a boxed lunch.