Registration open for 2025 Water for Food Global Conference

By Arianna Elnes

Registration is open for the 2025 Water for Food Global Conference, held by the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska. A discounted rate is offered for students and University of Nebraska faculty and staff.

The conference convenes global leaders in food and water security at Nebraska’s Innovation Campus April 28-May 2 and centers around working to solve one of the world’s most pressing issues — feeding a growing planet while preserving our precious natural resources.

The five-day conference boasts its location in Lincoln as a living laboratory of agricultural and water research and atop the vast Great Plains Aquifer. The event convenes 400 leading experts and organizations from around the globe to explore research, expand technologies and share relevant knowledge around water management for commercial agriculture, smallholder agricultural water management and environmental and human health in agricultural systems.

In addition to engaging educational sessions, the conference also includes field visits and research site tours so attendees can meet local growers and researchers to experience the knowledge firsthand.

Faculty and Staff from the University of Nebraska are invited to register at discounted rates, and convene with academia, government agencies, policymaking groups, nonprofits, non-governmental organizations, entrepreneurs, water managers, growers, commodity boards, students and private industry partners in conferences and seminars, networking opportunities, interactive tours and events and sharing ideas.

Registration rates, including for University of Nebraska faculty, staff and students, virtual registration and early registration, are below. 

• $550 - General registration (March 4 or after)
• $450 - Early registration (Prior to March 3)
• $250 - Students and University of Nebraska Staff and Faculty
• $150 - DWFI Faculty Fellows and DWFI Supported Students
• $150 - Graduate Student Poster Presenters (upon acceptance)
• $100 - Virtual registration

In-Person Registration includes all plenary and concurrent conference sessions; breakfast and lunch all three days of the conference; two evening receptions with food and drink; immediate access to all archived conference sessions.

Virtual Registration includes live streaming of all plenary and concurrent sessions, as well as immediate access to all archived conference sessions.

Register online now.