April  7 - 10,  2027

World Water Day, observed annually on March 2nd since 1993, celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water.

The UTEP One Water Cluster, faculty and staff at UACJ are inviting you to our annual celebration of World Water Day in April 2027. As we have for the past four years, we will celebrate with a week of interdisciplinary events. These events are designed to engage faculty, students, and community partners who are working on the issue of water from various perspectives. This creates a public platform to increase visibility of water scholarship and activism. It also provides an opportunity to develop new connections and working relationships on the topic. We expect to have a mixture of online and in-person events. 

This year’s theme is: “Water, Too Much, Too Little: Flooding, Data Centers, and Community Sustainability”.

This year's theme explores the growing tension between water scarcity and water excess in a fast-changing climate and economy. Communities increasingly face both intensified flooding and prolonged drought, while the rapid expansion of data centers places new demands and threats on local communities and water supplies, often in regions already under strain. Balancing technological growth with responsible water stewardship is essential to protecting ecosystems, public health, and livelihoods, and to foster sustainable communities for the future.

We invite community members, artists, students, scholars, groups, and organizations to submit proposals that respond to the conference theme. We welcome thought-provoking accounts, creative and collaborative praxes, and solution-oriented projects. 

This is not a traditional academic conference: along with scholarly sharings, we welcome creative, participatory, and experimental formats that promote dialogue, collaboration, and new perspectives on the relationship between scarcity, abundance, sustainability, and community.

Possible Formats include: 

• Artistic or literary performances by one or more individuals engaging with the conference's annual theme; 
  
• Roundtables/public conversations uniting experts, practitioners, and community voices; Interactive workshops demonstrating scientific, educational, or creative approaches to water-related topics within the context of “Water, Too Much, Too Little: Flooding, Data Centers, and Community Sustainability.”
  
  
• Panels or discussions combining academic, activist, and community perspectives on water-related issues;
  
  
• Practical workshops focused on water water availability, management, and community sustainability", particularly in border and underserved regions.

If you would like to participate, fill out the online Google form (link below) by no later than November 23rd 2026. We will respond to proposals by Friday December 4th, and follow up with the final schedule no later than December 10th. 

-Google form (English version): https://forms.gle/7GHagK6kmCcwFVsQ8

-Google form (Spanish version): https://forms.gle/LP3AWxtCjCvukarH9

Deadline to Submit Proposals: Monday November 23, 2026
Notice of Acceptance: Friday December 4th, 2026 
Final Event Schedule with time slot confirmation: Thursday, December 10th 2026