This prestigious lecture is made possible by a collaboration between the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and AEESP. Selected lecturers alternate yearly between those with academic and practitioner backgrounds. The Master Lecturer is asked to speak about trends and ideas developed as a result of many years of endeavors in the water sector. WEFTEC is held annually in New Orleans during even-numbered years and Chicago during off-numbered years and is typically in late September or early October.
Click here or scroll down page to nominate a candidate for consideration.
Deadline to nominate: July 15
Past AEESP Speakers:
| Name | Institution | Year |
| Bruce Rittmann | Arizona State University | 2025 |
| Tanja Rauch-Williams | Metro Water Recovery | 2024 |
| Belinda Sturm | University of Kansas | 2023 |
| Charles Bott | Hampton Roads Sanitation District | 2022 |
| Bruce Logan | Penn State University | 2019 |
| Art Umble | Stantec | 2018 |
| Nancy Love | University of Michigan | 2017 |
| Menachem Elimelech | Yale University | 2016 |
| Mark van Loosdrecht | Delft University of Technology | 2015 |