Hotels near AWWA ACE 2027 in San Diego

The AWWA Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE) is North America's largest annual drinking water conference, bringing together thousands of water professionals, utilities, engineers, researchers and technology providers under one roof. ACE 2027 takes place June 13-16 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California, with the Hilton San Diego Bayfront serving as the headquarters hotel. The program features more than 20 educational tracks and hundreds of technical sessions covering aging infrastructure, capital financing, long-term drinking water supply, sustainability and the future of the water sector. ACE also hosts the industry's signature competitions — Pipe Tapping, Top Ops, Hydrant Hysteria, the AWWA Meter Challenge and the Tap Water Taste Test. The exhibit hall showcases more than 450 exhibitors and an Innovation Hub curated around data-driven decision intelligence, risk and resilience, network monitoring, and asset health. Continuing education credits are available through AWWA Certificates of Completion. Registration opens in December 2026, with pricing published in October 2026. The Call for Abstracts for ACE27 closed on September 24, 2026, and acceptance notifications are expected in February 2027.