2025 World Canals Conference

Event Details

Sep 21 - 25, 2025
Buffalo, NY

The World Canals Conference provides opportunities to hear from the most forward-thinking experts in canalside development, waterway engineering and management, and canal tourism and preservation. Attendees will be among the industry’s best and brightest and will have a hand in transforming the future of canals.

The World Canals Conference provides opportunities to hear from the most forward-thinking experts in canalside development, waterway engineering and management, and canal tourism and preservation. Attendees will be among the industry’s best and brightest and will have a hand in transforming the future of canals.

The World Canals Conference gathers experts and enthusiasts from all over the world to share innovative practices related to economic and community development, waterway management, tourism, and historic preservation along inland waterways around the globe.

On its 200th anniversary, the Erie Canal provides the perfect backdrop for the 2025 conference. Discover how the same spirit of innovation that built the canal and transformed America is revitalizing the Erie Canal for future generations.

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