Section Conference Information
Registration for our Section’s 2025 Section Conference in Boise, Idaho May 7-9 will open January 6.
You can expect:
- Cutting Edge Training
- Full day of in-depth pre-conference sessions on Wednesday (an additional charge – not included in full conference registration)
- Hourly technical sessions on multiple disciplines and fields of interest on Thursday and Friday
- Vendor Trade Show
- All day Thursday
- Fantastic Networking Opportunities
- Wednesday Golf Tournament
- Wednesday Evening Opening Reception with Competitions!
- Thursday Young Professional Scavenger Hunt and vendor/sponsor hospitality events
- Friday Morning Section Board of Trustee Meeting
- Our AWWA conference visiting officer presents an AWWA national update
- Friday Awards Luncheon – Don’t miss this great luncheon as we present awards to our Section’s most worthy volunteers.
- Subsection Advisory Council Award to subsection volunteers
- Kenneth J. Miller – Water For People volunteer
- Heart and Soul – selected by the Section Chair
- Pioneer Award – outstanding Young Professional (with less than 10 years in the industry)
- Powell Lindsay – our Section’s highest award
- Fuller – AWWA’s highest award
- Passing of the gavel from Section Chair Nick Belmont to Incoming Chair Joel Cary.
- Friday Closing Conference and Incoming Chair Reception
- Join fellow conference attendees from 5-6pm Friday night as we close the conference, pick up our purchased silent action items and toast New Section Chair Joel Cary at this hosted event.
Welcome our AWWA Conference Visiting Officer
Ken Lykens is the General Manager of the Meridian Metropolitan District and is responsible for all infrastructure needs including drinking water, wastewater, reclaimed water, and 
stormwater. Mr. Lykens has 30 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, from planning through design and construction. His experience consists of leading multi-disciplinary teams to plan, design, permit, and deliver complex infrastructure and natural resource projects. Specific experience includes: utility operations and maintenance, contract management, facility construction and upgrades, asset management, data management, rate setting, and consensus building. Experience also includes working extensively with regulatory agencies at every level of government on a wide variety of regulatory compliance issues. Mr. Lykens has prepared and delivered hundreds of presentations to boards, elected and appointed officials, executives, senior management teams, trade organizations/associations, public interest groups, regulatory agencies, and the media.
Ken is a Professional Engineer with experience working for public utilities (large and small) and engineering consulting firms. He is a Board Member for the Water Infrastructure and Supply Efficiency (WISE) project and is the Chair of the AWWA Water Utility Council (WUC).
Ken received a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and a M.S degree in Finance from Denver University.