Technical Program Submissions for Pipelines 2027 Conference
The Pipelines 2027 Conference will provide a forum for industry professionals to share experiences and knowledge between owners, agencies, consultants, industry, supplies, contractors, and governments from around the world. This premier industry gathering has become the place of choice for practitioners to discuss technical paper presentations covering the most current state-of-the-art engineering technologies for pipeline and utilities infrastructure.
The 2027 Call for Submissions is now open! Visit the submission site to submit an abstract. Submissions are due by October 1, 2026.
Key Dates for 2027 Conference Submissions
- Abstract Submissions Due: Oct. 1, 2026 - No extensions
- Notification of Acceptance on or about: Nov. 6, 2026
- Draft Papers Due: Jan. 6, 2027
- Final Papers Due: March 12, 2027
- Draft Presentations Due: May 7, 2027
- Final Presentations Due: July 1, 2027
For further information or questions on the technical program, please contact UESI Senior Manager, Susan Reid.
Suggested Technical Paper Topics/Subtopics
Planning
- Developments in planning and design guidelines
- Pipeline materials selection
- Pipeline hydraulic modeling
- Analytical/modeling techniques
- Geotechnical and geologic evaluations
- Environmentally sensitive areas
- Risk assessment and management
- Alternatives comparison and selection
- Funding and methods of financing pipeline projects
- Asset management
- Capital improvement plans
- Program management
- Alignment and corridor selection criteria
- Lifecycle analysis
Design
- Pipeline material considerations
- Handling entrapped air/gas in water/wastewater
- Energy systems (i.e. oil and gas)
- Corrosion protection
- Trends and developments in design
- Hydraulic control and transient mitigation
- Pipelines in seismically hazardous areas
- Pipeline climate change adaptation
- Trenchless design
- Pipeline codes and standards updates
- Innovative design methods
- Right-sizing pipeline systems
Condition Assessment
- Forensic evaluation of pipeline failures
- Destructive testing
- Failure mode analysis
- Finite element analysis
- Technologies for transmission/distribution pipelines/trunk and collection systems
- New product and technological advances
- Leak detection and monitoring
- Comprehensive assessment case histories
- Hydraulic/structural condition assessment
- Inspection methods
- Advanced analytics (AI, machine learning, computer vision, etc.)
- State of infrastructure
- Real-time monitoring
- Pressure/transient monitoring
- Project case studies
Trenchless
- Emerging technologies
- New installation methods
- Renewal and rehabilitation methods
- Evaluation of different methods
- Trenchless feasibility studies
- Quality control and assurance
- Challenges and risks
- Project case studies
Construction
- Advances in pipeline installation
- Experiences with various pipeline materials
- Alternative project delivery and contracting approaches
- Construction management and contract administration
- Health and safety
- Quality control and assurance
- Planning and scheduling
- Construction cost analysis and comparisons
Operation & Maintenance
- Corrosion control
- Valves and appurtenances
- Emergency repairs/disaster management
- Monitoring and assessment
- Leak detection
- Condition assessment
- Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Benchmarking analysis
- Material-specific O&M practices
- Digital twin of distribution system
Engineering Surveying & Geomatics/Utility Risk
- Business of surveying in engineering projects
- Digital twins
- Emerging technologies in engineering and surveying projects
- Ethics and legal issues
- Examination, licensure, and legislation
- Future datums and geodetic control
- Geospatial technologies for smart cities
- Hydrographic surveying
- Incorporating surveying into the civil engineering education
- Innovation and sustainable infrastructure
- Integrating GIS into engineering practice
- Integrity of subsurface utility information
- Intersection of engineering and surveying
- Low distortion map projections
- Professional development for the surveyor/engineer
- Survey of fixed objects of earth
- Surveying and engineering applications in BIM
- Surveying education and workforce development
- Technology and data collection
- UAS applications
- Underwater surveying
- Utility surveying and risk management
- Subsurface utility engineering
- Utility location methods
- Use of GIS
- Application of virtual reality
- Innovative technologies
- Use of unmanned aircraft systems
- Mobile mapping
Sustainable Design & Regulatory Issues
- Sustainability rating systems
- Pipe material selection
- Pipe bedding and backfill selection
- Environmental permitting for pipelines
- Crossing environmentally sensitive zones
- Oil and gas industry regulatory issues
- Life cycle cost assessment