WCC 2025 Registration

Register now to join inland waterways experts and enthusiasts from around the world at World Canals Conference 2025. Gather and learn about challenges and solutions and share best ideas for the future.

Early Bird Registration

$675 $600

Register by 1/31/25 and save $75

Includes:

  • All conference sessions
  • Field Sessions
  • Sunday Festival at Canalside
  • International Welcome Reception
  • Bicentennial Sendoff Ceremony of the Seneca Chief

Meals include:

  • Monday Welcome Banquet at the historic Statler Hotel
  • Tuesday dinner with Field Sessions
  • Wednesday Closing Dinner at Canalside
  • Daily breakfast, lunch, and snacks
  • Lunch is on your own on Wednesday

NOTE:

You will be asked to sign up for one of four Field Sessions as part of your registration. Please register for only ONE. If you do not plan to attend a Field Session, do not select one. Details on each Field Session is available here.

Early Bird Registration

Accompanying Person

$325

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Perfect for accompanying partners and family members.

Accompanying persons are treated to:

  • A full-day Best of Buffalo guided tour of the city’s major points of interest on Monday, September 22, 2025.
The itinerary includes:
    • Visiting the Outer Harbor
    • Downtown architectural treasures
    • A tour of the Richardson Olmsted Campus
    • Guided tour of Buffalo’s AKG art museum
    • Time for shopping

Accompanying Person registration also includes:

  • Monday breakfast, lunch, and snacks
  • Monday night’s Welcome Banquet at the historic Statler Hotel
  • Optional: Add Wednesday night’s Closing Dinner at Canalside for $65

Accompanying Person Registration

Accomodations

WCC 2025 takes place at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo, which is also the official conference hotel. Please make room reservations directly with the hotel. Discount rate is $199 per night, plus taxes and occupancy fees.

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Additional Tours

Come for the conference, stay for New York! Register now to reserve your spot for these exciting tours.

America’s Gateway Tour,
 September 16-20 (Pre-Conference)

Explore the extraordinary impact of the Erie Canal from New York City to Buffalo on this exciting, guided tour. Follow in the footsteps of waves of immigrants that came to America, expanding its cultural diversity, sparking social change, and building the Empire State and nation. The tour includes visits to four national parks, two state historic sites, and other destinations along the Erie and Cayuga-Seneca Canals.

Buffalo and Niagara Falls Sampler, 
September 25 & 26 (Post-Conference)

There’s way more to explore in Buffalo than you’ll see during the conference. Let us share more of the city’s arts, culture, and specialty food and beverages with you. Then spend a day exploring Niagara Falls from the Canadian side and points of interest on the Welland Canal.

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World Canals
Conference 2025

September 21-25

Erie Canal
Buffalo, NY