Call for Proposals

The North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) is now accepting abstracts for its 2023 No-Dig Show in Portland, Oregon. The conference will take place at the Oregon Convention Center on April 30-May 4.

Prospective authors are invited to submit a 250-word abstract outlining the scope of their paper and the principal points of benefit to the trenchless industry. The abstracts must be submitted on this site electronically by June 30, 2022.

The NASTT 2023 No-Dig Show Technical Program Committee will review abstracts in July/August, and we will notify the primary authors of acceptance by September 1. To ensure meaningful and commercial free technical content, all papers will be peer-reviewed. Final papers will be published on NASTT's online trenchless library.

Abstracts from the following subject areas are of interest to the No-Dig Show Technical Program Committee: 

POTABLE WATER AND PRESSURE SYSTEMS
Pipeline Inspection, Locating and Condition Assessment
Pipe Rehabilitation
Pipe Bursting
Emerging Technologies

WASTEWATER, STORMWATER, AND NON-PRESSURE SYSTEMS
Advanced Pipeline Condition Assessment
I&I and Leak Detection
Pipeline and Laterals Rehabilitation
Pipeline Inspection, Locating and Condition Assessment
Cured-in-Place Pipe Lining
Sliplining
Pipe Bursting
Spray Applied Linings
Grouting
Manhole Rehabilitation

NEW INSTALLATIONS – TUNNELING, BORING, AND PIPE RAMMING
New Concepts or Trenchless Equipment, Materials and Methods
New Application for Boring Techniques (Auger Boring and Pipe Ramming)
Pilot Tube Boring (Tunneling)

ENERGY PIPELINE SYSTEMS
Pipeline Inspection, Locating and Condition Assessment
Aging System Rehabilitation
New Trenchless Installation
Standards and Regulations

INDUSTRY ISSUES
Subsurface Utility Engineering
Submittal Requirements and Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Project Budgeting and Prioritization
Funding for “Green” Technologies
Selection Criteria for Contractors
Social Costs and Impacts
Carbon Footprint Reduction
Sustainable Construction Practices
Industry Trends, Issues and Concerns
Differing Site Condition Claims

HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING (HDD)
New Concepts and Applications for Horizontal Directional Drilling Equipment, Materials and Methods

Please start your abstract submission by clicking on the Start Application below. This information will set up a profile for the primary author/presenter, so if you are filling it out on someone's behalf please enter the primary author/presenter information and not your information. 

You will need the following to complete the submission: Title, abstract, co-author/co-presenter names, your headshot and your bio.  

If you start an application and do not finish it the system will send you a reminder email within 48 hours. Use this link in the reminder email to finish your application. If you come back to this page without using that unique link it will create a new, duplicate submission.

If you want to submit a second application just use the submit an abstract link again and it will create a new submission. 

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Please note that the deadline to submit an abstract was June 30, 2022. The system will be live for a few weeks after the deadline to collect abstract for our standby list.