Irrigation professionals from all over the world are expected at this year’s 2023 Irrigation Show and Education Week, Nov 27-Dec 1 in San Antonio, Texas.

Hosted by the U.S.-based Irrigation Association (IA), this year’s show offers a week of innovation, insights and networking. It also brings back the exhibit floor, featuring hundreds of the leading landscape and ag irrigation companies to provide unique solutions to irrigation needs.

The popular new product contest returns to this year’s show, featuring the latest innovations to hit the market in the last year, and this year holding its contest presentations and judging in person on the exhibit floor. Other features on the exhibit floor include Innovation Row, introducing today’s hottest irrigation tech startups, and two Innovation Hubs providing live industry presentations, the Pitch Competition and special announcements. The show also hosts Industry Insights presentations on the exhibit floor to cover relevant business- and irrigation-related topics.

IA University is the core curriculum for irrigation professionals and is offered during the Irrigation Show and Education Week. These classes are offered every year to teach the fundamental and practical skills necessary to design, install or maintain an irrigation system, as well as the business skills to manage a small irrigation company. The 2023 IA University offers 26 different courses and a free math tutorial.