Cargas Energy Summit spotlights innovation

October 2, 2025 By Sydney Fischer 0 Comments

Cargas Systems hosted its 16th Cargas Energy Summit in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 16-18.

Held at the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square, the biennial event brought together Cargas Energy users, including service technicians, back-office staff and company leaders for three days of education, networking and a first look at upcoming product enhancements.

This year’s attendees included 243 professionals from 91 organizations, as well as representatives from 31 Cargas Energy software partners.

Inside the Cargas Energy Summit

Nate Scott, president and CEO of Cargas, welcomed attendees at an opening presentation. Scott centered his address around the company’s “Built-to-Last” vision by discussing the company’s employee ownership model, its focus on recruiting and developing top talent and the team’s goal of reinvesting in new ways to help existing customers.

“We are a team built on the principles of being built to last, innovating for the future and sharing success with those that have helped us along the way,” says Scott.

After Scott concluded his portion of the presentation, Aaron Cargas, vice president of product, and Dennis DiSabatino, senior vice president of sales and operations, took to the stage to commemorate 20 years of Cargas Energy. The pair’s retelling of the Cargas Energy story highlighted the team members, customers and partners who contributed to the software’s development, but talk eventually shifted toward where Cargas Energy is today and where it’s headed.

The two-year period between the 2023 and 2025 summits saw the release of 120 new features across Cargas Energy. Cargas and DiSabatino covered the top releases across four major categories: delivery, service, payments, and inventory and accounting.

Cargas and DiSabatino also discussed Cargas’ custom integration between Cargas Energy and HubSpot, a customer relationship management tool that brings powerful sales and marketing capabilities to companies of all sizes.

The future of Cargas Energy

Artificial intelligence (AI) was discussed at the 2023 Cargas Energy Summit, and at this year’s Summit, Cargas and DiSabatino remained confident it will be the defining “tech wave” of the 2020s. They briefly touched on previous waves, such as the cloud in the 2010s and smartphones in the 2000s, and they explored how Cargas is riding the AI wave through internal implementation.

This AI exploration is just one component of Cargas Energy’s roadmap, which takes a three-pronged approach to enhancing the software:

Product renovation: Stay on top of the latest tech waves to discover ways to redesign Cargas Energy.
Product expansion: Support the diversification of energy companies with new features and modules.
Product automation: Methodically automate manual processes to save time for Cargas Energy users.

The Cargas Energy Summit will continue to operate on a biennial basis. The next Cargas Energy Summit will be held Sept. 21-23, 2027.

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