NPGA Propane Expo returns to Atlanta

The NPGA’s 2019 Southeastern Convention & International Propane Expo returns to Atlanta on April 13-15. More than 200 exhibitors are expected at the Georgia World Congress Center. Photo: iStock.com/Sean Pavone

The National Propane Gas Association’s (NPGA) 2019 Southeastern Convention & International Propane Expo – the propane industry’s largest trade show – returns to Atlanta on April 13-15.

More than 200 exhibiting organizations are expected to showcase their products and services inside the Georgia World Congress Center. Attendees will gain access on the show floor to a New Product Showcase and an Autogas Pavilion, which brings together products, processes, educational tools and services in a specially featured area of the expo hall.

Educational opportunities are a large part of the Propane Expo, with two days of classroom-style sessions and two days of Fast Track sessions on the show floor. A preconference propane cargo tank and inspection workshop is offered in partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

The NPGA Women in Propane Council’s annual Leadership Forum will focus on sales training through the personal assessment tool DiSC. It will also conduct a roundtable session titled “Operations and Sales on the Same Page” and host a networking reception. The Young Gassers will again hold their annual reception, this year at the College Football Hall of Fame, located next to the expo hall.

In addition to Jose Rene “J.R.” Martinez as the keynote speaker, Tucker Perkins, president and CEO of the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), will provide an update on PERC’s activities. The Rev. William Fullilove will lead the Prayer Breakfast.

Atlanta has hosted the long-running propane show for more than 60 total years. Nashville, Tennessee, became a host city in 2016, and NPGA is considering Charlotte, North Carolina, as a third city in the rotation, possibly for 2024.

NPGA reported last year’s show drew about 3,300 total attendees.

*Featured image: iStock.com/Sean Pavone

What: NPGA Southeastern Convention & International Propane Expo
When: April 13-15
Where: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta

Schedule of events

Friday, April 12
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Propane Cargo Tank & Inspection Workshop*
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Targeted & Regular Exhibitor Move-In
Noon-4 p.m. Registration

Saturday, April 13
8 a.m.-3 p.m. Exhibitor Move-In
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration
9 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Concurrent Education Sessions: Groups A-C
9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. WIP Leadership Forum @ the Expo*
2:30 p.m.-3 p.m. PERC Update Live!
3 p.m.-4 p.m. Opening Keynote Speaker “J.R.” Martinez
4 p.m.-7 p.m. Expo Hall Welcome Reception

Sunday, April 14
7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Registration
7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. Prayer Breakfast*
9 a.m.-10 a.m. Concurrent Education Sessions: Group D
10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Expo Hall Open
10:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Technical Workshops
10:15 a.m.-4 p.m. Fast Track Sessions in the Expo Hall
3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Women in Propane Roundtable
5 p.m.-6 p.m. Women in Propane Networking Reception
7:30 p.m.-midnight Young Gassers Reception*

Monday, April 15
8:30 a.m.-noon Registration
9 a.m.-noon Expo Hall Open
9:15 a.m.-11 a.m. Fast Track Sessions in the Expo Hall
12:01 p.m. Exhibitor Move-Out
* Additional registration required