Overview
The AFPM Annual Meeting is the world's premier refining meeting, assembling key executives, decision-makers, and technical experts from refining businesses, technology providers, contracting and consulting firms, and equipment manufacturers around the world.
Who should attend Annual Meeting?
Annual Meeting is a must-attend for managers, executives and rising leaders from operating companies, service providers, and suppliers in the downstream sector. Sessions are designed to provide deep insights into the policies, regulations, geopolitics, and disruptions that will affect business in the coming months and years.
Presenting at the 2026 AFPM Annual Meeting:

Bret Baier
FOX News' Chief Political Anchor
We’re especially thrilled to share that Bret Baier, FOX News' chief political anchor and host of the #1 cable news program in America, will be delivering the opening keynote address. Expect a behind-the-scenes nonpartisan analysis of the current administration, today’s political leaders, and the major issues influencing policy.
Agenda
| 12:00 PM - 07:30 PM |
Registration
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| 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM |
Future Leaders Welcome Reception
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| 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM |
Welcome Reception
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| 07:00 AM - 08:45 AM | |
| 07:00 AM - 04:00 PM |
Registration
|
| 07:30 AM - 08:45 AM |
Monday Breakfast
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| 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Welcome Remarks & Opening Keynote
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| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
General Session
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| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Monday Lunch
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| 01:15 PM - 04:15 PM |
General Session
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| 07:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Registration
|
| 07:00 AM - 08:30 AM |
Tuesday Breakfast
|
| 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM |
General Session
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| 08:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
Breakout Sessions
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| 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM | |
| 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM |
| Time | Title |
|---|---|
| 12:00 PM - 07:30 PM |
Registration
|
| 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM |
Future Leaders Welcome Reception
|
| 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM |
Welcome Reception
|
| Time | Title |
|---|---|
| 07:00 AM - 08:45 AM | |
| 07:00 AM - 04:00 PM |
Registration
|
| 07:30 AM - 08:45 AM |
Monday Breakfast
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| 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Welcome Remarks & Opening Keynote
Chet Thompson — President and CEO, AFPM
Willie Chiang — Chairman and CEO, Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
Bret Baier — Chief Political Anchor, FOX News Channel
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| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
General Session
|
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Monday Lunch
|
| 01:15 PM - 04:15 PM |
General Session
|
| Time | Title |
|---|---|
| 07:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Registration
|
| 07:00 AM - 08:30 AM |
Tuesday Breakfast
|
| 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM |
General Session
|
| 08:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
Breakout Sessions
|
| 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM | |
| 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM |
Meeting Fees
Registration
Registration fees are determined by your company's AFPM membership. If your organization is an AFPM member, you are eligible for member rates.
Register on or before February 13, 2026, to save $200. Fees will increase by $200 starting February 14, 2026. Online registration closes on March 13, 2026.
Registration Cancellation Policy
Cancellations made by February 13, 2026, will incur no penalty. Written cancellations received between February 14 and February 27, 2026, will be refunded minus $100 processing fee. No refunds will be issued after February 27, 2026. Telephone cancellations will not be accepted.
| Name | Price | Available To |
|---|---|---|
| Member Registration - Early | $1,800.00 | Member/Government |
| Member Registration - Late | $1,900.00 | Member/Government |
| Non-Member Registration - Early | $2,800.00 | Non-Members |
| Non-Member Registration - Late | $2,900.00 | Non-Members |
| Spouse Registration | $100.00 |
Special Events
All ticketed functions are available exclusively to registered attendees. Tickets may be purchased during the registration process. If you wish to add tickets after completing your registration, click Register, proceed to the Events page, and select the tickets you'd like to purchase without making any other changes. You will only be charged for the additional items.
Ticket sales conclude when online registration closes March 13, 2026. No tickets or same-day seating will be available on-site. Please note that ticketed function fees are non-refundable after February 13, 2026.
| Name | Price | Available To |
|---|---|---|
| Government Relations Breakfast | ||
| GR Breakfast Ticket | $75.00 | Registered Attendees Only |
| Annual Luncheon | ||
| Annual Luncheon Ticket | $150.00 | Registered Attendees Only |
| Annual Luncheon - Table of 10 | ||
| Annual Luncheon - Table of 10 | $1,500.00 | Members Only |
Details
Details
Affiliates:
If you are interested in holding a meeting space or suite at this year’s Annual Meeting, please contact Katharine Nesslage at amsuites@afpm.org for more information.
Meeting Attire:
Business
Travel:
Taxi: Approximate cost from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to the Hyatt Regency New Orleans is $50 one way (14 miles).
Valet Parking: $52.00 USD overnight plus applicable taxes
Self-Parking - 1301 Girod Parking Garage that connects directly to the hotel. Contact Merit Parking to confirm pricing at +1 504 561 0575.
Meeting App:
The AFPM Meeting app provides real-time access to the attendee list, program updates, session surveys, speaker information, and hospitality suite details. You can also connect with fellow attendees using the app’s exclusive messaging feature. The app will be available to registered attendees two weeks prior to the conference.
Housing
Housing
Hotel reservations cannot be made before registering for the conference. If you register prior to the hotel cut-off date, you will receive a reservation link once your registration is complete. This link can also be found at the top of your registration confirmation email.
Please be sure to register and book your room February 19. The room block rate cannot be guaranteed after this date.
Hyatt Regency New Orleans
601 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70113
Guest Room:
Rate: $275.00++ Single/Double Occupancy
Deposit: $275.00++ Single/Double Occupancy
Policies
Registration Policy
Individuals who are present at the site of an AFPM meeting and/or occupy a hotel room within the AFPM room block to conduct business with industry personnel attending the meeting are required to register for the meeting and pay the applicable registration fee, regardless of whether they attend specific function.
Member Fee Eligibility
Registration fees are determined by your company’s AFPM membership status. If your organization is an AFPM member, you are eligible for member rates.
Spouse/Guest Policy
A guest is a spouse/significant other, friend or an adult child (18 years old or older) who is not in an industry-related occupation. A co-worker, an associate, or a spouse who works within the industry may not use the Spouse/Guest Registration category.
Cancellation Policy
Registration cancellations must be submitted in writing and emailed to AM@afpm.org. Substitute registrations may be made at any time, either in advance or onsite, at no additional cost. Substitutions can be completed online by the individual who created the original registration or submitted in writing to AM@afpm.org
Cancellations may be made on or before February 13, 2026 with no penalty. Cancellations must be submitted in writing. Written cancellations postmarked, faxed, or emailed between February 14 and February 27, 2026 will receive a refund of fees, less a $100 processing fee. No refunds after February 27, 2026. No telephone cancellations.
Individual Ticket Refund Policy
Refunds will be made on individual tickets purchased, if request is received in writing prior to February 13, 2026. No refunds after February 13. Ticketed functions are open to registered attendees only.
Table Ticket Refund Policy
Refunds will be made on tables of tickets for the Annual Luncheon purchased, if request is received in writing prior to February 13, 2026. No refunds on tables after February 13, 2026. Ticketed functions are open to registered attendees only.
Recording Policy
Video recording, streaming or broadcasting of the exhibit hall, general sessions, workshops and discussions is strictly prohibited.
Photo Release
By registering for this conference, I hereby grant AFPM, its licensees and assigns, the right to use my name, biographic material, as well as, photos, or videos taken of me during the conference in news media, websites, publications, programs, articles, and/or marketing materials.
AFPM Antitrust Guidelines
AFPM takes its antitrust compliance obligations seriously and our antitrust policy goes beyond the minimum requirements.
To ensure compliance with the antitrust laws and avoid any appearance of anticompetitive activity, every participant in AFPM meetings and AFPM activities must adhere to the AFPM antitrust guidelines.
Therefore, there should be no discussion or disclosure of information with respect to:
- Individual company's prices, profits, premiums, surcharges, or discounts;
- your intent to do business with specific customers;
- proposed product offerings;
- allocation of geographic or product markets;
- any refusal to deal with a customer or supplier;
- how to respond to the market behavior of a competitor;
- company's non-public, confidential information; or
- any other topic involving a potentially anticompetitive practice.
It is not only your duty to follow the AFPM policy, but also to affirmatively stop any conversations on impermissible subjects. If a discussion presents an antitrust issue, raise your concern immediately. If the discussion continues, announce that you are leaving the meeting because you have an antitrust concern and immediately report your concern to AFPM staff and legal counsel. These Guidelines apply both during the meeting and at informal social events involving AFPM members.
This reference is an overview of AFPM's Antitrust Guidelines. It is not a substitute for legal counsel. Any and all antitrust related concerns should be addressed to AFPM's General Counsel.
Ethical Responsibility and Professional and Personal Conduct Code
The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (“AFPM”) has adopted the following “Ethical Responsibility and Professional and Personal Conduct Code” (hereinafter, “the Code”). Every member of AFPM, their designated representatives, and non-member attendees at all AFPM meetings and forums agree to abide by the Code as a condition of membership in AFPM and attendance and participation at AFPM meetings and forums.
The Code requires the following of all individuals attending AFPM meetings and forums:
- Adherence to the AFPM bylaws and the AFPM policies and procedures, as adopted by AFPM’s Board of Directors.
- Strict compliance with antitrust laws.
- Adherence to all applicable federal and state laws.
- Maintenance of the highest level of professional and personal ethical behavior while attending AFPM meetings and forums.
- Prevention of certain behaviors, including harassment, violence, intimidation and discrimination of any kind involving race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or, where applicable, veteran or marital status.
- Assurance that conduct at all times and in all professional and personal dealings with each other and other attendees is with the highest level of integrity and courtesy.
- Sharing of knowledge and expertise as speakers at AFPM educational events and sessions whenever practicable, without soliciting or explicitly promoting their own organization's products or services.
- Working to instill public and consumer confidence in the petrochemical and refining industries, its member companies, and its professionals, avoiding any action conducive to discrediting members of AFPM.
- Refraining from scheduling general attendance meetings, receptions or other events at times that conflict with substantive programming or social events at AFPM meetings without express written permission of AFPM.
Failure to abide by the Code may result, for the first offense, in informal censure of a company or individual by the AFPM Executive Committee. If violations of the Code continue after such an informal censure, a company may be subject to expulsion from AFPM, or an individual to exclusion from participation in AFPM activities, by the Board of Directors.
Entertainment Policy
We ask your cooperation in observing Association policy on activities held in conjunction with any AFPM meeting:
- Meetings or social activities should not be scheduled that take registrants away from AFPM programs and AFPM-sponsored activities;
- Any company sponsoring a function to which 25 or more people are invited should outline its plans for advance approval by AFPM. In general, such functions will be approved if they do not unduly take registrants away from AFPM-sponsored activities;
- All representatives of companies sponsoring hospitality activities are expected to register for the meeting;
- Hospitality suites are expected to close by 12:00 a.m.;
- Food, beverage and service personnel (bartenders, hostesses, etc.) must be obtained through the hotel catering department;
- Suite promotional activities are to avoid the use of elaborate entertainment, expensive door prizes, suite attendance solicitation by individuals who are not full-time employees of the sponsoring company, or other similar activities.
Sponsorship
Sponsorship Information
Show your support for the industry and get additional exposure at the conference by sponsoring at the Annual Meeting.
Send an inquiry to sponsorships@afpm.org.
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Call for Content
The AFPM Annual Meeting is the world's premier refining meeting, assembling key executives, decision-makers, and technical experts from refining businesses, technology providers, contracting and consulting firms, and equipment manufacturers around the world.
Annual Meeting is a must-attend for managers, executives and rising leaders from operating companies, service providers, and suppliers in the downstream sector.
For reference, check out the 2025 program.
AFPM invites interested speakers to submit abstracts for technical breakout sessions at the 2026 AFPM Annual Meeting. Each session is 1 hour long, and should be designed to provide deep insights into the topic area, engaging up to 250 audience members.
Submission deadline: August 18, 2025
Abstracts can be submitted within one or more of the following topics:
Decarbonization Technologies & Low-Carbon Operations
- Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) advancements
- Blue and green hydrogen production and integration
- Electrification of process heat using renewables or nuclear
- Methane emissions monitoring and reduction
- Case studies: net-zero refineries; Scope 1/2/3 management
Refinery-Petrochemical Integration
- Trends in crude-to-chemicals (C2C) technologies
- Process intensification and catalyst innovation for maximizing olefins and aromatics
- Flexibility for feedstock diversity (bio, waste, recycled mat’ls)
- Profitability strategies amid fuel vs. chemical demand shifts
Circular Economy & Chemical Recycling
- Advanced plastic waste pyrolysis and depolymerization
- Integration of recycled feedstocks into existing assets
- Certification and traceability (e.g., mass balance approach)
- Lifecycle assessment (LCA) and scope 3 tracking technologies
Digitalization & AI in Operations; Workforce & Organizational Transformation
- AI/ML - predictive maintenance, energy optimization, & process control
- Deployment of digital twins for real-time asset modeling
- Cybersecurity resilience in OT/IT convergence
- Data governance and monetization strategies
- AI and automation’s impact on future roles in refining
- Technical upskilling and change management
- Managing the ageing workforce and knowledge transfer
Advanced Process and Energy Efficiency
- High-efficiency heat exchanger and furnace retrofits
- Advanced process control (APC) and real-time optimization (RTO)
- Energy intensity reduction via AI-driven operations
- Innovations in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) and hydroprocessing
Catalyst and Process Development
- New generation catalysts for hydrocracking, desulfurization, and FCC
- Selectivity improvements in ethylene and propylene production
- Catalysts compatible with bio-based or recycled feeds
Bio-based & Renewable Feedstock Processing
- Integration of renewable diesel, SAF, and bio-naphtha
- Pre-treatment technologies for used cooking oil, tallow, algae, etc.
- Managing contaminants and fouling in renewable processing