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NEW DATE: The Energy Projects Conference & Expo (EPC Show) 2026, is the largest event globally for professionals working on major energy projects.
Returning to the GRB Convention Center, 16-17 of June 2026
BRAND NEW FOR 2026: We’re doubling the show floor, expanding to 400+ exhibitors and 10,000+ visitors, and adding a new Power Generation Engineering & Construction track covering gas-fired and nuclear projects.
SECURE YOUR SPOT – 150+ EXHIBITORS ALREADY CONFIRMED FOR 2026
Meet with 1500+ Project Owner/Operators and EPCs
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Project Development & Execution
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Permitting and Regulatory AffairsLNG Export – Engineering & Construction
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The plenary stage features an unprecedented lineup of industry visionaries, policymakers, and executive decision-makers driving global energy infrastructure. Headlining keynotes and executive panels include:
The Home of Major Energy Project Development
The Energy Projects Conference & Expo (EPC Show) is the largest event globally for professionals working on major energy projects.
Bringing together six leading conferences under one roof, the EPC show will unite 10,000+ engineering, construction, commissioning, supply chain, operations & maintenance professionals to show you how to deliver and operate major energy projects successfully in today’s complex and challenging environment.
Whether you’re grappling with craft labor shortages, disrupted supply chains, escalating costs, contracting strategies, regulatory hurdles, site selection, or operational efficiency, the EPC Show offers the solutions.
Connect with world-leading speakers, experts, consultants, and a vast array of technology, equipment, and solution providers dedicated to taking your projects to the next level. Join us in Houston to shape the future of energy projects!
EXHIBITION
400+ industry leading exhibitors will be showcasing the very latest in cutting edge technology, equipment and services for the energy projects industry.
Whether you’re looking for the latest in engineering, construction, operations or maintenance solutions to support your major energy project, the very best suppliers in our exhibition hall in 2025.
CONFERENCE
Over 250+ world-leading speakers featuring the most senior energy project executives in North America will be sharing their knowledge and experience directly with you.
Through a series of keynote speakers, panel sessions, presentations, workshops, and seminars you’ll have the opportunity to hear from the best of the best in the energy projects industry, ensuring you’ll walk away with the key knowledge you need to supercharge your project plans.
NETWORKING
With 10,000+ energy project professionals in attendance, this event is the largest of its kind in the world. At no other event will you have the opportunity to meet as many project and plant executives across 5 major energy project industries.
$200 billion+ of proposed capital spending will be represented in the room, providing an unmissable opportunity to meet and form lasting business relationships with the key decision-makers working directly on America’s most important projects.
The 2026 EPC Show has officially released its timed agenda for this year’s highly anticipated summit, scheduled for June 16–17 at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
The event serves as the premier hub for project owners, operators, and EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) firms to share strategies and meet.
The agenda covers LNG Export, Power Generation, Nuclear Power, Petrochemicals & Refining, and Midstream.
The 2026 agenda features an elite lineup of industry titans and policymakers, including:
In an effort to foster direct collaboration between decision-makers, the EPC Show is offering complimentary registration to qualified Project Owners/Operators and EPC firms.
“EPC Show provides a unique environment where emerging leaders can learn directly from professionals who have experienced both sides of that journey. Exposure to these perspectives early helps reshape decision-making toward durability, operability, and value creation” – Director of Operations – Shell Polymers
Interested parties who qualify for complimentary admission are encouraged to RSVP immediately to secure their spot at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
About the EPC Show: The EPC Show is the leading annual gathering for the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction industry, focusing on innovation, execution, and the energy transition.
Looking for exclusive networking? Allstream will be hosting a EPC 2026 Show Afterparty – Cask & Crave II on June 17 with our partners who are exhibiting at the 2026 Energy Projects Conference. More Info HERE:
EPC Show Afterparty – Cask & Crave II : Private Pour Series Bourbon Pairing Dinner June 17
Are you looking for the 2026 EPC Show Agenda? We got you covered. The Energy Projects Conference 2026 agenda is as follows.
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Speaker: Jonathan Rennie, President & Executive Coach – Honeycomb Anthems
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Speaker: David Braziel, CEO – RBN Energy
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Lessons learned from recent energy megaprojects and how they’re shaping the next generation of project systems.
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The United States is entering the largest energy infrastructure investment cycle in a generation. As AI data centers, manufacturing reshoring, and electrification drive unprecedented demand, industry leaders discuss how digital technologies and adaptive operations can accelerate project execution and long-term resilience.
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Execution Excellence: Proven strategies from industry leaders on maintaining project schedules and budget integrity in an era of unprecedented demand. Workforce and technology integration strategies to improve project outcomes.
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Taming the lead-time crisis through strategic planning, manufacturing expansion, and supply chain optimization to meet unprecedented project demand.
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Stage: LNG Investment & Finance Stage
Speaker: Tala Goudarzi, Partner – Torridon Group
Stage: Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage
Speaker: Christopher Perfetti, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering – University of New Mexico
Stage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage
Speaker: Akin Oni, CEO – Eftex Group
Stage: Petrochemicals, Refining & SAF Stage
Speaker: Cassidy Welch, Key Account Manager Engineering/EPC Partnerships, North America – BASF
Stage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage
Speaker: Danielle Baughman, Strategic Advisor – ProShare Services LLC
Stage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage
How can industry and regulators work together to streamline FERC, NEPA, and state-level reviews while maintaining robust environmental safeguards? Identifying practical approaches to reduce regional development bottlenecks and accelerate project execution.
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Stage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage
This session brings together senior executives and project leaders to discuss new capacity additions, project execution strategies, and infrastructure expansion across North America’s midstream sector.
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Stage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage
How can industry and regulators work together to streamline FERC, NEPA, and state-level reviews while maintaining robust environmental safeguards? Identifying practical approaches to reduce regional development bottlenecks and improve project certainty.
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Stage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage
Stage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage
Design and execution considerations unique to CO₂ pipelines, including pressure control, materials selection, compression, monitoring, safety planning, and community engagement.
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Stage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage
Exploring gathering and disposal bottlenecks, water recycling technologies, treatment innovations, and how produced water infrastructure is becoming a major growth area for midstream operators.
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Stage: Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage
Speaker: Christopher Perfetti, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering – University of New Mexico
Stage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage
Speaker: Akin Oni, CEO – Eftex Group
Stage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage
Speaker: Mona Setoodeh, President – CH∙IV International
Stage: Power Generation Engineering & Construction Stage
Review of the number, location, and scale of power projects announced and under construction. Insights into how the energy mix is evolving amid surging power demand.
Speaker: Ashish Sethia, Global Head of Commodities, Energy & Environmental Markets – BloombergNEF
Stage: Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage
Examining construction innovation including modularization, digital tools, robotics, and AI in EPC workflows to build nuclear supply chain resilience and mitigate project delay risks.
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Stage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage
How large operators are justifying new builds amid price volatility and regulatory uncertainty, stress testing business models, and optimizing portfolios through M&A and asset strategy.
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Stage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage
Exploring flexible, balanced contracting models that distribute commercial risk, sustain competition, protect project viability, and improve collaboration across major LNG export projects.
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Stage: Petrochemicals, Refining & SAF Stage
Linking capital project delivery to operational performance over the asset lifecycle, streamlining operations, improving reliability, and applying AI and predictive technologies.
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Stage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage
Embedding maintenance and reliability foundations during early CAPEX phases to support lifecycle performance, cost efficiency, and operational readiness.
Speaker: Fabian Montealegre, Americas Maintenance Consultancy Manager – Wood
Stage: Power Generation Engineering & Construction Stage
How utilities, IPPs, and key stakeholders are managing a major spike in power demand from AI data centers while accelerating permits, approvals, and project delivery.
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Stage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage
Key takeaways include initial equipment condition, preservation, condition prior to installation, and preservation condition monitoring during operation.
Speaker: Jose Briceno, SME: LNG Mechanical Engineering
Stage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage
A candid discussion on how major energy projects generate unanticipated safety exposure long before the first incident occurs.
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Stage: Petrochemicals, Refining & SAF Stage
Ensuring operations input is factored into turnaround planning, bridging turnaround and operations teams, and using digital tools for real-time updates.
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Stage: Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage
Insights from early movers advancing modular reactor construction and commercialization.
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Stage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage
A discussion on innovation, collaboration, digital transformation, and what it takes to deliver an LNG megaproject in today’s market.
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Stage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage
Strategic leadership for optimizing reliability, asset performance, and operational readiness across multi-train, high-capacity LNG projects.
Speaker: Pawandeep Singh, Senior Principal Engineering Manager – PSRG
Stage: Power Generation Engineering & Construction Stage
How to address immediate power needs while designing infrastructure for long-term reliability, flexibility, and future growth.
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Stage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage
Integrating inspection readiness, material selection, coating specifications, baseline runs, and inline inspection strategy into project execution.
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Stage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage
Addressing rising nitrogen content, declining CO₂ levels, and leaner feedgas compositions that create operational challenges for LNG export facilities.
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Stage: Power Generation Engineering & Construction Stage
Regulators, RTOs, and utilities discuss rising grid load, interconnection challenges, queue management, and new capacity opportunities.
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Stage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage
How AI-enabled workflows, automated data capture, and robotics are being deployed across EPC projects to create real-time jobsite visibility.
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Stage: Petrochemicals, Refining & SAF Stage
Aligning commercial strategy with evolving SAF policy, evaluating technology pathways, and executing projects with confidence.
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Stage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage
Structuring outreach programs from pre-FERC filing through construction while integrating engineering design considerations into community engagement.
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Stage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage
How owners and EPC partners align from the earliest stages of project development to support successful LNG delivery.
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Stage: Break & Networking
Stage: Power Generation Engineering & Construction Stage
Covering site selection, partnership strategy, managing power supply, and stakeholder engagement for a major data center project.
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Stage: Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage
How EPCs, OEMs, utilities, and owners are aligning scope, schedules, constructability, manufacturing capacity, and delivery models.
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Stage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage
Contract strategy, risk alignment, cost control, project economics, and managing late design or scope changes.
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Stage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage
Exploring opportunities and challenges in small-scale, modular LNG plants, modularization, fabrication, and project execution.
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Stage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage
Comparing principal handover models and owner/EPC interfaces during LNG commissioning and start-up.
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Stage: Petrochemicals, Refining & SAF Stage
Understanding demand from aviation, shipping, freight, fertilizers, agriculture, logistics, and heavy-duty transport for SAF and alternative fuels.
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Stage: Power Generation Engineering & Construction Stage
Site selection, geotechnical engineering, scheduling, tariffs, partnerships, and early supply planning for power projects.
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Stage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage
Speaker: Danielle Baughman, Strategic Advisor – ProShare Services LLC
Stage: Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage
How investors, utilities, and EPCs can structure funding for first-of-a-kind and early commercial nuclear projects.
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Stage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage
Speaker: Mona Setoodeh, President – CH∙IV International
Stage: Plenary Stage
Stage: Petrochemicals, Refining & SAF Stage
Speaker: Cassidy Welch, Key Account Manager Engineering/EPC Partnerships Region North America – BASF
Stage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage
Speaker: Akin Oni, CEO – Eftex Group
Stage: Plenary Stage
Speaker: Jonathan Rennie, President & Executive Coach – Honeycomb Anthems
Stage: Plenary Stage
Session details coming soon.
Speaker: Jonathan Roumel, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer – Honeywell Process Technology
Stage: Plenary Stage
Speaker: Brandon Spencer, President, Motion Business – ABB
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Generative engineering, predictive project controls, and AI-enabled tools for accelerating next-generation project delivery.
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Stage: Plenary Stage
Speaker: Jonathan Rennie, President & Executive Coach – Honeycomb Anthems
