01/27/2025
Best Practices 2024 EXPO & Conference, held at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta from October 29-31, marked its sixth successful edition and set the stage for an even more promising Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference in Kansas City from October 21-23, 2025. The 2024 event recorded nearly 1,000 registrations, showcasing strong attendance and engagement with over 80 exhibitors.
The Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference is devoted to Sustainable, Safe and Reliable On-Site Utilities Powering Automation – including Industrial compressed air, vacuums, blowers, process cooling and HVAC.
Sponsored by the Compressed Air & Gas Institute and the Cooling Technology Institute, the Best Practices 2024 EXPO & Conference exhibit hall featured a New Technology Expo Classroom where exhibitors presented their latest innovations. Accessible to all attendees, this classroom was a major highlight. The upcoming Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference will expand to include three classrooms: New Compressed Air Technology, New Chiller/Cooling Tower Technology and Maintenance/Fundamentals.
The Best Practices 2024 EXPO & Conference opening and plenary sessions were open to all attendees and featured keynote speakers from Jacobs, Gates, Ardagh Glass Packaging, Black & Veatch, E4E Solutions, Dove Energy Services and Universal Creative.
Comprehensive Education and Training Programs
The Best Practices 2024 EXPO & Conference featured two conference tracks: Track 1 focused on On-Site Utility Sustainability: Energy & Cooling Water Conservation, and Track 2 focused on On-Site Utility Reliability, Safety and Quality. Attendees earned Professional Development Hours (PDHs) for attending the sessions. The 2025 event will also offer two conference tracks for attendees to choose from.
The Hard Hat Compressed Air Maintenance Workshop, introduced in 2024, was highly praised by conference attendees for its practical insights and hands-on training. This interactive workshop featured operational compressed air labs where participants saw the impacts of pressure loss and flow variations, while identifying and repairing compressed air leaks. This workshop will return at the 2025 event in Kansas City.
The Compressed Air Challenge conducted its Level 1 Fundamentals course during the Best Practices 2024 EXPO & Conference. It will also be offered at the Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference in Kansas City. Additionally, the Compressed Air & Gas Institute provided its Certified Compressed Air System Specialist (CCASS) exam at a special price of \$275, open to any attendee. This exam will be conducted again at the Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference.
Treasure Hunt Raffle and New Features for 2025
Qualified attendees participated in the Treasure Hunt raffle by visiting select booths and getting their treasure hunt raffle card stamped. Participants were entered into a drawing to win cash-equivalent gift cards: 1st place \$500 and 2nd and 3rd place \$250 each day of the Best Practices 2024 EXPO & Conference. Attendees from Goldfin Consulting, Fluor, Atlantic Compressors, ADG Concepts and Baxter Healthcare were this year's winners. The Treasure Hunt raffle will continue for the Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference in Kansas City.
New for 2025 on the exhibit floor, attendees will have the opportunity to test leak detection devices on a real compressed air system in our Compressed Air Leak Detection Challenge.
WCVC Networking Group
The Women in Compressed Air, Vacuum & Cooling (WCVC) Networking Group held its second networking breakfast at the event, attracting over 60 women. Attendees heard a keynote speaker (Charlene Vance, APU General Manager, Thermo King Americas), networked and enjoyed a buffet breakfast. The next WCVC in-person meeting will be on Wednesday, October 22nd, in Kansas City at the Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference.
Hotel, Networking Event and Registration
The Kansas City Convention Center and our hotel, the Kansas City Marriott Downtown, are located in the heart of Kansas City’s downtown renaissance, just two blocks from the Kansas City Power & Light District. Join us for a networking event at No Other Pub on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from 6:30-9:00 pm. Mark your calendars, registration opens April 15th!
Looking Ahead
Building on the success of the 2024 event, the Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference in Kansas City promises to offer even more opportunities for learning, networking and discovering the latest innovations in sustainable, safe and reliable on-site utilities. We are committed to providing a platform that drives the industry forward and fosters a collaborative environment for all participants. We look forward to welcoming you to Kansas City in 2025.
For more details, visit our website at https://cabpexpo.com.
