04/15/2025
Registration is now open for the 8th annual Best Practices EXPO & Conference happening Oct. 21-23, 2025, at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, MO. This event is devoted to sustainable, safe and reliable on-site utilities powering automation and can help you discover high-impact projects you can implement to save energy and water. It focuses on the industrial plant utilities of compressed air, blower, vacuum and comfort/process cooling systems.
Facility maintenance staff, plant engineers, energy managers and sales engineers will have opportunities to participate in hands-on workshops, take certification exams, networking and more. Attendees can earn up to 12 professional development hours.
Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference will feature five new pavilions in the exhibit hall and four new conference workshops led by global experts.
“2025 is monumental year for the Best Practices EXPO & Conference. We’ve made a significant investment to bring more workshops and experiential learning opportunities than ever before, including five new pavilions right on the showroom floor,” said Roderick M. Smith, Publisher.
“Our mission is to provide attendees with knowledge to make manufacturing and process industries more profitable. On-site utilities offer high ROI opportunities to lower fixed and variable costs, increase uptime, reduce production scrap rates and increase production throughput – all while reducing energy and water consumption. This is accomplished through our technical conference, hands-on EXPO experiences and networking events,” he continued.
New for 2025! EXPO Pavilions
The exhibit hall will feature five all-new pavilions, offering a variety of interactive and educational experiences. Attendees can visit with over 80 world-class equipment manufacturers and get access to all of these pavilions for just $55 with an EXPO Pass.
- Leak Detection – Learn to use different types of leak detectors and discover leak audit best practices. Enter the raffle to win the new LeakCam 600 Kit, a $16,990 value. Sponsored by CS Instruments.
- Piping – Get hands-on experience installing aluminum compressed air piping systems. Enter the raffle to win one of three Do-It-Yourself Unipipe Aluminum Piping Kits, valued between $1,092 and $2,347. Sponsored by Unipipe.
- Technology – Explore the latest cutting-edge technologies from 16 leading global OEMs.
- Food Safety – Engineer and verify compliance with FSMA/SQF/BRC/ISO Quality Systems.
- Maintenance – Get maintenance tips from air compressor, compressed air dryer, chiller, cooling tower, blower and vacuum pump global OEMs.
New for 2025! Hands-On Conference Workshops
This year’s event will feature more specialized workshops than ever before. All of these conference workshops are included with a Conference Pass.
- Hard Hat Compressed Air Maintenance Workshop – This interactive workshop features fully operational table-top compressed air labs with pneumatic circuits. Led by experts from SMC, Ardagh Glass, The Analysts, UE Systems and Gentex. Sponsored by SMC.
- Industrial Cooling Water Workshop – Learn how to maximize energy and water savings. Led by experts from EVAPCO, Integrated Services Group, SPX Cooling Tech and 3M.
- Blower Engineering Workshop – This two-part workshop led by Tom Jenkins, P.E., President, JenTech, provides a deeper understanding of blower selection and specification for wastewater treatment and pneumatic conveying.
- Sales Engineering Workshop – Improve the performance of cooling or compressed air technology sales engineers. Led by Mark Allen Roberts, CEO, OBT Solutions.
The Compressed Air & Gas Institute will offer the Certified Compressed Air System Specialist Exam on-site at the event at a reduced price of just $275. With this purchase, receive a free EXPO pass or a $275 discount on a Conference Pass.
The Compressed Air Challenge will teach the course Level 1: Fundamentals of Compressed Air Systems at the event.
Attendees can choose between several ticket options – the Full Conference pass, a Single Day Conference Pass or the EXPO Hall pass. Click here to register now to secure super early bird rates (30% off, up to $200 in savings). Group discounts are available; reach out to Kimberly Hill at [email protected] for more information.
The Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference is co-sponsored by the Compressed Air & Gas Institute and the Cooling Technology Institute.
About Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference
The Best Practices 2025 EXPO & Conference is the leading North American event focused on sustainable, safe and reliable on-site utilities powering automation. The event takes place Oct. 21-23, 2025, at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, MO. Attendees come from engineering firms, manufacturing plants and equipment companies responsible for specifying, purchasing, operating, selling and maintaining on-site utility equipment in industrial compressed air, vacuum and cooling water systems. For more information, visit https://cabpexpo.com/attend.
