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.

 

Schedule
Sunday March 2, 2025
11:30 AM - 03:00 PM
12:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Registration
01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
03:15 PM - 04:15 PM
05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Welcome Reception
Monday March 3, 2025
07:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Registration
07:30 AM - 08:45 AM
Monday Breakfast
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Welcome Remarks & Opening Keynote
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
General Session
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Monday Lunch
01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
General Session
Tuesday March 4, 2025
07:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Registration
07:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Tuesday Breakfast
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
General Session
09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Time Title
11:30 AM - 03:00 PM
12:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Registration
01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
03:15 PM - 04:15 PM
05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Welcome Reception
Time Title
07:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Registration
07:30 AM - 08:45 AM
Monday Breakfast
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Welcome Remarks & Opening Keynote
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
General Session
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Monday Lunch
01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
General Session
Time Title
07:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Registration
07:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Tuesday Breakfast
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
General Session
09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Registration

Registration fees are based on AFPM membership. If your company is a member of AFPM, you qualify for the member fees.

Save $100 on registration fees by registering on or before February 14. Registration fees increase by February 15. Online registration closes on February 28, 2025.

Registration Cancellation Policy

Cancellations may be made on or before January 31, 2025, with no penalty. Cancellations must be submitted in writing. Written cancellations postmarked, faxed, or emailed between February 1 and February 14, 2025, will receive a refund fees, less a $100 processing fee. No refunds after February 14, 2025. No telephone cancellations. 

Registration Fees
Name Price Available To
Member Registration - Early $1,700.00 Member/Government
Member Registration - Late $1,800.00 Member/Government
Non-Member Registration - Early $2,700.00 Non-Members
Non-Member Registration - Late $2,800.00 Non-Members
Spouse Registration $100.00

Special Events

All ticketed functions are open to registered attendees only. Tickets can be purchased at time of registration. To purchase tickets after registration is completed, click on Register Now, save through to the Events page and add the tickets you wish to purchase without making any other changes to the registration. You will only be charged for what has been added.  

Ticket sales conclude when online registration closes February 28. No tickets or same-day seating will be available on-site. No refunds on ticketed functions after February 14, 2025.

Special Events Fees
Name Price Available To
Government Relations Breakfast
GR Breakfast Ticket $75.00 Registered Attendees Only
Annual Luncheon
Annual Luncheon Ticket $125.00 Registered Attendees Only
Annual Luncheon - Table of 10
Annual Luncheon - Table of 10 $1,250.00 Members Only

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 San Antonio Airport (6.0 miles) to the Grand Hyatt San Antonio is $40 one way. 

Parking: Valet - $59.00 USD; Self-Parking - $47.00 USD. Plus applicable taxes

Meeting App:

The AFPM Meeting app contains an up to date attendee list, up-to-the-minute program details, session surveys, speaker information, as well as information regarding hospitality suites. Also, be sure to use the app to connect with attendees at the conference through the exclusive messaging service provided through the app. The app will be available to registered attendees two (2) weeks before the conference.

Housing

Reservations cannot be made prior to registration. If you register before the hotel cut-off date, you will receive a link to make a hotel reservation once your registration is complete. You can also find the link to reserve your housing at the top of your confirmation email.

Be sure to register and reserve your room by February 6. The room block rate cannot be guaranteed after this date.

Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk
600 E. Market Street
San Antonio, TX 78205

Guest Room:
Rate: $262.00++ Single/Double Occupancy
Deposit: $262.00++ Single/Double Occupancy

By registering for this meeting you signify that you have read, understand, and agree to abide by AFPM's policies on registration, housing, cancellation, spouse/guest registration, and fees.

Registration Policy
Those who are present at the site of an AFPM meeting and/or occupy a hotel room in the AFPM room block to conduct business with industry personnel gathered for that meeting are expected to register for that meeting and pay the registration fee, whether or not they attend a specific function.

Member Fee Eligibility
The member rate is based on membership information currently on file with AFPM. If your company is not currently a member, the non-member fees will be charged to your credit card.

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 conference registrations may be made in advance or on arrival with no penalty. Substitutions can be made online by the individual who entered the registration or can be submitted in writing to AM@afpm.org.

Cancellations may be made on or before January 31, 2025 with no penalty. Cancellations must be submitted in writing. Written cancellations postmarked, faxed, or emailed between February 1 and February 14, 2025 will receive a refund of fees, less a $100 processing fee. No refunds after February 14, 2025. No telephone cancellations.

Individual Ticket Refund Policy


Refunds will be made on individual tickets purchased, if request is received in writing prior to February 14, 2025. No refunds after February 14. 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 14, 2025. No refunds on tables after February 14, 2025. 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 Information

Show your support for the industry and get additional exposure at the conference by sponsoring at the Annual Meeting.

Sponsorship opportunities will soon be available.  Send an inquiry to sponsorships@afpm.org.