The APGA Research Foundation (RF) and Gas Technology Institute (GTI) will hold the 2019 Fall Forum this August 21-22 and APGA members are encouraged to attend!
The APGA Research Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that serves as the “bank” for public gas system (PGS) voluntary research and development (R&D) contributions. The RF provides PGSs their own organization to collect and allocate voluntary dollars to R&D important to public gas customers. The RF identifies and prioritizes research projects important to contributing PGSs and ensures that project deliverables are tracked and met. Those deliverables always include commercialization prospects, values and schedules. The APGA Research Foundation has over 150 investors that serve about 2.5 million customers.
The APGA RF invests the bulk of its resources into GTI, a not-for-profit R&D organization located just outside of Chicago. GTI provides research, development, and training initiatives, which are designed to address issues impacting the natural gas and energy markets across the industry’s value chain—supply, delivery, and end use. Their mission is to offer an integrated systems perspective to expand the supply of affordable energy, ensure a safe and reliable energy delivery infrastructure, and promote the efficient use of energy resources.
In order to highlight the importance of R&D and to showcase GTI’s critical work, every year the APGA RF and GTI host a Forum at GTI’s headquarters in Des Plaines, Ill. This year’s event will be held from noon on August 21 to noon on August 22 and will provide attendees with updates on ongoing R&D projects as well as the chance to tour GTI’s research facility firsthand. Current projects include operations, natural gas vehicles, and emerging natural gas technologies, among many others.
It is important to note that APGA RF and GTI will cover the cost of lodging and food for the first 20 registrants for duration of the Forum, meaning that your system will only be responsible for the cost of travel to Chicago. Registration information for the Fall Forum is available on the APGA RF website.If you are interested in attending the Fall Forum, please contact Todd Brady of APGA RF staff by phone at 202-464-2742 or by email at
tbrady@apga.org.