The History of the International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas The world’s leading forum for the exchange of
Other members and observers of the SC
of the event. This includes arranging the con
information on liquefied natural gas is the LNG
without voting rights are the SC Secretariat,
ference facilities, securing hotel space and
Event Series of conferences co-owned by IGU,
which is provided by the IGU Secretary General,
contracting with professional conference and
the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and the
the Programme Committee leadership (the
exhibition organisers. The NOC also arranges
International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR).
Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary) and represen
the opening and closing ceremonies subject to
tatives of the National Organising Committee
SC approval, hosts the opening and closing
for the next two events.
receptions and organises post-conference tours.
The first conference was held in Chicago in 1968 and was organised by the Institute of Gas Technology (IGT), which merged with the Gas
Most importantly, the NOC handles the
Research Institute in 2000 to form GTI. IGU and
Conference Chair and IGT provided the Chair of
registrations and manages the revenues from
IIR came on board from the second conference
the SC. After LNG 7, the SC Chair alternated
registration and exhibition fees to ensure a
in 1970. Originally numbered, the conferences
between IGT (later GTI) and IGU.
sound financial operation. The host country
are now named by combining LNG with the
The Programme Committee (PC) is respons
year of the event and the next one, LNG2023,
ible for the conference technical programme,
will be held in St Petersburg.
which is the backbone of a successful information
appoints the NOC Chair and Executive Director for the event. Innovations introduced commencing with
exchange. The PC plans all the paper sessions,
LNG2019 include payment of a royalty fee to
Organisation
workshops, poster session and films; solicits,
the owners by the host and the role of Events
Three committees run these prestigious and
reviews and selects the presentations; organises
Director within the SC Secretariat (managed by
well-attended conferences. The first is the
the sessions; and works with GTI on the prepar
IGU) to strengthen owner support and engage
Steering Committee (SC), which has the
ation of the Conference Proceedings. The Chair,
with the NOC.
responsibility for selecting the host countries
Vice Chair and Secretary are appointed by IIR
and venues of future conferences, inviting the
and they invite 40-50 experts to serve on the PC
From LNG 1 to LNG 18
keynote and plenary speakers and overseeing
to perform the required tasks.
The very first international conference on LNG,
all aspects of each conference. The SC is
100
For the early conferences, IGU provided the
The National Organising Committee (NOC),
organised by IGT, took place April 7-12, 1968, in
composed of two representatives of each
which represents the appointed host country,
Chicago, USA. At the time, the LNG industry was
of the three owners with voting rights.
is responsible for the physical organisation
in its infancy. The only exporting nation was
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