NPRA

The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association is organized to foster cooperation and the exchange of information among its members. These worthwhile activities are sanctioned by custom and law, but are subject to certain legal requirements.

Those speaking at our meetings may avoid difficulties for themselves and for the Association by avoiding any discussion of present or projected prices, sales terms, territories, production plans, or any other element of competition. You may refer to past prices if the source is clearly cited and the time is at least three months prior to the date of the conference. This is equally important in the formal paper, the presentation and in any question and answer session. We ask that you provide us with a copy of your paper and presentation before it is printed, posted on the website, or presented at the conference so that it can be reviewed by NPRA legal counsel.

If you have any questions about this policy, we encourage you to consult with your company's legal counsel or email NPRA Attorney Greg Scott, 202-457-0840, who will be happy to discuss it with you.

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Please sign and return NPRA's Copyright License and Release Agreement

The copyright license and release agreement must be signed and returned to NPRA prior to the conference.

• Speakers are allotted one complimentary registration per presentation (whether or not there is more than one speaker). Presentation authors/speakers may designate whomever they wish (member or non-member) to receive that complimentary registration. Other speakers/authors are asked to pay the registration fee.

• All papers and presentations are to be submitted to NPRA for legal review prior to the conference date.

• Please read and adhere to the NPRA Antitrust Policy.

• All presentations (with author's consent) will be made available to attendees via the NPRA website.

• The copyright license and release agreement must be signed and returned to NPRA prior to the conference.

• NPRA recommends restricting the use of company logos and company names to the title slide and the last slide of your presentation

• Click here for the NPRA PowerPoint Guidelines and Template for Conference Speakers

• No papers or handouts will be available onsite. All papers and/or presentations (with consent) will be made available to attendees via the NPRA website.

As a primary speaker you are entitled to one complimentary conference registration per presentation (not including hotel). Registration will open soon with email notification.

• Click on Register Now - You will be asked to log in
If you do not know your User ID and Password - click here

• Once you have accessed your record please make sure that all of your contact information is correct

• Registration Fee
If you are the individual designated to receive the complimentary registration, select Complimentary Speaker ($0.00) from the drop-down menu. If you do not see this option, please call or email me immediately.
If you are a co-author/presenter, select Member or Non-Member Registration rate

• Hotel Reservations
Your hotel reservations are made within the same registration system. Please follow the instructions. You must enter appropriate credit card information to reserve a room at the conference hotel.

The National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (“NPRA”) has adopted the following “Ethical Responsibility and Professional and Personal Conduct Code” (hereinafter, “the Code”). Every member of NPRA, their designated representatives, and non-member attendees at all NPRA meetings and forums agree to abide by the Code as a condition of membership in NPRA and attendance and participation at NPRA meetings and forums.

The Code requires the following of all individuals attending NPRA meetings and forums:

• Adherence to the NPRA bylaws and the NPRA policies and procedures, as adopted by NPRA’s Board of Directors.
• Strict compliance with federal antitrust laws.
• Adherence to all applicable federal and state laws.
• Maintenance of the highest level of professional and personal ethical behavior while attending NPRA 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 with the highest level of integrity and courtesy.
• Sharing of knowledge and expertise as speakers at NPRA 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 NPRA.
• Refraining from scheduling general attendance meetings, receptions or other events at times that conflict with substantive programming or social events at NPRA meetings without express written permission of NPRA.

Failure to abide by the Code may result, for the first offense, in informal censure of a company or individual by the NPRA Executive Committee. If violations of the Code continue after such an informal censure, a company may be subject to expulsion from NPRA, or an individual to exclusion from participation in NPRA activities, by the Board of Directors.