NACS Show 2025
  • Conference: October 14-17, 2025
  • Expo: October 15-17, 2025
  • Chicago | McCormick Place
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Liquid Fuel Volume and Profitability

Format: Case Study Case Study
General topic presenting lessons learned start to finish.
Format: Expert-Expert Interview Expert-Expert Interview
Replaces fireside chat or single presenter format. Must be known industry expert or presentation of robust data.
Format: Ignite Ignite
Slides run automatically keeping speaker pacing. Keeps session moving.
Format: Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope
One topic through the eyes of different functional teams (e.g. supply chain, store ops, frontline, finance, etc.)
Format: Lightning Lightning
Moderated Q&A with small panel with efforts to drive diverse perspective; after 3 minutes on question, buzzer sounds and move to next question; forces people to be brief and clear on answers.
Format: Masterclass Masterclass
Single topic session which is a solo presenter and acts more like an university lecture. Must include multiple media, audience interaction, etc.
Format: Great Debate: Point Counterpoint Great Debate: Point Counterpoint
Facilitator stimulates point/counterpoint debate on key industry topic.
Format: Roundtables Roundtables
Facilitated discussion. Limited use of slides or video to set-up topic.
Format: Think You Know Me? Think You Know Me?
One group is polled on a topic, and then the other has to guess the outcomes, as a stimulant for discussion.
Format: Workshop Workshop
Traditional small group classroom style format.
Fuel

The transportation energy market will remain dominated by liquid fuels for decades, but demand per vehicle is projected to decline due to fuel efficiency improvements. With fuel representing such a significant portion of the industry’s sales and profits, how might this affect your bottom line?  What is the outlook for fuel demand and overall trips to your forecourt?  What tools are available to help you generate the greatest financial return on your fuel business?  This session will look at both demand and profitability to help you get the most from your fuel island.




Add to Calendar America/Chicago NACS Show Education Session - Liquid Fuel Volume and Profitability

The transportation energy market will remain dominated by liquid fuels for decades, but demand per vehicle is projected to decline due to fuel efficiency improvements. With fuel representing such a significant portion of the industry’s sales and profits, how might this affect your bottom line?  What is the outlook for fuel demand and overall trips to your forecourt?  What tools are available to help you generate the greatest financial return on your fuel business?  This session will look at both demand and profitability to help you get the most from your fuel island.

Speakers

Denton Cinquegrana

Chief Oil Analyst
OPIS, A Dow Jones Company

For more than two decades with OPIS, Denton has covered nearly all markets that OPIS has price discovery for. Denton’s expertise lies in futures, spot, rack and retail markets and the logistics...

John Eichberger

Executive Director,
Transportation Energy Institute

John Eichberger is Executive Director of the Transportation Energy Institute. Founded by NACS in 2013, the Transportation Energy Institute is a non-profit that evaluates market issues related to...

Jeff Hove

Vice President
Transportation Energy Institute

Jeff Hove is the Vice President of the Fuels Institute. Founded by NACS in 2013, the Fuels Institute is a non-profit that evaluates market issues related to vehicles and the energy that powers...
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