The 2026 National Ethanol Conference is being held Feb. 24-26 in Orlando, Florida.
Since 1996, the National Ethanol Conference has been the nation’s most widely attended executive-level conference for the ethanol industry, where sessions featuring globally renowned speakers are interspersed with numerous networking opportunities to help the industry connect and collaborate.
Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper says the theme of the conference this year is Ethanol Unleashed. “The whole focus of our event this year is on unleashing American ethanol, unleashing new opportunities for corn growers, and unfortunately the pathway to doing that often runs through Washington DC or through state capitols,” said Cooper. “So we will have a heavy focus on what are those solutions for unleashing greater ethanol demand, greater demand for corn, greater value for both commodities, and E15 is a big part of that.”
Other topics to be addressed at NEC 2026 include energy, ag, and tax policy issues; the impact of AI in the ethanol marketplace, global demand for ethanol, maritime markets, 45Z tax credit opportunities, and updates from USDA and EPA.
Listen to Cooper’s NEC preview.
2026 NEC preview - RFA CEO Geoff Cooper 3:54