NFPA to host hydraulics conference at ConExpo

The National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) will convene and co-locate an advanced hydraulics conference for off-highway vehicle and other fluid power engineers at ConExpo-Con/Agg, which takes place March 3-7, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nev.

Held every three years, ConExpo-Con/Agg is the international gathering place for construction industries, focusing on construction, aggregates and ready-mixed concrete. Exhibits feature the latest technologies and innovations in equipment, products and services. A comprehensive education program is also offered during the five-day exposition, with seminars for the owners and operators of heavy equipment that emphasize industry issues and trends, management and applied technologies.

NFPA’s two-day conference, running in parallel with the trade show, will offer information on the latest advances in hydraulic technology. Some of the sessions envisioned for the program will focus on:

• Hydraulic system designs, architectures and products optimized for performance on off-highway vehicles with electrified powertrains.
• Thermal management strategies for hydraulically actuated, electrified off-highway vehicles.
• Improvements in hydraulic system efficiency, especially those that help to increase battery life on electrified off-highway vehicles.
• Strategies for reducing the volume and harshness of hydraulic noise on electrified off-highway vehicles.
• Hydraulic data collection and utilization strategies that provide system or machine-level performance improvements.
• Hydraulic systems that operate in partial or fully autonomous modes.
• Research innovations that may change the use or application of fluid power technologies.

In addition to delivering this program, NFPA is also promoting ConExpo-Con/Agg to NFPA members and encouraging them to exhibit.

“NFPA member companies represent the cutting-edge technologies that vehicle engineers increasingly need to incorporate into their machine systems and designs,” said NFPA President/CEO Eric Lanke. “And they will be heavily represented as presenters in our education conference. Combining that technical content with hands-on demonstrations of their technologies on the ConExpo show floor will provide a unique educational experience for their primary customers.”

A call for presentations for the hydraulics conference will be circulated later in 2025.