2025 Conference Guide
The Conference Guide is available as a PDF download for both lIAR Members and Non-members, or as individual article posts below. Click the button below to view the full issue, or scroll through all the individual issue articles below.
Conference Chair Message
Welcome to Phoenix and the 2025 IIAR Industrial Refrigeration Conference & Heavy Equipment Expo! I’m excited to welcome you to Phoenix as part of the 47th IIAR conference. It’s hard to believe that our organization recently blew past five decades of work on behalf of this industry!
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Keynote Speaker – Robert Billot
Prominent Environmental Attorney and Inspiration Behind the Critically Acclaimed Film Dark Waters, Starring Academy Award-Winning Actor Mark Ruffalo. Robert Bilott is the tenacious environmental lawyer who became “DuPont’s worst nightmare,” according to The New York Times
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2024-2025 BOD and Officers
Pictured Left to Right: First Row: Mark Wisniewski, Stephanie Smith, Peter Thomas, Nicholas Nechay, Robert Baker, Mark Bazis, Gary Elk, Wayne Wehber, Michael McGinnis Middle Row: Maxime Girot, Lesley Schafer, Max Duarte, Don Faust, Douglas Scott, Wayne Borrowman, Jeanna Emmons, Gary Schrift, Dave Malinauskas, Joe Fazzari, Ryan Murphy, Miguel Garrido Last Row: Kurt Liebendorfer, Mike Lynch, Mark Tomooka, Jeffrey Sutton, John Flynn, Todd Jekel, Glen Heron
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Committees
Committee Chair: Wayne Borrowman, CIMCO Refrigeration – Developed and maintains the IIAR CO2 handbook, which guides refrigeration practitioners on the theory, design, and practical application of refrigeration and heat pump systems that use carbon dioxide (CO2) as the refrigerant.
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IIAR Education Program
The IIAR Conference Education Program is your gateway to unparalleled learning and professional growth in the natural refrigeration industry.
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Technical presentation award winners
Each year, the IIAR recognizes the authors and presenters of the best technical paper presentations in English and international languages.
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Exhibitor Listings
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We are the Natural Refrigeration Foundation, the world’s leading resource for evidence-based science to support the most earth-friendly refrigerants, which will drastically reduce greenhouse gases.
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