✈️ Know Before You Go: HPBExpo26 Starts Soon | |
Download the Mobile App
Stay on top of HPBExpo26 with our mobile app! 📲 Navigate exhibits, get real-time updates, plan sessions, and join interactive experiences. Download now on Google Play or the App Store! 🔐
Badge registration is required, and you will use the email address entered during registration to activate your Event App account.
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Pack for 70s ☀️
New Orleans will be welcoming us with temperatures in the 70s, making it the perfect setting for HPBExpo26. Be sure to pack comfortable shoes so you can make the most of the show floor, both inside and out.
| | How to Make the Most of HPBExpo26 | |
✈️ Travel Advisory: Plan extra time for airport security when traveling to and from HPBExpo26. Security wait times may be longer than usual, so we recommend arriving at the airport earlier than you normally would for both your flight to New Orleans and your return flight home.
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Pick Up Your Badge Onsite
All pre-registered badges can be picked up at the Express Badge Pick-up counter using a QR code confirmation letter. Original email confirmations will also be accepted. Badges will not be mailed.
Registration Hours:
Wednesday, March 18 | 7:30 AM – 5 PM
Thursday, March 19 | 7:30 AM – 5 PM
Friday, March 20 | 7:30 AM – 5 PM
Saturday, March 21 | 7:30 AM – 12 PM
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Plan Your Experience
The HPBExpo26 show floor will be buzzing with energy, featuring live-burning products and education opportunities both indoors and outdoors. Before you go, download the app to schedule your exhibitor appointments.
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Exhibit Hours:
Thursday, March 19 | Indoor: 10 AM – 4 PM
Outdoor: 10 AM – 6 PM
Friday, March 20 | Indoor and Outdoor: 10 AM – 5 PM
Saturday, March 21 | Indoor and Outdoor: 10 AM – 1 PM
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Plan Your Education
Choose from 50+ CEUs in Technical, SHL (Safety, Health, & Liability), and Elective sessions, designed to keep you informed, compliant, and competitive. The full education schedule is located in the mobile app.
All education is included with your Expo registration and is held in one of two show floor classrooms or in the outdoor classroom.
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📸 Need a Professional Headshot?
A professional photographer will be onsite to take complimentary headshots during HPBExpo. Stop by, look your best, and walk away with a fresh photo you can use for LinkedIn, your company website, and speaker bios.
Professional Headshots at HPBExpo
Booth 2223
Friday, March 20, 11 AM-12 PM
Saturday, March 21, 10 AM-12 PM
No appointment needed. Just stop by the booth during the scheduled times. Photos will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis.
Come dressed and ready for the camera. A professional headshot is a simple way to refresh your professional profile while you are already at the show.
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Help Us Maintain a Fair and Professional Show Floor
As a premier marketplace for the hearth, outdoor living, and barbecue industries, HPBExpo is committed to providing all participants a fair and inclusive environment. We urge our exhibitors, sponsors, and attendees to comply with our Suitcasing & Outboarding Policy. This policy will be strictly enforced.
If you suspect or observe potential violations of this policy, please report to HPBA Show Management. Email the violation form to expo@hpba.org. Let’s work together to make HPBExpo a successful and enjoyable event for everyone involved.
| | Beyond the Classroom and Show Floor 🔥 | |
HPBExpo26 is packed with moments you won’t want to miss!
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• Retailers Roundtables, Wed, 2:30 – 4:30 PM, Rm 270 – 273 (for HPBA members),
• Opening Session, Thurs, 8:30 AM, La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom B
• Fireside Chats, Thurs & Fri, midday on the show floor
• Expo Highlights Tour, Thurs, 11:15 AM, Booth #451
• Outdoor Burn, Thurs – Saturday, opens at 10 AM
• Outdoor Burn Biergarten, Thurs & Fri, See schedule for times
• Industry Street Party and watch the Log Splitting Contest 🪓, Thurs, 4 – 6 PM, Outdoor Burn area
• Ultimate Awards Show, Fri, 5 PM, La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom B
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This is the kind of moment you only get when the entire hearth, barbecue, and outdoor living industry is in one place.
Get ready for the first-ever HPBExpo Log Splitting Contest, happening Thursday, March 19, during the Industry Street Party from 4 – 6 PM.
Who has the fastest swing in the industry? We’re about to find out as industry competitors will step up to the block and test their speed, power, and accuracy in front of a live crowd. Only one will leave with the title of HPBExpo26 Log Splitting Champion.
Expect loud cheers, quick swings, and plenty of friendly rivalry.
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Come See Who Claims
the Axe-swinging Title!
Mike Maul-ey, Ray Murray
Dan "The Logfather" Bonar, ICC Chimney
Tommy "Split Happens" Stallings, Madison Fireplace & Patio
Elliott White Lightning, Grand Canyon Gas Logs, LLC
Hunter Vander-Chop, HD Ships
Melissa Woah…Smack, CDR Fireplaces
"Phil the Axe Drop" Howard, Hot Stuff Hearth and Home
Tim Reed 'Em & Weep, Fire Time
Harry Timber is Fallin', Fallon’s Home and Hearth
Kyle Splitsworth, The Fireplace Showcase
Ryan "Sleeves of Steel" Ward, Plymouth Fireplace & Energy Solutions
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When you attend HPBExpo, you are supporting more than an event and the industry. HPBExpo net revenue provides additional funding to regional affiliates and HPBA Canada to help support the HPBA mission.
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March 18: Retailer Roundtables, pre-show NFI/CSIA Certification Courses/Exams, manufacturer training, and HPBA affiliate and HPBAC receptions
March 19: Exhibit halls are open on March 19-21.
| | HPBA is committed to providing a high-quality show experience. In accordance with our official suitcasing policy, suppliers, manufacturers, and business service providers may only attend HPBExpo by exhibiting and/or sponsoring. | | | | |
