Natural gas plays a significant role in the global energy system, supporting traditional and renewable electricity generation, industrial activity, and residential and commercial energy use worldwide. As countries seek to strengthen energy security while advancing toward lower-carbon energy systems, the sector faces the challenge of ensuring reliable and affordable energy supply while reducing its environmental footprint and enabling the integration of emerging alternatives such as biomethane and hydrogen.

The North America subcontinent, as one of the top world’s producers and consumers, provides a relevant setting for this discussion. Canada, the United States, and Mexico are connected through extensive energy infrastructure, cross-border trade, investment, and increasingly interdependent natural gas markets. This configuration creates opportunities for greater regional cooperation, technological innovation, and more resilient energy systems, while also raising important questions regarding regulation, infrastructure development, environmental sustainability, energy security, social justice, and the role of natural gas in the energy transition.

The First International Quadruple-Helix Meeting on Natural Gas (IQHMNG 2027) will bring together researchers, academics, industry professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders to examine the evolving role of natural gas at the global and regional levels. The IQHMNG 2027will provide a multidisciplinary forum for presenting research, exchanging perspectives, and fostering collaboration on the technological, economic, regulatory, environmental, and social challenges shaping the future of natural gas.