MONROEVILLE — The region’s oil and gas industry officials will get a look at what’s on the horizon in their business at the 2013 Eastern Oil & Gas Conference and Trade Show, Aug. 27-28, at the Monroeville Convention Center.

Organized by the Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association in Wexford, it is bill as the longest-running event of its type in the eastern United States. The show is expected to attract about 250 exhibitors.

“While shale development, Marcellus, Utica and now Devonian, is a prime focus of our event, we don’t forget the conventional producers who have been the backbone of our industry for more than a century and a half,” said Lou D’Amico, PIOGA president and executive director.

Scheduled presentations include:

• The increasing role of natural gas in electrical generation

• Panel discussion featuring executives from Peoples Natural Gas, Philadelphia Gas Works and the Natural Fuel Gas Distribution Co.

• Appalachian shale gas development

There is an admission fee at the door. See www.pioga.org for more information.