The Natural Gas Conversion Board is a non-profit corporation formed to facilitate the orderly continuation of the triennial Natural Gas Conversion Symposium (NGCS) – an international scientific meeting begun in 1987 on research pertaining to the conversion of natural gas to liquid fuels and chemicals.  The Board's International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) is charged with assuring the technical excellence of the symposia and the success of the Award for Excellence in Natural Gas Conversion, while its International Finance Committee (IFC) is responsible for encouraging corporate support for the symposia.

Doha was selected from amongst a number of bids to host the next iteration of this long-running symposia series, and the world's leaders in synthesis gas production and utilization are now planning to gather in Qatar in 2013.