{"id":211845,"date":"2026-06-05T20:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211845\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:03:09","slug":"tech-and-web-professionals-gather-to-explore-ai-innovation-and-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211845\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech and web professionals gather to explore AI, innovation and collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During her opening remarks, Penn State Lehigh Valley Chancellor Tina Richardson welcomed attendees and recognized the essential role technology professionals play across the University.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Technology professionals are often the people who make the impossible look routine,&#8221; Richardson said. &#8220;Whether you are solving complex technical challenges, protecting our systems, supporting classrooms, maintaining websites, or helping us embrace new technologies your work makes a meaningful difference across the University every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conference included keynote presentations, breakout sessions, sponsor exhibits and networking events throughout the three-day program, including an evening reception at the Da Vinci Science Center in downtown Allentown.<\/p>\n<p>Tech Pros + Web Pros rotates annually among Penn State campuses, giving attendees an opportunity to experience different communities across the University while fostering collaboration among professionals whose work supports Penn State&#8217;s mission every day.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to professional development opportunities, the conference offered attendees a chance to experience the Lehigh Valley region, one of Pennsylvania&#8217;s fastest-growing economic centers and a hub for advanced manufacturing, healthcare, logistics and technology innovation. The event reflects Penn State&#8217;s ongoing commitment to collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous learning across its statewide network of campuses and units.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During her opening remarks, Penn State Lehigh Valley Chancellor Tina Richardson welcomed attendees and recognized the essential role&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-211845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}