2026 Manufacturing PA Expo

Agenda

Morning program (Auditorium/Room 203)

10:30 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.: Welcome 

• Jen Gilburg, Deputy Secretary for Technology & Entrepreneurship, PA Department of Community and Economic Development

10:35 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.: Industry keynote

• Jorgen Pedersen, CEO, Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute

11:25 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Manufacturers spotlight (Industry Panel) with moderator Jen Gilburg, Deputy Secretary for Technology & Entrepreneurship, PA Department of Community and Economic Development 

• Ramin Amin-Sanayei, Senior Principal Scientist, Lithium-Ion Battery Technology, Battery R&D, Arkema

• Michael Paglia, CTO, ElevateBio BaseCamp, Elevatebio

• Richard H. Wolf, Welding Technology Manager, Advanced Applications Development, Automotive, United States Steel Corporation Research & Technology Center

12:00 p.m. – 12:05 p.m.: Manufacturing Innovation program update

• Jennifer Leinbach, Executive Director, PA Department of Community and Economic Development

Lunch

12:05 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

• Lunch for manufacturers, faculty, and staff (Conference rooms 210B and 210C)
• Manufacturing fellows photo and elevator pitch workshop lunch (Auditorium/Room 203)
  • Sandra DeVincent Wolf, Executive Director, Manufacturing Futures Institute, Carnegie
    Mellon University

Research Expo and Manufacturing Showcase

12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Student poster session (Seminar room/211C)

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Manufacturing showcase (Seminar room/211C)

• AiMiLi Inc.
• Brentwood Industries, Inc*
• Coherent Corp.*
• CONSOL Innovations LLC*
• Extrude Hone LLC*
• MECCO*
• Metaltech, Inc.*
• MicroSpray
• Morgan Advanced Materials
• MRG Labs*
• Precision Cobotics
• U.S. Steel Research & Technology Center

*Company is hiring.

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Lightning Talks on Manufacturing Innovations

• Session 1: Manufacturing Digitalization, AI & Robotics (Auditorium/Room 203)

• Session 2: Materials Science (Room 430)

Closing session

3:00 p.m.: Celebrating collaboration with cookies