Date: Wednesday, March 11th, 2026
Time: 8:30am to 4:30pm
Location: Nittany Lion Inn, 200 W Park Ave, State College, PA 16803
The Region’s Forward-Thinking Economic Growth Event: Bringing together like-minded professionals, that have a vested interest in smart economic and industrial growth, to advance the Central Pennsylvania region.
Attendees of IDF 2026 were part of:
- Celebrating industrial investment & innovation!
- Hearing from leading experts on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is impacting smart industrial growth & innovation.
- Learning how Pennsylvania is Getting It Done to drive innovation, business growth, and competitiveness across the Commonwealth.
- Discovering directly from senior industrial leaders why they are making game-changing investments in Central Pennsylvania!
- Networking and collaborating with industrial development resource exhibitors and partners to be a part of driving smart industrial growth in Pennsylvania.
Great networking event as well as informative on regional work.
This forum was a class act
Great conference. Well-run. Very good emcee/speakers/panels, good food, good vibe.
I highly recommend this to anyone whose work touches any aspect of industrial development. This is well worth your time.
Great event and a lot packed into one day with a lot of learning.
Great event!
During a time of significant economic disruption, the Industrial Development Forum provided a valuable venue to collaborate, get updated information and understanding of future projects and make connections to support regional growth
Great event! I look forward to participating on future events.
A wonderful crowd and diverse group! Our company leadership was able to make connections and in person introductions to make essential partners in the region and learn about the opportunities and challenges in economic projects.
A very informative event, we really enjoyed learning more about the Central Pennsylvania region.