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The City & State 2024 Digital Pennsylvania Summit

CODE PA's Bry Pardoe speaks during a panel that included, L-R, Chris Shuster of KPMG (moderator), James Kessler of Publicis Sapient, Phong Huynh of Deloitte, and Dominic Folino of the Pennsylvania Blockchain Coalition

CODE PA's Bry Pardoe speaks during a panel that included, L-R, Chris Shuster of KPMG (moderator), James Kessler of Publicis Sapient, Phong Huynh of Deloitte, and Dominic Folino of the Pennsylvania Blockchain Coalition M.R. Gruber Photography

By City & State

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More than 200 people gathered at the Hilton Harrisburg on Tuesday to network, listen and learn at the 2024 City & State Digital Pennsylvania Summit: Redefining Our Connected Future. In addition to a fiery keynote underscoring the need to continue funding and expanding digital initiatives from Annie Newman the director of digital strategy for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the event featured panels on how to safely and proactively move the boundaries of what technology can do in and for Pennsylvania forward, and how to modernize and protect the state’s digital infrastructure. Among the panelists participating were state Rep. Bob Merski, CODE PA Executive Director Bry Bardoe, Karissa Demi, director of software engineering for the City of Philadelphia Office of Innovation & Technology, and executives from stakeholders like Rubrik, L3Harris, Deloitte, Publicis Sapient, KPMG and more.

To watch the summit in its entirety on PCN, please click here.

All photos by M.R. Gruber Photography

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's director of digital strategy, Annie Newman, gave the keynote
A crowd of 200 people was in attendance for the two panels
In addition to the panels, the event offered a number of vendor booths and tables providing attendees with information about digital opportunities
The second panel featured, L-R, Keith Hartung of the state treasury, state Rep. Bob Merski, John Mizerak of Brightspeed, Travis Rosiek of Rubrik, and Justin Frank of L3Harris
Numerous networking opportunities were also a feature of the event

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