In Person – Remake Learning

Join Pittsburgh authors Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski for an inspiring look at the legacy of Fred Rogers. Drawing from their acclaimed book, “When You Wonder, You’re Learning,” they use stories and songs to bring today’s adults back to the Neighborhood. Discover a proven blueprint for raising healthier children and building a more just world.

While AI is common in visual media today, the world of Live Events can benefit from these tools in many ways, ranging from maximizing accessibility with affordable & accurate automated captioning and text translations to reach larger audiences, to the creation of synthetic and human-modeled voices to create content ranging from the very creative, to the mundane but necessary (such as PA announcing). Introducing Generative AI into the equation further opens up opportunities to create content on the fly, from data sources as disparate as time of day, building automation data, weather service data, and much more.

This presentation will firstly show how AI is used to generate live on-site captions and translations from the spoken word and how they can be displayed. Then fun begins when we use Generative GPT AI to take limited presentation or content information and have it embellish it to build rich bodies of text to inform or entertain audiences, especially when we convert that in real-time to synthetic AI-generated human voices of different genders and accents, including human-like AI-generated characters, which can creatively open up vast new areas of creative expression with just a few keystrokes, or even from fully automated routines.

About Bill Bennett:
A media & entertainment technology veteran, Bill currently manages new product innovations at ENCO Systems (including R&D, POC’s, design, marketing, documentation, etc.), where he created award-winning products such as enTranslate Mobile for live captions & translations to handhelds, the AIM platform for blending automated STT, TTS & Generative AI voicing for messaging, and ENCO’s Live Stage Captioning product and rental category. He also manages ENCO’s offering of Qimera, an Unreal Engine-based Virtual Production system.

He has managed venue technical deployments & operations for seven Olympics for worldwide host Olympic Broadcasting Services. His prior freelance engineering experience spans many professional sports leagues and worldwide events, and he’s owned his own profitable laser show production company. Currently a Board Member of the Association of Public Radio Engineers (APRE), he’s immediate past chair of the SMPTE Pittsburgh Section, former SBE Pittsburgh secretary, and served on the Technical and Ethics Committee of the International Laser Display Association (ILDA). Previously he led the premier creation of interactive TV, OTT and VOD services at QVC, Inc. and worked for German audio leader Lawo AG.

Experience the forefront of innovation in Pittsburgh at the 2026 STEM Summit! This event highlights the wide range of dynamic and evolving STEM careers shaping the future workforce in the Pittsburgh Region.

WHEN: Friday, April 10, 2026 From 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM

WHERE: Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 + Multiple Tour Stops

We welcome students in grades 8-12 to connect with leaders from the innovation sector. Participants will have the opportunity to embark on industry tours to delve deeper into the STEM sector.

The STEM Summit will include a keynote address, exhibit booths, and industry site tours.

The interactive experience of the STEM Summit will highlight how an individual’s strengths, interests, and passions can lead to multiple pathways to jobs in the tech industry! More information provided upon registration.

Educator Bus Experience
Educators, take a front-row seat to the world of technology! Join our Educator Bus to tour four local companies, explore their workplace culture, and hear directly from industry leaders about open positions, in-demand skills, and workforce trends. This is a unique opportunity to gain insights that can inspire your students and connect classroom learning to real-world careers.

Educator Agenda:

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Registration
9:00 AM – 1:30 PM | Industry Tours
1:30 PM | Return to Energy Innovation Center
Cost:

Students (Grades 8–12): $30
Adult Chaperones (with student groups): Free
Individual Adult Attendees: $30
*10% discount available for Tech Council Members

Chaperone Policy: we require one teacher or adult for every 10 students.

TEACHERS: If you are registering multiple students and wish to be billed via invoice, please email Marie Pelloni at mpelloni@pghtech.org to get a group form.

Agenda:

Questions?

For Programming Questions: Marie Pelloni, Senior Director of Talent, STEM, and Workforce Innovation Initiatives, mpelloni@pghtech.org.
For Registration Questions: Autumn Ashbaugh, Event Assistant, aashbaugh@pghtech.org.
For Membership Questions: Brooke Wozniak, bwozniak@pghtech.org.
Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Please contact Ashley Steckel, VP of Business Development, asteckel@pghtech.org.

National Biomechanics Day is a free event for high-school students held annually at CMU. Biomechanics is the study of how living things move and interact with their environment, and combines the disciplines of biology, mathematics, physics, and engineering. Students learn about biomechanics through fun, hands-on activities which include simulating spinal surgery, simulating the heart, and observing a real robotic exosuit in action. These sessions are led by CMU graduate researchers and students who are actively working in a biomechanics related field.

Where: CMU campus
When: 12 – 5 pm, 21st March, 2026
Cost: FREE
Website: https://sites.google.com/andrew.cmu.edu/cmu-nbd-2024

We have plenty of spots available, so please click or share our pre-registration link if you are interested!

The 2026 Future Ready Partnerships Conference brings together educators, employers, and partners to showcase impactful school-business partnerships from across the region and inspire new collaborations. This event features:

-Panel session with industry leaders focused on workforce needs
-Breakout sessions highlighting impactful school-business partnerships
-Lunch
-Networking opportunities

This year’s conference is on March 31, 2026, at the Community College of Allegheny County’s Boyce Campus in Monroeville, PA. Educators and employers, as well as postsecondary and community leaders, are encouraged to attend.

Registration is open and limited. $30 per person. Questions can be directed to Jenn Sethman at jsethman@tcfpe.org.

The Western Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English (WPCTE) and the Education Department at Saint Vincent College are cosponsoring a spring conference with the theme inspired by conference keynote Penny Kittle–Literacy Love: Reading and Writing Beside Our Students. This day-long conference is on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the Fred Rogers Institute at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, PA. This event will feature informative, interactive, and trendsetting professional learning sessions for educators interested in literacy.

Join CyLab Security Academy for a full-day, in-person professional development workshop designed for middle and high school educators interested in bringing cybersecurity concepts into their classrooms.

This hands-on event will introduce teachers to picoCTF, Carnegie Mellon’s cybersecurity learning platform, and provide practical strategies for integrating cybersecurity activities into existing CS and STEM courses. Participants will hear from CMU faculty and students, explore CMU research spaces, and leave with classroom-ready ideas and resources.

Date: March 6
Time: 8:30 AM–3:30 PM
Location: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Designed for our arts partners, these workshops are drop-in professional learning opportunities for those that want to deepen their knowledge and competencies around working in schools. On top of that, they’re also great networking opportunities! This workshop is the final event in the series.

CLP is not the host or organizer of this event. CLP does not support, sponsor, or represent this group or event.

Mentoring Toward Queer Joy and Possibility with Dakota Rottino-Garilli is a training to build and strengthen your role as a mentor to queer and Trans youth.

At Dreams of Hope, we weave mentorship into the culture of the organization and look to our community for models of leadership and care across generations! Mentorship does not always have to be a formal relationship, but can inform how we share wisdom and experience with others.

This training is for new and seasoned mentors alike! It supports our work to engage community members in collaborative, trusting, intergenerational partnerships that focus on the expression and development of LGBTQIA+ youth.

Please prepare to attend the entire training. Refreshments and a break will be provided.

(If you are looking to be mentored or learn about peer mentorship, save the date for our youth training on May 21st, 2026 :D)

Please note: this event is available at no cost; however, space is limited. Please consider your registration a commitment. If you can no longer make it after registration, we ask you request a refund and/or let us know if you can no longer make it. Thank you!

Join Amari Onyx, Erica Hughes, and Bekezela Mguni for a morning of reflection. Together, we will explore the dominant narratives of schools and our power to counter them through communal storytelling. As we explore the roots of these narratives, we’ll center on our personal and shared stories, co-creating a vision of a truly liberatory educational experience.