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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 7:30 a.m. Registration Second Floor, Burke Center 8:00-11:30 a.m. Senior Presentations Half-hour sessions including Q&A 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Keynote Speaker Matt MacBeth Samuel P. “Pat” Black III Conference Center 180 Burke 12:15-12:30 p.m. Student and Sponsor Award Presentations Samuel P. “Pat” Black III Conference Center 180 Burke Class Pictures Immediately Following Awards Photos will be taken in 180 Burke. Assemble in the hallway outside of 180 Burke and wait to be called. Photos will be taken in this order: ME, ECET, CSSE, ECE, MET, IE, PLET, IBE Reception After the awards, please join us in Clark Café for an ice cream celebration!
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Matt MacBeth ’96 Founder, the Billion Dollar BHAG Movement Matt MacBeth graduated from Penn State Behrend in 1996 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He has taken an entrepreneurial approach to his career, founding several tech startups, leading technological innovations, and creating new business models. He also has written a series of entrepreneurship and business workbooks to help others do the same. MacBeth’s current focus is the Billion Dollar BHAG Movement, leading a network of like-minded entrepreneurs who are pooling resources and sharing in abundance with the Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal of putting a billion dollars into the hands of front-line businesses, nonprofit organizations, and churches by the end of 2023. MacBeth is a familiar face at Penn State Behrend—he is an Executive in Residence with the Black School of Business, a member of the Interdisciplinary Business with Engineering Studies Advisory Board, and a sponsor of senior capstone projects.