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2025 Annual Meeting

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2025 Annual Meeting

Date: March 18, 2025

Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Location:

ArtsQuest Center
101 Founders Way
Bethlehem, PA 18015
USA

Contact:

LVEDC
610.266.6775

Details

Please join us to celebrate LVEDC’s 30^th anniversary at our 2025 Annual Meeting where we will explore the people, products, and ideas that paved the way for Lehigh Valley’s economic renaissance and look ahead to how the region is primed for future success. The program will include a special exhibition of the companies forging our future, a panel discussion exploring talent and quality of place, videos and more.

2:30-3:30 p.m. Registration and Networking
3:30-5 p.m. Annual Meeting (Begins promptly at 3:30 p.m.)
5-6:30 p.m. Networking

There is no cost to attend. Registration is required. Registration comes with a complimentary subscription to LVEDC's weekly Lehigh Valley Insider.

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact:

Annie Hollands Lanscek
Marketing Administrator
610.266.6633
alanscek@lehighvalley.org

The 2025 LVEDC Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by:

Presenting Sponsor - Capital Blue Cross

30th Anniversary Sponsor - Crayola

Cocktail Sponsors - Boyle Construction Management and Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba

Gold Sponsors - First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union, Freshpet, Fulton Bank, Lehigh University, Norris McLaughlin, WFMZ, and Workforce Board Lehigh Valley

Silver Sponsors - B. Braun, Klunk & Millan Advertising, Lehigh Valley Health Network part of Jefferson Health, MKSD architects, Olympus, Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development, Promus Financial, and St. Luke's University Health Network

Community Sponsors

American Bank

Barry Isett & Associates

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania

CLA

EARTHRES, A Division of RESPEC

HNL Lab Medicine

JG Petrucci Company, Inc

Lehigh Carbon Community College Center for Innovation and Learning

OraSure Technologies

Penn Community Bank