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April 9 will be the fourth annual technology conference at the Pennsylvania College of Technology which will be hosted by Technology Futures of North Central Pennsylvania. Ian Walsh, chief of staff and chief innovation officer of Textron Systems’ Lycoming Engines, will be the keynote speaker at the event, discussing how his business has been innovative, according to Lauri Moon, Industrial Modernization Center marketing and events coordinator. “He is going to talk about how Textron Systems as a whole has been innovative with their product and gone to market with various different solutions and products,” Moon said. The organization wanted Walsh to be the keynote speaker because of him being a local manufacturer and the manufacturing industry is the IMC’s primary client base, according to Moon. Lycoming Engines is a viable part of the community, employing about 500 locally, according to Moon.
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