2025 Nittany AI Celebration and Industry Networking Event

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Join the Nittany AI Alliance community and industry partners as we celebrate the 2025 Nittany AI Challenge winners. Our teams have spent the last few months creating AI for good solutions that address the world’s biggest challenges, from climate change to food security and more.

Shane Shaneman, Senior AI Strategist, NVIDIA will be our guest speaker this year. Shane is responsible for developing and executing strategic activities, partnerships, and initiatives to accelerate and enhance NVIDIA’s impact across Pennsylvania. The title of his presentation is, “Embracing the Accelerating Pace of Innovation in AI” and promises to be informative and thought provoking.  

We will be announcing the Jonathan and Alana Dambrot AI Excellence Awards. Five students will receive recognition and awards for their achievements and contributions in the Nittany AI Alliance. Additionally, we will announce those who have been selected for the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) grants, providing these teams with internship funding to continue their work, as well as the Invent Penn State Entrepreneurship Awards, and the Penn State Division of Undergraduate Studies and Academic Advising Award.

So, come and mingle with the top Challenge teams and the exceptional interns working on Nittany Advance projects, meet members of the Nittany AI Student Society (NAISS) to learn how you can be involved in the community, and celebrate the top-five MVPs who will receive funding to further develop their AI applications. You’ll also get to see which Challenge teams receive additional awards!

Time	Event	Speaker
5:45 pm – 6:00 pm	Welcome	Daren Coudriet – Executive Director, Penn State Nittany AI Alliance
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm	Embracing the Accelerating Pace of Innovation in AI	Shane Shaneman – Senior AI Strategist, NVIDIA, Introduced by Daren Coudriet
6:30 pm – 6:45 pm	Jonathan & Alana Dambrot AI Excellence Awards	Jonathan Dambrot – CEO, Cranium AI, Inc., Introduced by Andy Gatto
6:45 pm – 7:15 pm	2025 Nittany AI Alliance Awards Ceremony	Daren Coudriet – Executive Director, Penn State Nittany AI Alliance
7:15 pm – 8:00 pm	Networking

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Sponsored by the Public Interest Technology University Network. Thank you PIT-UN!!

PIT-UN is a project of the New Venture Fund (NVF), a 501(c)(3) public charity that supports innovative and effective public interest projects.

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Note: Space is limited, so if you register, please make certain you are able to attend. 

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