Keynote Speaker- Jeff Remington, STEM Outreach Liaison for the Penn State Center for Science and the Schools (CSATS)

Jeff Remington Bio Jeff Remington is the STEM Outreach Liaison for the Penn State Center for Science and the Schools (CSATS), leveraging over 35 years of secondary classroom teaching and 25 years as an adjunct professor. He is a nationally and globally recognized education leader. As one of ten National STEM Teacher Ambassadors, Jeff has shaped STEM policy at local, state, and national levels. Notably, he was the sole practicing teacher on the steering and content committees for Pennsylvania's STEELS Standards, championing their development at the grassroots level. His global consulting work, spanning countries from Haiti to the United Arab Emirates, has focused on transforming education through authentic, transdisciplinary STEM approaches integrated with workforce development. Jeff’s many recognitions include Lebanon Valley College’s Adjunct Award for Inspirational Teaching, the Paul DeHart Hurd Award for National Science Leadership, the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) and being named a 2020 Top Fifty Finalist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, chosen from over 12,000 global nominees. At CSATS, Jeff connects Penn State’s research enterprise with Pennsylvania’s educational needs. He advances STEM and AI education by assisting in translating complex technical research into practical, innovative classroom applications, passionately preparing students for their future, not our past.