2025 PEDA Spring Legislative Conference

Hilton Harrisburg • Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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PEDA is the primary statewide organization representing economic development professionals and, as such, provides opportunities to share best practices that enhance the professional dialogue and support local, regional, and state economic development initiatives.

Who should attend? Those in attendance are expected to include professionals representing economic and community development at the municipal, county, regional, and state levels as well as workforce development professionals, commercial and industrial developers, business incubator operators, project finance professionals, IDA directors, elected officials, and executives representing utilities and transportation, engineering, and construction.

Conference Agenda & Registration

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Pre-Conference Session

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Download the sponsorship brochure.

Additional Support Provided By

This Project was financed in part by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, DCED.

visitPA.com is the official tourism website of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Hotel Accommodations

The conference will be held at the Hilton Harrisburg, located at One North Second Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101. A link to a customized reservation page will soon be added here, through which conference attendees will be able to reserve overnight rooms at a discounted rate of $154/night. Please check back soon.

Parking

Overnight guests of the Hilton Harrisburg may park in the connecting Walnut Street parking garage at a reduced rate. To take advantage of any available subsidized rates or to learn of any applicable time limits, overnight guests who are self-parking and banquet/meeting guests who are self-parking must visit the Front Desk or Gift Shop. (Note: Parking rates are subject to increases.)

Consent to Use of Photo/Video/Audio

Registration for, attendance at or participation in the conference constitute an agreement by the registrant, attendee or participant to PEDA’s use and distribution (both now and in the future) of the registrant’s, attendee’s or participant’s image and/or likeness and/or voice (as recorded on audio or video) without compensation.

ADA Restrictions / Dietary Restrictions or Food Allergies

If you have any ADA restrictions, dietary restrictions or food allergies you would like PEDA or the conference venue to be aware of, please list them on the registration form, provide them during the online registration process or contact PEDA headquarters.

Early Bird Rate

Early bird registration rates will be honored only for registrations received and fully paid by the established deadline. PEDA reserves the right to assess the standard registration rate for registrations received after the deadline or only partially completed by the deadline.

IEDC Recognition

PEDA plans to seek event recognition by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), in hopes of this conference qualifying as a professional development event that counts towards the recertification of Certified Economic Developers (CEcDs).

Cancellation / Refund / Substitution Policies

Requests for cancellations and refunds must be made via email (to info@peda.org) and received by the date and time listed in the registration brochure. No refunds will be granted after that point. All cancellations and refunds are subject to an administrative fee. No-shows will be billed in full. Substitutions are permitted, but are subject to rate adjustments (i.e., member vs. non-member, early-bird vs. standard, etc.), where applicable.

Information on this page is subject to change.

Agenda & Registration Information: Please note the agenda, registration information and other details included on this page, in the registration brochure or in any related materials or communications are subject to change at any time without notice.

The dress code for this event is business casual.

Once capacity has been reached for this conference, no further registrations can be accepted. If a registration/payment is received after capacity has been reached, it will be returned or refunded as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

Should registration figures exceed room capacity limitations during a portion of a conference – for any reason – PEDA reserves the right to provide a partial refund to some registrants (beginning with the last registration and working backward) in exchange for them forgoing participation in that portion of the event.

Please do not leave items unattended in function rooms, as neither PEDA nor the conference venue(s) can ensure their security and neither will be held liable for missing or damaged items.