See more recap of the Expo: BizExpoWest.com

A huge thank you to everyone who attended, exhibited, spoke, and inspired! It is true…we are better together!

We hope to see you next year!

Featured Speakers

• Michael Bergman, IncubatorU
• Corey Frazier, Intel
• Barbi Alexander, Interstate Bridge Replacement Project
• Amy James Neel, PCC Capital Construction
• Erin Flynn, OHSU Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences
• Dorothy Edwards, Alteristic
• Kim Copeland, ODHA Vocational Rehabilitation
• David Terrell, STEAM Pathways Coalition
• PCC STEAM Offerings and Opportunities

Join us April 10, 2025 @ 4PM at PCC WillowCreek

Please join us this week for the first STEAM Pathways Summit, hosted by BestHQ and PCC-WillowCreek. Amazing speakers from Intel, PCC (Portland Community College), OHSU (Oregon Health and Science University), STEAM Hub, and many others!

Innovation \ Access \ Education

Let’s work together to find your pathway, network, and have some STEAM fun! Students (any age) are free but please register below.

STEAM Pathways will have an interactive room and there will other interactive rooms focusing on

• AI/Artificial Intelligence featuring OAME and SOS
• Arts featuring Artful Autism (now known as the Program for Intellectual Empowerment),
• and STEAM Pathways – 3D printing, collaborative Minecraft building, Sketchup CAD

This year’s STEAM Pathways Summit will be held at the Portland Community College – WillowCreek Opportunity Center (241 SW Edgeway Dr, Hillsboro, OR 97006 —TriMet bus lines 52 and 88, and MAX Blue Line) campus on from 4-7pm. An informal no-host “After Party” will be held at Old Chicago off Evergreen near 185th (11460 NW Evergreen Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR, 97006).

Thank you to everyone who joined us for BESThq’s STEAM Pathways DRONES & PIZZA NIGHT last night! Everyone had a lot of fun having foot races with Ron’s and Luis’ drones across the parking lot, devouring amazing pizza from Bethany Public House, along with a quick overview from Luis about how drones work and how to pilot them. We watched as the drone tracked a student walking through the parking lot and how the drone could estimate how far it was from a car using sonar.

(Some students even had fun seeing how the cameras used for the Zoom broadcast captured their images.)

This is a Zoom recording of this hybrid event. Since we were too far from our internet connection, we resorted to using smartphones to record the event. Therefore the quality of the video and audio is less than optimal.

This event is part of the BESThq STEAM Pathways program which aids in the introduction of next generation individuals to the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEAM) industry.

BESThq community’s STEAM professionals and friends join participants for fun and learning while building minds, relationships and opportunity. No background in STEAM is needed. This program creates a collaborative setting with a small group of students from different backgrounds to increase creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving skills, and to introduce the concept of computer science and other STEAM professions as a possible career.