AISTech 2022 kicks off in Pittsburgh at convention center this week

PITTSBURGH — The largest annual iron and steel technology conference and exposition in North America is returning to Pittsburgh from May 16-18.

The convention, AISTech2022, will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. It is hosted by the Association for Iron and Steel Technology, a nonprofit that is headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania but has 15,500 members across 70 countries. The AISTech convention is returning to Pittsburgh for the first time since 2019, after the 2020 convention, originally scheduled to occur in Cleveland, Ohio, was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic and after being held both in-person and virtually in Nashville, Tennessee in 2021. AISTech has been held in Pittsburgh six times since 2008.

Nearly 8,000 people are expected to attend, generating an estimated $7.6 million in direct spending. VisitPittsburgh, the region’s tourism and marketing agency, expects that $1.1 million will be generated in hotel room revenue alone, with 14 hotels being utilized downtown. There will also be virtual options for attendees for some of the events and presentations.

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