{"id":13896,"date":"2023-03-09T17:44:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T22:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=13896"},"modified":"2023-03-09T17:44:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T22:44:22","slug":"elizabethtown-colleges-high-center-hosts-apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-at-annual-forum-on-march-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2023\/03\/09\/elizabethtown-colleges-high-center-hosts-apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-at-annual-forum-on-march-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College&#8217;s High Center Hosts Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak at Annual Forum on March 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The High Center for Family Business will welcome Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak as its keynote speaker at the Center&#8217;s annual Forum on <strong>Wednesday, March 29<\/strong> at the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square beginning with a reception at 4:30 p.m. followed by a dinner and presentation.<\/p>\n<p>A Silicon Valley icon, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist for more than forty years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple\u2019s first line of products the Apple I and II. He also influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak\u2019s Apple I personal computer.<\/p>\n<p>The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer, featuring a central processing unit, a keyboard, color graphics, and a floppy disk drive. The Apple II was integral in launching the personal computer industry. He is listed as the sole inventor of four Apple patents.<\/p>\n<p>Wozniak is the author of\u00a0<em>iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon\u00a0<\/em>(Norton Publishing), his New York Times best-selling autobiography. His television appearances include:\u00a0<em>ABC\u2019s Dancing with the Stars, The Big Bang Theory, My Life on the D List, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Celebrity Watch Party<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Wozniak continues to pursue his entrepreneurial and philanthropic interests to this day. In October 2017, Steve co-founded Woz U \u2014 a postsecondary education and training platform focused on software engineering and technology development. He has also recently co-founded Efforce \u2014 which leverages\u00a0disparate applications of blockchain technology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehighcenter.com\/events\/march-2023-steve-wozniak-high-center-forum\/\">Register for the High Center Forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About The High Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1995, a group of business people, family business owners, and representatives of Elizabethtown College, came together to fill a recognized need. With family businesses comprising the backbone of our economy, strengthening entrepreneurial families has a great impact on the community. The S. Dale High Center for Family Business has always been dedicated to bringing the best available resources to families in businesses for south central Pennsylvania and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the S. 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