ACTE Postsecondary CTE Summit 2026: Grid

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Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Crystal City	Independence A	Offsite	Regency EF	Washington B

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Dinner & a Movie: Multiple Choice (A special screening event — advance registration required) 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Exhibitor Hours 8:00am - 6:00pm

Registration 8:00am - 4:00pm

Powering Connections: Welcome Reception Sponsored by Lumina Foun... 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Tour (additional fee): Data Centers and the In-demand Career Path That Awaits Your Students 10:30am - 3:00pm

Workshop (additional fee): Leading Postsecondary CTE in an Era of Workforce Transformation: A Systems Approach for Senior Leaders 9:00am - 12:00pm

Behind the Certification: From Job Task Analysis... 1:15pm - 2:00pm

Opening General Session: Powering Possibility 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Beyond Internships: A Proven Model for Scaling W... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Workshop (additional fee): From Industry to Instructor: Create Your Own Playbook to Empower Your Team of Industry-Experienced Teachers 12:15pm - 3:15pm

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Conference Theater	Independence A	Jefferson	Lincoln	Offsite	Regency EF	Roosevelt	Surreal Global Kitchen	Washington A	Washington B

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Beyond the Buzz: Practical AI Skills for Manufac... 9:30am - 10:15am

Bridging the Exposure Gap: Aligning Aptitudes, I... 10:30am - 11:15am

More Than One Way Through: Designing Credential... 1:15pm - 2:00pm

The Execution Gap: Using 4DX to Turn CTE Priorit... 2:15pm - 3:00pm

Accounting Futures: Building Tomorrow’s Business... 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Invited In: A Scalable Model for Connecting High... 4:30pm - 5:15pm

Registration 7:00am - 4:00pm

Breakfast & Welcome Remarks 7:30am - 8:05am

Exhibitor Hours 7:30am - 5:30pm

Lunch + Exhibitor Time 11:15am - 12:15pm

ACTE Birthday Break with Exhibit... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Exhibitor Breakdown 5:30pm - 7:30pm

CTE Leadership Systems You Can Implement Monday... 9:30am - 10:15am

Business Engagement Strategies: What works? What... 10:30am - 11:15am

Understanding & Meeting the Professional Develop... 1:15pm - 2:00pm

What Are We Missing? Adult Education's Place in... 2:15pm - 3:00pm

Beyond Instruction: Building Staff Capacity and... 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Beyond the Career Closet: Building equitable, sc... 4:30pm - 5:15pm

Stacked Credentials, Scalable Impact: Aligning A... 9:30am - 10:15am

The School-to-Employment Pipeline is no longer w... 10:30am - 11:15am

Meeting Students Where They Are: Outreach Strate... 1:15pm - 2:00pm

Selling the Strategy: How to Position CTE Initia... 2:15pm - 3:00pm

Starting Earlier in the Trades, Early Results an... 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Andragogy in Action: Supporting Transition to Po... 4:30pm - 5:15pm

Tour (additional fee): Monument Twilight Tour 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Panel I: Building the Postsecondary CTE Workforce: Faculty, Staf... 8:15am - 9:15am

Bridging the Skills Gap: A Model Partnership Bet... 9:30am - 10:15am

Ohio's Career Pathway Support Network--A regiona... 10:30am - 11:15am

Panel II: How Emerging Technologies Are Transforming... 12:15pm - 1:05pm

Rethinking Literacy and Numeracy for Today’s CTE... 1:15pm - 2:00pm

From Fellowship to Systems Change: Scaling Leade... 2:15pm - 3:00pm

Creating Meaningful Health Career Pathways: A Pe... 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Reskill/Upskill: A Blueprint for Innovative Work... 4:30pm - 5:15pm

What if College Courses Could Be Purposefully Pl... 9:30am - 10:15am

Psychological Safety as Infrastructure for Posts... 10:30am - 11:15am

Small Steps, Big Impact: Advancing Career Develo... 1:15pm - 2:00pm

Bridging K–12, Community College, and Industry f... 2:15pm - 3:00pm

From Isolation to Collaboration: Launching Utah’... 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Zero Budget Security 4:30pm - 5:15pm

Powering Possibility: A Poster Reception & Networking Experience 5:45pm - 7:00pm

Poster 04: CTE for Florida State Prisoners Requirement 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Poster 01: AI tutoring that moves the needle on certification pass rates 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Poster 02: Separate and Unequal: Noncredit Student Experiences at Santa Fe Community College 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Poster 03: Instructionally Sound and Built to Scale, Early Evidence from a 9th–10th Grade CTE Du... 6:00pm - 7:30pm

The Silicon & Steel Pivot 9:30am - 10:15am

The Business Of… Creating a successful Freelanci... 10:30am - 11:15am

AI in Action: A Framework for Translating Indust... 1:15pm - 2:00pm

Future-Proofing CTE: Using DACUM to Translate Te... 2:15pm - 3:00pm

Exploring the Essential Elements of Industry-Rec... 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Redesigning the Role of Industry Credentials in... 4:30pm - 5:15pm

Considerations for Implementing and Researching... 9:30am - 10:15am

AI in Action - Transforming Teaching and Learnin... 10:30am - 11:15am

Building a Teacher Pipeline That Engages Underse... 1:15pm - 2:00pm

From 14 Credits to College Access: How One CTE P... 2:15pm - 3:00pm

Designing High-Impact CTE for People and Perform... 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Closing the Postsecondary Gap in Title I Schools... 4:30pm - 5:15pm

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Breakfast & Welcome Remarks 7:30am - 8:05am

Roundtable 11: Make it Better Roundtable Plan 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 26: Bridging the Gap: Implementing AI-Driven Guidance for Student Suc... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 05: Aligning Faculty and Operations for Industry Credibility 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 07: Why Faith-Based CTE Now? 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 01: From Learning to Language: Closing the Gap Between Skills Student... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 06: Career Readiness in Transition: How Higher Ed Must Adapt to AI, A... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 17: NEW! ACTE Masterclass Series 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 03: The Federal Landscape of Workforce Development Grants 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 22: From Manners to Market Readiness: Teaching the Hidden Curriculum... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 14: Bridging the Gap: Building CTE Dual Credit Pathways 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 20: Building CTE Teams into Workforce Learning Architects 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 16: From Industry Expert to Exceptional Educator: Transforming CTE Fa... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 13: Building Bridges with University CTE Teacher, WBL Coordinator, an... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 24: From Training Provider to Workforce Partner: Building Industry-Al... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 08: Building the Semiconductor Workforce of the Future: A Scalable Mo... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 23: Advocating For the Trades in an Era of Deregulation 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 10: Understanding Some of the Anticipated Effects and Outcomes of Mic... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 21: From Compliance to Collaboration: Transforming Advisory Committee... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 18: From Classroom to Career-ReadY: Build the Bridge the Industry Won... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 02: NextLevel Fellow - Make-it-Better Plan : Re-Envisioning - The pro... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 19: Powering Possibility for All: How the HIRE Program is Bridging th... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 15: Building a Microcredential Playbook for High-Value Workforce Path... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 04: Different Thinkers, Stronger Workforce: Supporting Neurodiverse L... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 25: Reimagining ways to Design and Strengthen CTE Pathways  8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 12: Federal Policy Impacting Postsecondary CTE 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 09: From Proposal to Award: Navigating the Grants Process 8:15am - 9:30am

Grant Writing Strategies for National Science Foundation ATE Pro... 9:45am - 10:45am

Dig Deeper: Reflecting on the Future of Postsecondary... 11:00am - 11:50am

Closing General Session 11:50am - 12:30pm

Unblooming CTE: How to Foster AI Savvy and Resilience in Postsec... 9:45am - 10:45am

ACTE Postsecondary CTE Summit 2026

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