ACTE Postsecondary CTE Summit 2026

Exhibitor Set Up 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Exhibitor Hours 8:00am - 3:00pm

Registration 8:00am - 3:00pm

Tour (additional fee): US Capitol Inside Access Walking Tour: Four Iconic Sites 9:00am - 3:00pm

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

Learning Lab 1:15pm - 2:00pm

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

Learning Lab 9:30am - 10:15am

Learning Lab 11:30am - 12:15pm

Learning Lab 1:15pm - 2:00pm

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

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

Exhibitor Breakdown 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Exhibitor Breakdown 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Panel I 8:15am - 9:15am

Panel II 12:15pm - 1:05pm

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

Roundtable 05: Continuity for CTE: Addressing Post-secondary Instructor Turnover... 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 04: Use Your Words: Taking the Hard Out of Teaching Soft Skills and U... 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 23: Advocating For the Trades in an Era of Deregulation 8:15am - 9:30am

Roundtable 12: Why Stop at Staff? Building Leadership in Every Adult Learner 8:15am - 9:30am

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

Roundtable 10: Understanding Some of the Anticipated Effects and Outcomes of Mic... 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: Connecting Students to Careers Through Stackable Credentials 8:15am - 9:30am

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

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

Roundtable 21: Designing High-Impact CTE for People and Performance 8:15am - 9:30am

Dig Deeper Session 11:00am - 11:50am

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