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Tuesday
, September 15
Independence A
4:00pm •
Exhibitor Set Up & Registration
Wednesday
, September 16
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Crystal City
6:30pm •
Dinner & a Movie: Multiple Choice (A special screening event — advance registration required)
Independence A
8:00am •
Registration
8:00am •
Exhibitor Hours
5:00pm •
Powering Connections: Welcome Reception Sponsored by Lumina Foundation
Offsite
10:30am •
Tour (additional fee): Data Centers and the In-demand Career Path That Awaits Your Students
Regency EF
9:00am •
Workshop (additional fee): Leading Postsecondary CTE in an Era of Workforce Transformation: A Systems Approach for Senior Leaders
1:15pm •
Behind the Certification: From Job Task Analysis to Career-Ready Credentials
3:30pm •
Opening General Session: Powering Possibility
Washington B
11:15am •
Beyond Internships: A Proven Model for Scaling Work-Based Learning
12:15pm •
Workshop (additional fee): From Industry to Instructor: Create Your Own Playbook to Empower Your Team of Industry-Experienced Teachers
Thursday
, September 17
Conference Theater
9:30am •
Beyond the Buzz: Practical AI Skills for Manufacturing Careers
10:30am •
Bridging the Exposure Gap: Aligning Aptitudes, Industry Credentials, and Postsecondary Pathways
1:15pm •
More Than One Way Through: Designing Credential Pathways for Multiple Learner Journeys
2:15pm •
The Execution Gap: Using 4DX to Turn CTE Priorities into Results
3:30pm •
Accounting Futures: Building Tomorrow’s Business Advisors
4:30pm •
Invited In: A Scalable Model for Connecting High School CTE Students with Postsecondary Education
Independence A
7:00am •
Registration
7:30am •
Exhibitor Hours
7:30am •
Breakfast & Welcome Remarks
11:15am •
Lunch + Exhibitor Time
3:00pm •
ACTE Birthday Break with Exhibitors
5:30pm •
Exhibitor Breakdown
Jefferson
9:30am •
CTE Leadership Systems You Can Implement Monday Morning
10:30am •
Business Engagement Strategies: What works? What doesn't?
1:15pm •
Understanding & Meeting the Professional Development Needs of Post-secondary CTE Educators
2:15pm •
What Are We Missing? Adult Education's Place in the Postsecondary CTE Pipeline
3:30pm •
Beyond Instruction: Building Staff Capacity and Scaling Cybersecurity Work-Based Learning
4:30pm •
Beyond the Career Closet: Building equitable, scalable career readiness systems in Postsecondary CTE
Lincoln
9:30am •
Stacked Credentials, Scalable Impact: Aligning Allied Health Pathways with Policy, Funding, and Workforce Demand
10:30am •
The School-to-Employment Pipeline is no longer working as originally designed. The Fix is easier (and a lot more fun) that you might imagine
1:15pm •
Meeting Students Where They Are: Outreach Strategies That Strengthen Rural Cybersecurity Pathways
2:15pm •
Selling the Strategy: How to Position CTE Initiatives for Executive and Donor Support
3:30pm •
Starting Earlier in the Trades, Early Results and Best Practices from North Carolina’s 9th–10th Grade CTE Dual Enrollment Pilot
4:30pm •
Andragogy in Action: Supporting Transition to Postsecondary Education and the Workforce
Offsite
7:30pm •
Tour (additional fee): Monument Twilight Tour
Regency EF
8:15am •
Panel I: Building the Postsecondary CTE Workforce: Faculty, Staff, and Systems That Power Student Success
9:30am •
Bridging the Skills Gap: A Model Partnership Between USIC and Meridian Technology Center
10:30am •
Ohio's Career Pathway Support Network--A regional model for developing high-quality career pathways and career-connected learning opportunities for all students
12:15pm •
Panel II: How Emerging Technologies Are Transforming Postsecondary CTE
1:15pm •
Rethinking Literacy and Numeracy for Today’s CTE Workforce
2:15pm •
From Fellowship to Systems Change: Scaling Leadership Impact in Postsecondary CTE
3:30pm •
Creating Meaningful Health Career Pathways: A Perkins-Aligned Framework
4:30pm •
Reskill/Upskill: A Blueprint for Innovative Workforce Development Through Strategic Partnerships
Roosevelt
9:30am •
What if College Courses Could Be Purposefully Placed into Every High School CTE Program?
10:30am •
Psychological Safety as Infrastructure for Postsecondary CTE Success
1:15pm •
Small Steps, Big Impact: Advancing Career Development Through Micro-Learning and Feedback
2:15pm •
Bridging K–12, Community College, and Industry for Workforce Success
3:30pm •
From Isolation to Collaboration: Launching Utah’s First Postsecondary CTE Summit
4:30pm •
Zero Budget Security
Surreal Global Kitchen
5:45pm •
Powering Possibility: A Poster Reception & Networking Experience
6:00pm •
Poster 03: Instructionally Sound and Built to Scale, Early Evidence from a 9th–10th Grade CTE Dual Enrollment Cohort
6:00pm •
Poster 02: Separate and Unequal: Noncredit Student Experiences at Santa Fe Community College
6:00pm •
Poster 01: AI tutoring that moves the needle on certification pass rates
6:00pm •
Poster 04: CTE for Florida State Prisoners Requirement
Washington A
9:30am •
The Silicon & Steel Pivot
10:30am •
The Business Of… Creating a successful Freelancing Hustle
1:15pm •
AI in Action: A Framework for Translating Industry Technologies into CTE Instruction
2:15pm •
Future-Proofing CTE: Using DACUM to Translate Tech Trends into Program Design
3:30pm •
Exploring the Essential Elements of Industry-Recognized Credentials to Ensure Validity and Workplace Relevance
4:30pm •
Redesigning the Role of Industry Credentials in Postsecondary CTE
Washington B
9:30am •
Considerations for Implementing and Researching Student Work-Based Learning in Postsecondary Contexts
10:30am •
AI in Action - Transforming Teaching and Learning in Community Colleges
1:15pm •
Building a Teacher Pipeline That Engages Underserved Youth
2:15pm •
From 14 Credits to College Access: How One CTE Pathway Sent Students to College With a Semester Already Done
3:30pm •
Designing High-Impact CTE for People and Performance
4:30pm •
Closing the Postsecondary Gap in Title I Schools: A Four-Pillar CTE Framework Built From the Inside Out
Friday
, September 18
Independence A
7:30am •
Breakfast & Welcome Remarks
Regency E
8:15am •
Roundtable 16: From Industry Expert to Exceptional Educator: Transforming CTE Faculty Development
8:15am •
Roundtable 17: NEW! ACTE Masterclass Series
8:15am •
Roundtable 18: From Classroom to Career-ReadY: Build the Bridge the Industry Won’t
8:15am •
Roundtable 19: Powering Possibility for All: How the HIRE Program is Bridging the Gap for Students with Unique Abilities
8:15am •
Roundtable 20: Building CTE Teams into Workforce Learning Architects
8:15am •
Roundtable 01: From Learning to Language: Closing the Gap Between Skills Students Build and Skills Employers Hear
8:15am •
Roundtable 02: NextLevel Fellow - Make-it-Better Plan : Re-Envisioning - The process of transforming a program from low performing to exceptional
8:15am •
Roundtable 03: The Federal Landscape of Workforce Development Grants
8:15am •
Roundtable 05: Aligning Faculty and Operations for Industry Credibility
8:15am •
Roundtable 22: From Manners to Market Readiness: Teaching the Hidden Curriculum of Professional Success
8:15am •
Roundtable 06: Career Readiness in Transition: How Higher Ed Must Adapt to AI, Accountability, and Employer Demand
8:15am •
Roundtable 07: Why Faith-Based CTE Now?
8:15am •
Roundtable 08: Building the Semiconductor Workforce of the Future: A Scalable Model for Technician Training
8:15am •
Roundtable 09: From Proposal to Award: Navigating the Grants Process
8:15am •
Roundtable 10: Understanding Some of the Anticipated Effects and Outcomes of Micro credentialing and Short-Term Pell in CTE Programs
8:15am •
Roundtable 12: Federal Policy Impacting Postsecondary CTE
8:15am •
Roundtable 13: Building Bridges with University CTE Teacher, WBL Coordinator, and Career Counselor Preparation Programs
8:15am •
Roundtable 14: Bridging the Gap: Building CTE Dual Credit Pathways
8:15am •
Roundtable 24: From Training Provider to Workforce Partner: Building Industry-Aligned Adult Education
8:15am •
Roundtable 15: Building a Microcredential Playbook for High-Value Workforce Pathways
8:15am •
Roundtable 23: Advocating For the Trades in an Era of Deregulation
8:15am •
Roundtable 26: Bridging the Gap: Implementing AI-Driven Guidance for Student Success
8:15am •
Roundtable 25: Reimagining ways to Design and Strengthen CTE Pathways
8:15am •
Roundtable 21: From Compliance to Collaboration: Transforming Advisory Committees into Strategic Workforce Partnerships
8:15am •
Roundtable 04: Different Thinkers, Stronger Workforce: Supporting Neurodiverse Learners in CTE
8:15am •
Roundtable 11: Make it Better Roundtable Plan
9:45am •
Grant Writing Strategies for National Science Foundation ATE Proposals
11:00am •
Dig Deeper: Reflecting on the Future of Postsecondary CTE
11:50am •
Closing General Session
Regency F
9:45am •
Unblooming CTE: How to Foster AI Savvy and Resilience in Postsecondary Career-Technical Settings
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