Welcome to the 2025 CTE Summit
DATES: November 12-13, 2025
EVENT LOCATION: Delta Hotels Minneapolis Northeast, 1330 Industrial Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55413
The Career and Technical Summit is Minnesota's largest conference convening career and technical education leaders, educators, community partners, workforce, business and industry, and K-12 and higher education. The Summit serves as a platform for learning, sharing best practices, addressing critical issues in CTE, raising awareness, and discussing current trends in education.
Successful proposals strive to:
- Address current issues and trends impacting career and technical education.
- Expand people’s thinking. What hasn’t this audience heard or considered?
- Be practical and actionable. What can be implemented right now?
- Be bold. Bold is courageous, able to take risks, and confident.
Additional Details
- The concurrent sessions are 60 minutes.
- If accepted, you will be assigned a time slot at the discretion of the conference organizers.
- If your proposal is accepted, all presenters/co-presenters must register for the Summit and pay a discounted registration fee ($75) per person.
- All presenters, including any co-presenters, must pay for their own travel and lodging costs and other incidental expenses.
Notification of Acceptance
- September 19, 2025: Notifications will go out to the primary presenter only.
- It's the role of the primary presenter to notify their co-presenters.
Submit a Proposal
Registration Fees
General Registration $150/person. This is for one person to attend the conference. You are planning on attending. You are not presenting.
Presenter/Co-presenter $75. If your proposal is accepted, you will pay a discounted rate to attend. Presenters will have access to the entire conference. If your session is selected, you will receive a unique registration link along with your proposal acceptance notification.
Cost to Exhibit
- $225 (1 person) Includes admission for one person, a standard-size exhibitor table, one outlet/power cord, and meals. Due to limited space, we ask that exhibitors do not participate in concurrent sessions unless there is room in the breakout rooms.
- $300 (2 people) Includes admission for two people, a standard-size exhibitor table, one outlet/power cord, and meals. Due to limited space, we ask that exhibitors do not participate in concurrent sessions unless there is room in the breakout rooms.
Apply to be an Exhibitor
Career and Technical Education Summit Room Block
Start Date: Monday, November 10, 2025
End Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Cost: $129.00 USD per night
Deadline to book to receive this rate: Monday, October 20, 2025
Room Reservations: Book your group rate for Career and Technical Education Summit Room Block
For questions about the Summit, contact yingfah.thao@minnstate.edu, Director of Professional Development and the main point of contact for the Summit.
For registration and payment, contact jared.reise@minnstate.edu.
About the Summit
This annual Summit has continued to serve secondary and postsecondary CTE teachers and faculty, educators, administrators, workforce, community partners, and business/industry partners since 2009. It has continued to grow over the years into the premier conference connecting the career and technical education community in the Upper Midwest. Participants and presenters alike come from high school, colleges and universities, workforce, local business and industry partners, and our local communities to convene once a year to share best practices in their field, network, and continue to develop their professional development in order to best serve CTE students across the state.
The Career and Technical Education Summit is Minnesota's largest conference convening career and technical education educators, leaders, community partners, workforce, and business and industry in K-12 and higher education. The Summit serves as a platform for learning, sharing best practices, addressing critical issues in CTE, raising awareness, discussing current trends in education, and fostering professional development. We bring together practitioners to share impactful strategies to close the equity gaps for career and technical education learners.
This annual Career and Technical Education Summit brings together the largest and broadest group of people dedicated to serving students, workforce and business/industry, and local communities in career and technical education throughout Minnesota. We encourage you to attend if you self-identify with any of the following groups:
- Teacher or Faculty (school or college)
- Director, Coordinator, Administrator, Managers, and other leadership roles
- Perkins Coordinator
- Workforce Development Roles
- Business and Industry Leaders, Representatives, Trainers and Educators in CTE industries
- Career Counselors and Advisors (such as Career Navigators, CareerForce staff, etc.)
- Teaching and Learning Directors and Professional Staff
- Educators in the MNDOC involved in CTE classroom and career instruction
- Leaders in Career Pathways work
- CTE leaders in concurrent enrollment, PSEO, and CTE articulation
- State agencies with initiatives focused on workbased learning, college to career, etc.
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