2025 CareerTEch VISION

CTE Research and Professional Development Conference track

VOICES OF INNOVATION: AMPLIFYING RESEARCH IN CTE 

The CareerTech VISION Conference is the foremost peer-reviewed conference for CTE researchers and academic professionals. This conference is coordinated by the ACTE Research Section of the New and Related Services Division. Previously, this conference was coordinated independently by ACTER.

The conference is December 8 – 9, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. The session theme is Voices of Innovation: Amplifying Research in CTE.

We invite researchers to submit manuscripts and proposals to be considered for presentation at the conference. Graduate students are highly encouraged to submit proposals for consideration. Presentations are selected via blind review. 

The 2025 program will feature five types of sessions:

• Research paper presentations (full paper)
• Research paper presentations (extended abstracts)
• Research posters
• Symposia
• Research round table discussions

Proceedings will be available post-conference

Conference Links

Call for Proposals

Proposal Submission Portal (now closed)

Conference Registration

Conference Program

Conference Location Notes:

  • Check back as more information becomes available

A big thanks to this year’s sponsors: