The goal of this conference is to create an environment for collaborative exchanges between educational providers, institutions/organizations, government and industry and to permit educational providers to build greater partnerships with their peers. Abstracts and panel discussion proposals are currently being accepted for the following themes:
Defining Pathways for Trades Education in the 21st Century
- Government
- Industry, business and higher education
- Craft practitioners, teacher and the public
- Potential for development of skills exchange, and partnership efforts
- Collaboration on community, regional, national and international levels
- Building a new culture for building craft education and industry
- Finding and Remembering the Reasons for Building Craft