2025 Youth Practitioners Conference

Call for Presentations

We want to hear what you've been working on! If you support youth in both a virtual and in person climate, and have a successful project, please submit a proposal! Specifically, we are looking for innovation in:

• Skill Development and Training (Techinical Skills, Digital Skills, Interpersonal Skills, etc)
• Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship (Entrepreneurial Training, Job Placement Support, etc)
• Career Pathways and Apprenticeships (Career Exploration, Registered Apprenticeships, Sector-Specific Programs, etc)
• Equity, Inclusion, and Access (Targeted Support for Historically Excluded Groups, Geographic Inclusion, Transportation & Childcare Access, Employment for People with Disabilities, etc)
• Policy and Industry Collaboration (Public-Private Partnerships, Youth Employment Policies, Future of Work Initiatives, etc)

If you or your colleagues have a great idea to share on any of these topics and would like to present at our annual conference, we invite you to submit your proposal to us!

A little bit about our workshop sessions:

• Workshop sessions are 75 minutes long.
• Workshop proposals MUST include a title and brief description in order to be considered. NYATEP reserves the right to modify the descriptions that will be printed in conference materials. 
• We require that all submissions include an interactive element to the presentation to engage participants in each session. This may include, but is not limited to -- opportunities to share between colleagues in small group work or with discussion questions (breakout session); facilitated activities to help attendees understand the content; and or a presentation that solicits audience participation. In addition, if presenters want printed materials, they are responsible for bringing their own presentation copies.
• We will provide a projector, AV cart, screen, and WIFI. Presenters must bring their own laptop, phone line, and video equipment. If you utilize a Mac computer, please bring appropriate cables. 
• Any workshop materials (Powerpoint slides, handouts/worksheets, flyers, etc) that you may use for your workshop are due (via email to [email protected]) to the NYATEP office by Friday, February 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM. Your session materials will be posted to the conference website for attendee download.
• Presenters are expected to register for the conference and are responsible for their travel expenses. Presenters attending any other sessions will pay the special Presenter Rate of $375. We ask that sessions have no more than three presenters.

   

  Proposals are due NO LATER than 4:00 PM on

  Friday, January 24, 2025.