2025 NYATEP WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

OCTOBER 20-22, 2025

Crowne Plaza Albany - The Desmond Hotel
660 Albany Shaker Rd, Albany, NY 12211

NYATEP’s Workforce Development Conference is the premier annual convening of workforce professionals across New York State. This three-day event features compelling keynote addresses and plenary sessions, engaging and informative workshops, and opportunities to connect with and learn from practitioners, policymakers, and other partners. Please join us in Albany this October as we come together to improve practices and advance policies that support New York’s workers, jobseekers, and employers.

Early Bird Registration is Now Open

Single Day Registration

$225 per person. Choose which day you attend.

3 Day Registration

$499 per person. Attend all three days of the event.

Call for Presentations

NYATEP is now accepting presentation proposals for the 2025 Workforce Development Conference! We are seeking dynamic, innovative, and insightful sessions that highlight best practices, emerging trends, and impactful strategies shaping the future of workforce development in New York State and beyond. This is an opportunity to share your expertise, inspire your peers, and contribute to advancing workforce solutions.

Below are topics that we are accepting proposals for:

Registered apprenticeships
Collaboration between community partners (WDBs, IDAs/EDCs, businesses, educators, chambers)
WIOA (diversifying programming and dollars)
Serving special populations (people with disabilities, justice-involved, older workers, immigrants, non-English speakers, unhoused people)
Personal/professional development (public speaking, customer service training, leadership, coaching)

The last day to submit is July 21st.

Submit a Proposal Today

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

We expect approximately 350-400 people to be in attendance, from local government, small business and economic development leaders, to college presidents and workforce non-profit executives, think tanks, and more. We connect with hundreds of partner organizations and participants to share innovative ideas and programs within the workforce and economic development sectors.

Contact Adrienne at [email protected] for more information.

2025 Workforce Awards Nominations

Each year at our conference, we recognize the best of the best in workforce development. The Workforce Awards submission forms are now open. Nominations close August 13th!