Past Conferences

The TACTE conference is usually held the first week of April.  This information includes our past conference programs.

TACTE 2022

April 6 - 8, 2022

Wednesday, April 6

7:30-4:00            Registration (Skylight Foyer)

8:00-9:00            Continental Breakfast

9:00-12:00          Pre-Conferences

• Pre-Conference# 1:         “Perkins V Update and EDGAR Update” - Michael Brustein; Brustein & Manasevit.  (Ballrooms D)
• Pre-Conference# 2:         “New CTE Program Development- What I Need to Know, But Don’t Know”

Speakers Mindy Nobles, THECB Assistant Director, Academic Quality and Workforce Division; Duane Hiller, THECB Program Director; Laura Boyer, Vice President for Academic Success at Northeast Lakeview College and Cissy Matthews, VP of Instruction at Galveston College; D’Wayne Shaw, Dean of Public Service and Industrial Technologies at Kilgore College (Ballroom EF)   

Wednesday, April 6

7:30-4:00            Registration (Skylight Foyer)

12:00-1:00          Lunch on your own

General Session

1:00 – 1:30         Welcome/Introductions/TACTE Business Meeting (Ballrooms ABC)

1:30 – 3:00         Opening Keynote – Brooks Harper; Author, Speaker, Career Expert (Ballrooms ABC)

3:00 – 3:30         Vendors Engagement /Networking Break

3:30 – 4:30         Featured Session- Kermit Kaleba; Lumina Foundation, Strategy Director for Employer Aligned Program (Ballrooms ABC)

4:30 – 5:00         TACTE New Member Orientation (Ballrooms ABC)              

6:00 – 7:30         President’s Reception – (Hors d'oeuvre & Drinks) Sponsored by TECH-LABS; Wine and Spirits prize give-away plus Entertainment……. (Ballrooms DEF)

Thursday, April 7

7:30-8:30            Continental Breakfast/Networking

8:00-11:20          Registration (Skylight Foyer)

8:30- 9:45           Conference Keynote- Kevin Tutt; Tutt & Daggs, “Making your Comeback Greater Than Your Setback” (Ballrooms ABC)

9:45-10:30          Vendors Engagement /Networking Break

10:30-11:20       Breakout Sessions (1)

11:30-1:00          Luncheon- Program of Excellence & Lindle Grigsby Leadership Award; Luncheon Speaker: Brian Galke, “Cracking” the code to understanding others based on their Facial Features (Ballrooms ABC)

1:15-2:05            Breakout Sessions (2)

2:15-3:05            Breakout sessions (3)

3:05 – 3:40         Vendors Engagement/Networking Break…Door prize give-away

3:50 – 4:30         Breakout Sessions (4)

Evening                Dinner on your own

Friday, April 8

7:15 – 8:15         Breakfast

8:15 – 9:25         General Session- Annual Texas Update (THECB Update, TWC Update, TACC Update) (Ballrooms DEF)

9:30 – 11:00       2021 Aspen Prize Top 10 President’s Panel – The Texas Connection (Ballrooms DEF)

11:00                    Conference Adjourned

 

 

TACTE 2021 (Virtual)

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TACTE 2019

Conference Program