For the 2007 ACTE Annual Convention and Career Tech Expo, the Association has partnered with a number of organizations to continue to ensure that this event remains the premiere educational and networking event for career and technical educators. This year’s partners include:

• ACTER
  The Association for Career and Technical Education Research will once again be holding its annual CTE Research and Professional Development Conference in conjunction with ACTE. The tentative agenda for this event is listed on the main convention page.
  
  
• High Schools That Work
  Two days full of sessions from HSTW will be available to all attendees.
  
  
• MarkED
  This national organization has created the Marketing Education Division sessions and will be presenting a pre-Convention Workshop.
  
  
• National Academy Foundation, the National Career Academy Coalition, and Career Academy Support Network
  These three organizations have worked together to create a dedicated strand on career academies that will address the concept from many angles.
  
  
• National Association of Agricultural Educators
  NAAE is managing a comprehensive program for ACTE’s Agricultural Education Division.
  
  
• National Partnership for Careers in Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
  This pre-Convention conference will focus on the career cluster and offer as many as 30 sessions. The tentative agenda for this pre-Convention conference is listed on the main convention page.
  
• NOCTI
  Dedicated pre-Convention conference on assessment as well as some general programming for ACTE. The tentative agenda for this event is listed on the main convention page.
  
  
• Project Lead the Way
  A half dozen sessions sponsored by PLTW will be offered in Las Vegas. The tentative agenda for this event is listed on the main convention page.
  
  
• National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium
  To help career and technical educators understand the career clusters initiative, this partner will be offering two pre-Convention Workshops that address this topic.