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The 2026 AFA Summit will consist of five plenaries, 30 workshop sessions, and many other engaging activities and events.
| Tuesday, May 19 | |||||||
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| Time | Regency Ballroom | West Registration | Ambassador | Empire | Executive | Congressional A | Congressional B |
| 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM | The Power of Apprenticeship Degreespresented by Reach University | Apprenticeship "Bootcamp" | |||||
| 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Pre-Conference Welcome Happy Hour | ||||||
| Wednesday, May 20 | |||||||
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| Time | Regency Ballroom | West Registration | Ambassador | Empire | Executive | Congressional A | Congressional B |
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Breakfast Plenary: States Leading on Apprenticeship | ||||||
| 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM | Transition | ||||||
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Scaling Apprenticeship Through a Statewide Intermediary Network: Lessons from CaliforniaCalifornia Community Colleges Chancellor's Office | Building a Movement of Apprenticeship Degrees in MassachusettsFranklin Cummings Tech | Charging Ahead: Innovative Apprenticeship Partnerships in Advanced ManufacturingAdvance CTE | Success By Design, Access By Intent: Building Equitable Apprenticeship PathwaysEarly Care & Education Pathways to Success (ECEPTS) | Understanding the Apprenticeship-Seeker: Broadening and Strengthening the Talent PipelinePrentix | ||
| 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Showcase / Coffee Break | ||||||
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Showcase (ongoing) | Building a Foundation for AI in Apprenticeships: Lessons from Google’s U.S. Apprenticeships TeamGoogle | Building a Thriving Apprenticeship Ecosystem: Illinois Community Colleges' Journey and Collaborative VisionIllinois Community College Board | Stronger Together: How unions and employers power successful apprenticeships!AFL-CIO Working for America Institute | The Power of Partnership: Expanding Apprenticeship Pathways in Advanced ManufacturingMACNY, the Manufacturers Association | Strategies to Expand Apprenticeship in Emerging IndustriesMathematica | |
| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Lunch | ||||||
| 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Lunch Plenary: Designing Business-Led Apprenticeship Solutions | ||||||
| 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Transition | ||||||
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Building the Tools to Build a System - The High Impact Occupation AssessmentC-BEN | Connected & Thriving: Youth Apprenticeship and Opportunity YouthPartnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship | Ready, Willing and Able: Unlocking Apprenticeships for People with Disabilities, A California Model for the NationIWSI America | Blueprints for Impact: The Intermediary’s Toolkit for Employer-Centric Apprenticeship Systems in SemiconductorsSEMI Foundation | Corrections to Careers: Iowa’s Apprenticeship Model for Reentry SuccessIowa Department of Corrections | ||
| 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Showcase / Coffee Break | ||||||
| 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM | Showcase (ongoing) | Lessons Learned: 10 Years of Impact in Modern ApprenticeshipAccenture | The Future of State Apprenticeship AgenciesJobForward | Approaches to Estimating Employer Return on Investment (ROI) of Registered ApprenticeshipAbt Global | Setting the Stage for Scaling Apprenticeship DegreesUrban Institute | Closer to Employers, Tougher to Scale: Solving the Cross-State Apprenticeship PuzzleGlobal Electronics Association | |
| 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM | Transition | ||||||
| 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Evening Plenary: Apprenticeship and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities | ||||||
| 5:30 PM - 5:45 PM | Apprenticeship Awards | ||||||
| 5:45 PM - 7:30 PM | Evening Reception | ||||||
| Thursday, May 21 | |||||||
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| Time | Regency Ballroom | West Registration | Ambassador | Empire | Executive | Congressional A | Congressional B |
| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Consultants Network Meetinghosted by PCG | ||||||
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Breakfast Plenary: Administration Perspectives on Registered Apprenticeship | ||||||
| 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM | Transition | ||||||
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | From Readiness to Retention: The Case for Investing Early in Apprenticeship SupportSocial Finance | Building Tomorrow’s Educators: Apprenticeship Pathways that Ignite CareersPartnership for Student Success | Building Trust, Bridging Gaps: How Apprenticeship Partnerships Are Powering Workforce InnovationPublic Consulting Group | Building Statewide Apprenticeships Through Employer–College Partnerships: The PennTRAIN ModelTransit Workforce Center | International Exchange + Dynamic Impact: Transferring Swiss VET to the U.S.Johns Hopkins University School of Education | ||
| 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Showcase / Coffee Break | ||||||
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Showcase (ongoing) | From Incentives to Impact: Maryland’s Pay-for-Apprenticeship Model and the Evolution of State Apprenticeship FundingMaryland Department of Labor | Powering the Clean Energy Workforce: How Apprenticeships Bridge the Skills Gap for 70 Million STARsOpportunity@Work | Shared Systems, Shared Success: Scaling Apprenticeships Through Group SponsorshipFlorida Trade Academy | From Classroom to Clinic: Accelerating Healthcare Careers Through ApprenticeshipCareerWise | Strategies to Advance Quality Pre-Apprenticeship ProgramsAmerican Institutes for Research | |
| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Lunch | ||||||
| 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Lunch Plenary: Congressional Leadership on Registered Apprenticeship | ||||||
| 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Departure | ||||||
