About us

Announcing the annual research forum on postsecondary CTE and workforce development, hosted virtually by the Center for Workforce Development Research and Practice at ODU. This forum will feature presentations of papers, roundtables, and posters. Additionally, the forum will include a keynote by an invited distinguished researcher. We encourage early career and graduate students, as well as more seasoned researchers, to participate in the annual forum. The post-conference writing retreat will be the full-day following the research forum and will kick-off with a panel discussion of recent doctoral students, faculty members, and researchers to provide insight into writing.

Important Dates

Fri, May 22, 2026
Submission deadline

Call For Paper

Symposium
Research paper
Poster
Roundtable

Paper: Submit a 750-3000-word proposal (without references). Roundtable: Submit a 500-1000-word structured abstract. Poster: Submit a 500-1000-word structured abstract. Symposium: Submit a 500-1000 structured abstract.