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
3 Day Registration
$499 per person. Attend all three days of the event.
Register for the Full Conference
Call for Presentations
The submission windown has closed. Below are topics that we are focusing on this year:
- 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)
Stay tuned and check back for an updated agenda below.
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!
- NYS Workforce Program Award
- Business Leadership Award
- Frontline Leadership Award
- Workforce & Economic Development Partnership Award
Don't Forget to Book your Hotel Room!
The conference and hotel block are located at 660 Albany Shaker Rd, Albany, NY 12211. Rooms are $160/night.
BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOM HERE!
For Call-in Reservations please call the 518-869-8100 and use Group Code YTQ.
If you need any assistance or a government room rate, please contact Adrienne Ceneviva at [email protected].
Thank You to our Sponsors
Workforce Highlight Sponsor
Exhibitors
Event Agenda
More to come soon!
Day 1
Monday, October 20th
*Subject to change
- 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Registration Open
- 1:30 PM Welcome & Keynote Session
- Building a Future-Ready Workforce Amid Worsening Demographic Conditions - Susan Koehn, Lightcast
- 3:00 PM Break
- 3:30 PM Afternoon Workshops
- Building New York’s Semiconductor Workforce: A Conversation with GlobalFoundries and Micron
- Registered Apprenticeship Sponsor/Business and Apprentice Panel
- Reflective Resilience: Collaborative Supervision in Action
- More to come!
- 7:00 PM NEW! Awards Celebration Event
Day 2
Tuesday, October 21st
*Subject to change
- Registration Open All Day
- 7:00 AM Breakfast
- 8:00 AM Keynote Session
- State of the Field: Philanthropy, Workforce, and the Power of Connection in 2025 - Lisette Nieves, Fund for the City of New York
- 9:15 AM Break
- 9:45 AM Morning Workshops
- A Broader New American Conversation
- Building Your Case: Turning Data into Workforce Development for Underserved Populations
- Programming Wraparound Support & Training to Support Women Thriving in the Workforce
- Restorative Conversations™: Preparing, Practicing, and Promoting Workplace Cohesion
- 11:00 AM Break
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM NEW! Lunch Program
- More to come!
- 1:30 PM Break
- 1:45 PM Afternoon Workshops
- Innovative Pathways to Support the Early Childhood Workforce in New York
- Diversifying Workforce Development Funding for Greater Impact & Fewer Worries
- AI and the Future of Work: Building a Resilient Workforce Development Ecosystem
- How to Leverage Leadership Development as Your Workforce Strategy
- 3:00 PM Break
- 3:30 PM Evening Workshops
- Designing for Inclusion: Public and Private Sector Strategies to Advance Accessibility
- Collaborative Efforts to Address Recruitment and Retention Difficulties
- Can Code: Digital Skills Training for Immigrants and Refugees
- From Connection to Collaboration: Workforce & HR Partnerships That Work
- 6:00 PM Evening Event
- More to come!
Day 3
Wednesday, October 22nd
*Subject to change
- Registration Open All Day
- 8:00 AM Breakfast
- 9:00 AM Workshops
- Empowering New York's Green Future: Workforce Development and Accessibility in the State’s Renewable Energy Transition
- English Upskilling as a Workforce Strategy: Building Talent Pipelines Through Partnerships
- WIOA and Registered Apprenticeship Workshop
- Empowering Workforce Staff with AI: Prompt-Driven Tools for Inclusive, High-Impact Service
- 10:15 AM Break
- 10:45 PM Plenary Session
- More to come!
- 12:00 PM Event Concludes
