HI-TEC is a national conference on advanced technological education where secondary and postsecondary educators, counselors, industry professionals, trade organizations, and technicians can update their knowledge and skills. Charged with Educating America’s Technical Workforce, the event focuses on the preparation needed by the existing and future workforce for companies in the high-tech sectors that drive the economy of the United States.

HI-TEC explores the convergence of scientific disciplines and technologies, including:

-Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
-Agricultural, Energy, and Environmental Technologies
-Biotechnology and Chemical Processes
-Electronics
-Engineering Technologies
-Information Communications, Geospatial, and Security Technologies
-Learning, Evaluation, and Research
Micro- and Nanotechnologies