Registration will open Fall 2026
The only national conference focused on strengthening the full range of talent that contributes to the engineering and computing workforce.
The vision of the CoNECD (pronounced “connected”) Conference is to offer a national forum for examining research and practices that strengthen participation, retention, and professional preparation across engineering and computing pathways. The conference recognizes that workforce development is influenced by many dimensions of identity and experience, including gender, race and ethnicity, disability, veteran status, first‑generation status, and socio‑economic background