MITES State Student Competition and Professional Development Conference
Our state student competition brings together student projects from around the state to compete in various categories from woodworking to electronics and machining. Each year roughly three thousand student projects are entered with students earning over eight thousand dollars in scholarships to college/universities, trade schools and apprenticeship programs.
At this same time we host our yearly professional development conference in which teachers from around the state can attend sessions put on by both vendors and other educators. Teachers can learn new teaching methods and techniques or learn about new equipment and how to use it effectively in the classroom/shop.
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Static Student project competition for 15+ categories in
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Automotive
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Drafting/CAD - mechanical and architectural
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Graphic Arts
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Machining
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STEM
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Welding
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Woodworking
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and more
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Live student competitions in
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Automotive
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CAD
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Interviewing
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Project Presenting
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Welding
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and more to come.
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High Quality Professional Development for teachers
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Networking with other teachers
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Access to commercial vendors and their products
2027 Conference Information
May 5-8, 2027
Kalamazoo Expo Center
2900 Lake St, Kalamazoo, MI 49048
https://www.kalcounty.gov/394/Expo-Center-Events
2027 Hotel Information MITES Room Block
Radisson Plaza Hotel & Suites Kalamazoo
Sales Coordinator
100 West Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
179.00 USD per night
Guests can make a reservation by:
Using your groups' personalized booking link: LINK
Link will expire on 4/4, or when the block is full, whichever comes first
Call our in-house reservation team at 269-343-3333
Opt 1, referencing the MITES room block to get the group rate (group rate available by phone until 4/5, or until the block is full, whichever comes first)