American Welding Society (AWS)

American Welding Society (AWS) is a national professional association that organizes conferences, educational events, instructor institutes, and sponsors/operates welding competitions and partnerships (notably with SkillsUSA). AWS runs events and training explicitly targeted at welding educators, students, and workforce-development stakeholders (Instructors Institute, education catalog, webinars), and manages competitions that are central to CTE skilled-trades pathways. This makes AWS a strong match as a conference/education organizer for CTE-related terms (CTE conference, career technical education summit, vocational education, skilled trades, career pathways, work-based learning), especially for welding and related skilled trades.