This annual conference brings together technology and industrial technology educators at the secondary, community college and university levels to learn about updates in their fields. Md. Burke oversees the coordination and implementation of career and technology education programs for 131,000 students in 189 schools. He is currently the president of the International Technology Education Association and has served as president of the Technology Education Association of Maryland. An optional Technology Education Workshop, held in conjunction with the conference, will offer one semester hour of graduate credit through UNI's Continuing Education Program for interested conference attendees. In addition to UNI, the conference is sponsored by the Iowa Industrial Technology Education Association and the Iowa Department of Education.
Fors is a business finance major with a minor in real estate and marketing.
He is president of the Rho Epsilon real estate fraternity at UNI and is studying to take the Iowa Real Estate License Examination. The SIOR Educational Foundation promotes, sponsors and supports education and research initiatives that advance professionalism in the commercial real estate industry.