The Florida Forum on Engineering Technology (ET Forum) is a semiannual meeting of community college engineering technologies faculty in Florida. FLATE coordinates the Forum to bring industry and academics together to address common issues and challenges. The forum also engages faculty, administrators and manufacturing employers in ongoing statewide curriculum reform to ensure ET graduates from Florida state colleges have the skills needed by our manufacturing industry.
E.T. Forum Impact
- Leads curriculum reform for statewide associate degree programs
- Provides a foundation for strong partnerships between colleges
- Continues reform and reorganization of common course numbering for relevant courses
- Supports CAPE and other CTE legislation
Previous E.T. Forum Meetings:
- September 11-12, 2025 – Northwest Florida State College
- April 3-4, 2025 – Pasco Hernando State College
- November 8, 2024 – Virtual (Rescheduled due to Hurricane)
- April 4-5, 2024 – State College of Florida, Bradenton, FL
- September 28-29, 2023 – St Johns River State College, Orange Park, FL
- March 30-31, 2023 – Daytona State College, Daytona Beach, FL
- November 18, 2022 - Virtual
- March 31-April 1, 2022 – Broward College North Campus, Coconut Creek, FL
- October 26, 2021 – Hybrid (Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando FL & Virtual)
- March 19 and March 26, 2021 – Location: Virtual
- April 2-3, 2020- Eastern Florida State College
- October 17-18, 2019 – Seminole State College, Central Florida
- March 28-29, 2019 – Suncoast Technical College, Sarasota, FL
- November 1-2, 2018 – St Petersburg College, St Petersburg, FL
- April 12-13, 2018 – South Florida State College, Avon Park, FL
- September 21-22, 2017 – College of Central Florida
- March 30-31, 2017 – Chipola College
- Sept 22-23, 2016 – Daytona State College
- Mar 31-April 1, 2016 – Lake Sumter State College
Need More Information?
As of Fall 2025, the ET Forum has met fifty-five times since 1996 at 27 different colleges around the state. You can find ET Forum presentations and resource files on FLATE’s Wiki, filed by year.