The conference will have the main theme of TVET for Employment, Income, and Job Quality. Staying within this broad theme, the conference will have following sub-themes:
- Policy, planning, and practices
- Institutions and systems
- Governance and power sharing
- Financing and fund sharing
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Teaching and learning Quality, equity, and relevance
- National and international case studies
- Work, education, and training
- Occupations and occupational areas
- Development and TVET
- Sociology of TVET
- Inclusion in TVET