NCKP 2025: In-Person Summit and Conference
The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025 seeks to explore the challenges and opportunities facing our international community at this inflection point for the profession.
Returning to the Westin Chicago Lombard Hotel (Lombard, IL) from July 23-26, 2025, The Piano Conference includes a new, innovative in-person summit and conference. The opening two-day summit engages the full community and provides a gathering for all to collectively share, dialogue, and exchange ideas. The facilitated summit will include a design-thinking process to collectively consider the immediate challenges, opportunities, and global impact of our field. Three main areas of focus include: 1) Teacher education curriculum 2) Teaching practices 3) New professionals. Outcome goals of the participatory summit are a vision document and action plan for the profession at large.
Multiple calls for participation include peer-reviewed proposals, teaching demonstrations, performances, and posters.