Twenty-nine speeches presented at a five-state (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico) conference are contained in this report. A wide range of vocational education topics are covered including working with the disadvantaged, development and improvement of vocational-technical programs, personnel and staff development, and the role of minorities in vocational education. Some representative titles are "New Curriculum Materials for the Disadvantaged,""Program Development Workshop,""Recruitment and Development of Vocational-Technical Personnel from Minority Backgrounds,""Emerging Role of Women in Vocational-Technical Education," and "Itinerant Teacher Trainer for Agricultural Education." (BL)