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  • Monday, May 22, 2023
  • 6:30 AM - 7:15 PM PST
    ATD Awards Cocktail Hour (Invite Only)
  • 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM PST
    Registration, Networking Night Desk, and Information Desk Open (Lobby D)
  • 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM PST
    ATD Central, ATD Store, ATD Theater, and Career Center Open
  • 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM PST
    Global Village Open
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM PST
    Opening General Session with Adam Grant: Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know (In-Person and Live Streamed)
  • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM PST
    Learning & Development Consultations
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM PST
    Author Meet and Greets
  • 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM PST
    EXPO Open
  • 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM PST
    CARE: The 4 Essentials of Psychological Safety
    Great leaders develop a sense of belonging and create a psychologically safe workplace. They know that success is far more than the end product that is being delivered. It's developing empowered teams that innovate, connect, and collaborate effectively. CARE assists leaders in removing some of the natural biases that cause people-first blind spots.
  • 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM PST
    Driving Learning Engagement and Outcomes With Mentoring Services
    SkillUp's Mentoring Services are designed to help learners achieve better learning outcomes by providing the necessary guidance and support to develop job-ready skills and gain hands-on experience. Join this session to learn how you can use these new ideas and concepts in a collaborative environment to help increase completion rates.
  • 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM PST
    Skills-First Learning to Drive Employee Engagement and Retention
  • 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM PST
    Supporting Today's Workforce With Rapid VR Authoring
    Our workforce is evolving at a rapid pace. Traditional training methods are giving way to more immersive ones. In this session, we will look at the differences between conventional VR authoring and rapid VR authoring, as well as how to use rapid authoring to efficiently distribute content and effectively keep pace with the demands of our changing world.
  • 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM PST
    Virtual Labs for the Digital Age
    Learning digital skills like data science, cloud computing, and machine learning can be a great pathway for upward mobility. However, acquiring these skills requires access to a top-notch lab platform that is tightly integrated in the learning environment. The good news is that Vocareum delivers industry-leading virtual labs to our higher-ed and e-learning partners.
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM PST
    Becoming Your Best: The 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders
    Becoming Your Best: The 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders reveals the lessons, skills, and tools you need to increase productivity, improve performance, and reach your highest potential. After decades of research, the speaker has identified the 12 things great leaders and top performers do to accomplish extraordinary results!
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM PST
    How to Make the Most of Your ATD Membership
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PST
    Coaching Strategies for Leaders
  • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM PST
    ATD Global Recognition Ceremony (RSVP required)
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PST
    4 Essential Steps to a Results-Driven Employee Learning Strategy
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PST
    Cohort Learning Epic: How to Fuel Connection at Your Organization
    Today’s workplace is on fire! The half-life of skills is two to three years, workers want to work remotely, and technology is evolving at an unprecedented rate. Join us as we show you how cohort-based learning can create alignment across this massive, disjointed, remote workforce in a time of volatility, uncertainty, and complexity.
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PST
    Doing More With Less: Optimize Your Learning Plan
    Adapting skills regularly is crucial in a world that is constantly changing. However, thanks to ever-evolving learner demands, it can seem daunting to optimize costs, tools, and learning plans. The solution to this challenge lies in curating and approving educational content. It is the way forward and the future of learning!
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PST
    Exploring a Microlearning and Knowledge Reinforcement Platform
    Microlearning is transforming the way learning programs are designed and executed. Qstream’s microlearning platform personalizes the learning experience with bite-sized mobile learning challenges that are easy to incorporate in the flow of work. This approach increases employee engagement, knowledge retention, and proficiency.
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Measure the Impact of Your Coaching Program
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    The Future of Work: The Evolution of the Talent Development Field
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PST
    New Ideas in Leadership Development: Scaling Manager Effectiveness
    Do you want to learn how to skyrocket participation, defeat the knowing-doing gap, show measurable behavior change, and get half your learners agreeing that you gave them the best training experience they’ve ever had? Join this session to hear New York Times bestselling author Kevin Kruse share the insights he’s learned while interviewing more than 100 heads of leadership development.
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST
    ATD Education Experience
  • 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM PST
    Lunch in the EXPO Hall
  • 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM PST
    5 Essential Elements to Succeed With Podcasts for Talent Development
    Podcasts are trendy, but can they really add value to your talent development program? This session will offer case studies and data, along with interactive discussions and applications for your situation, to help you understand the five key elements to succeed with employee podcasts.
  • 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM PST
    Immersive Learning Disruption and the Modern Workforce Ecosystem
  • 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM PST
    Power Up Your Training Scheduling With a Training Management System
    Are you managing ILT and vILT manually with spreadsheets? From session scheduling and resource management to instructor collaboration, to-do lists, budgeting, and reporting, a training management system (TMS) will simplify your complex and manual training operations to eliminate spreadsheets and help you to train more and do more, with less.
  • 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM PST
    The Knowing-Doing Gap: The Science of Creating Behavior Change
  • 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM PST
    What’s New in Articulate 360
    At Articulate, we strive to continually improve our products so, together, we can change the way the world learns. Join this session to learn how the latest features in Articulate 360 make it easier than ever to create flexible, customized learning experiences.
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
    ATD Education Experience
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
    Building a Strong L&D Network to Grow Your Career
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
    Dessert Break
  • 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM PST
    A Culture of Inclusion Requires Competencies and Leadership Accountability
    Drawing on research and Seramount’s expertise in activating greater inclusion, the speaker will demonstrate how L&D can be used to build and deepen greater competencies at all levels. You’ll explore a sample curriculum for creating an enriched workplace of belonging.
  • 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM PST
    Create Effective Learning Experiences in Minutes
    Learn how to craft powerful microlearning experiences that maximize engagement, improve retention, encourage collaboration, and enable real change to take place in your learners. In this session, you'll experience an online platform that strategically facilitates dynamic learning opportunities using cutting edge tech.
  • 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM PST
    Discover a Platform for Live Virtual Learning and Collaboration
  • 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM PST
    Make Change Happen With “In the Moment” Coaching
    The human side of change is the most challenging. But “in the moment” coaching and feedback can inspire people to move through their fears, embrace what is new, and become more confident and resilient in the process. Join this session learn five ways to weave this coaching and feedback into everyday conversations—that’s what makes change stick.
  • 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM PST
    Taking the “Ugh” Out of Development
    Everyone needs to invest in their development, but when training is offered, learners say the content isn’t relevant, is a drain on their time, or it won’t make a difference. Join this session to learn how to introduce development programs that cultivate curiosity, make a fast impact, and grow your organization. Help people go from “Do I have to?” to “Do I get to?”
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    A 5 Cs Approach to Formulating Your DEI Strategy With Adaptability
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    A Legacy of Servant Leadership
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Applied AI For the Enterprise: Relevance, Brand Compliance, and Safety
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Beyond Design Thinking: Personas Drive Learning That Changes Behavior
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Beyond Level 2: Designing Meaningful Learning Programs With Evaluation in Mind
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Community Conversation: Creating Cultures of Inclusion and Belonging
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Developing a Strong Coaching Culture in Organizations
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Do More With Less: Increasing L&D Impact With Expert-Driven Learning
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Future Ready: Are You Prepared for Talent Development’s Tomorrow?
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    How Emotional Intelligence Can Redefine Wellness for the Government and Military
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Immersive Training: Reaching Flow
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Interact and Engage! Secrets of Virtual Training Heroes
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Into the Metaverse: New Technologies for Learning
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Learning in the Flow: Just Do it!
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Move Beyond Accessibility With Universal Design for Learning
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Recession Proofing Learning and Development: Gaining Executive Confidence
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Science of Executive Leadership: Training That Drives Organizational Results (In-Person and Live Streamed)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Storytelling Demystified: 5 Powerful Stories That Fit Any Organization's Issues
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Survival of the Fittest: The Learning Tech Ecosystem Edition
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Take Off Your Coat and Stay Awhile: Extend Their Stay!
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    The Best-Kept Secrets to Get Stakeholder Buy-In for L&D Ideas
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Think Differently: Use Data and Chat Bots to Drive Behavior Change
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Times Have Changed. Have You? The Secrets to Retaining Talent.
    With workplace trends like the great resignation, quiet quitting, and remote work taking their toll, employers need to create a dramatic change if they want to attract and retain top talent. Become equipped with the practical tools required to shift mindsets organization-wide and empower leaders to create a workplace culture that retains talent.
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Whodunit? Make Your Content Engaging and Memorable Using Mystery Stories
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Winning at Upskilling and Reskilling: A Formula for Success
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
    Your Brand, Your Impact: Understanding Perception, Avoiding Deception
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST
    Chapter Leader Lounge Power Hour
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST
    Making Your Development All Fun and Games
  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM PST
    5 Simple Ways to Improve Learning Through Engagement and Interaction
  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM PST
    Frustrations of L&D Leaders With Their LMS
    LMS technology is more than 80 years old. And yet, fewer than 50 percent of organizations are happy with their LMS. L&D leaders cannot efficiently manage their compliance or consolidate their training management; they’re not getting ahead in competency management either. Can a modern LMS help them position themselves as a strategic partner? Join this session and we’ll explore.
  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM PST
    Optimizing the Design Thinking Approach
    Creativity, development, and ideation are a few words that come to mind when we consider design thinking. How can we avoid deviating from organizational goals while applying this process? In this session, the speakers will share insights on how to maximize the effectiveness of design thinking by aligning it with organizational initiatives.
  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM PST
    The Talent Development Capability Model and You – The Perfect Marriage
  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM PST
    Unite Your Distributed Workforce With a Centralized Learning Strategy
  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM PST
    Using Neuroscience to Boost Corporate Learning
  • 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM PST
    5 Quick Wins to Better Bond Your Team
    Most leaders don’t realize that employee engagement hinges on relationships. This session will help you see how mastering the art of relationships will lead to spending less time managing “people problems” and more time accomplishing your most important work.
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    3 Keys to Reclaiming Disengaged Employees
    Employee productivity and engagement is cratering. Leaders need to know how to change their culture to help people feel involved and committed to the organization. This session uses social science research, entertaining videos, and real-world examples to give you three keys to helping your employees feel valued and engaged.
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Autism in the Workplace: A Perspective of an Autistic Adult
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Beyond L&D: Mapping the Future of Skills in the Workplace
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Community Conversation: AI in Talent Development
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Courageous Conversations for the Learning Leaders of the Future
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Creating a Learning Culture to Retain Talent
    Fanatics is building a global digital sports platform—featuring officially licensed fan merchandise, digital collectibles, and more—to create lasting fan experiences. Learn how the company’s learning and development team leverages learning maturity to retain top talent.
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Delivering Results That Executives (and Others) Will Love
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Developing Impact Players Across Your Workforce (In-Person and Live Streamed)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Drips, Bots, and Blogs: A Nontraditional Approach to Learning Reinforcement
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Embracing a Culture of Well-Being to Drive Better Organizational Outcomes
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Essential Best Practices for Successfully Managing Hybrid Teams
    The US Office of Personnel Management Hybrid Leadership model offers best practices and behaviors essential for managing hybrid teams. The factors and facets, gathered from extensive research and fieldwork experience, encourage effective work performance, collaborative and communicative relationships, adequate systems, and a positive culture.
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Experiential Learning in the Postpandemic Workplace
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    High-Impact Evaluation
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    How Reverse Mentoring Tackles Bias: 7 Guidelines and a 3-Stage Process
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    L&D&D
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Leave No Learner Behind: Accessibility Matters
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Leveraging Humanity in vILT: The Art of Inviting
    Are you tired of one-dimensional virtual training sessions that lack human connection? Join this session for a discussion about the power of lucrative intangibles—those hard-to-measure qualities that make all the difference—in virtual learning. Discover how to elevate your skills, embrace technology, and bring humanity back to the virtual classroom.
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Reflection Practices: From Thinking to Doing
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    RIFF—Turn Down the Noise, Unlock Talent, Amplify Potential
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Setting the Stage for Engagement: Addressing Morale in Government
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Storytelling With Data
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    The Power of Stay Interviews: A Road Map to Retention
    As organizations try to get ahead of attrition and retain top performers amid the current upheaval, stay interviews have emerged as a valuable strategy. This session will reveal the impact of stay interviews and provide a template that will notably improve employee engagement and retention.
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Three Critical Talent Development Trends for Our Hybrid World
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    Trifecta of Trust: The Proven Formula for Building Trust
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    What Will Generative AI Do for You This Year?
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
    When Culture and Design Collide
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    Panel Discussion – Study Tips for ATD Certifications
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST
    Resume Reprogram Roundtable
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    10 Brain Boosters in Online Training
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Best Practices for Training Franchisees and the Extended Enterprise
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Build a Championship Team Using the Science of Elite Athletes
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Building the Bridge: Connect the Learner’s Journey to Organizational Goals
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Community Conversation: Enhance Your Learning Operations
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Create a Powerful Measurement and Reporting Strategy With TDRp
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Exploring the Opportunities of the New Learning Technology Landscape
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Gameplay for Learning: What, How, and Why
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Get Your Learners to Smash Those Like Buttons!
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Go All-In on Education to Build an Engaged Workforce
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Happy Staff, Higher Profit Through Corporate Volunteer Engagement
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    How DEI Coaching Can Cultivate Inclusive Leadership at all Levels
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    How High-Performing Organizations Are Building Skills Databases and Talent Marketplaces
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Making Microlearning Work for Your Organization
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Retool Your Training and Evaluation Strategy for 2023 and Beyond
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    The 3 Cs of Building Hybrid and Remote Teams
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    The Performance Paradox: Understanding Mental Health at Work
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    The Science of Storytelling (In-Person and Live Streamed)
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    The Secret to Unleashing the Can-Do Spirit of Your Workforce
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Tool Time: Tools for Performance Consultants
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Upskilling Using Artificial Intelligence: AI Digital Role Play
    SkillGym’s digital role plays provide a realistic and immersive solution for soft skills development. Join this session to learn how to leverage AI for upskilling through online role-play practice and guided self-reflection. We’ll explore this innovative and effective solution leveraging cutting-edge AI technology and a powerful methodology.
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Using the You-Me-We Learning Model to Build a Winning Portfolio
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    What the Very Best Do to Design Award-Winning Leadership Development
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Women as Entrepreneurs: Navigating Challenges as a Business Owner
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PST
    Sales Enablement Reception
  • 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM PST
    Author Meet and Greets
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM PST
    ATD Master Program Networking Reception (Invitation Only)
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST
    Meet to Eat: Gaslamp Fish House
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST
    Meet to Eat: Il Sogno Italiano
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST
    Meet to Eat: Lou & Mickey's
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST
    Meet to Eat: Meze Greek Fusion
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST
    Meet to Eat: Roy's Restaurant
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST
    Meet to Eat: Sally's Fish House & Bar
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST
    Meet to Eat: Water Grill
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST
    Meet to Eat: Zama
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST
    Meet to Eat:Osteria Panevino
  • 7:15 PM - 10:00 PM PST
    ATD Awards Dinner & Ceremony (Invite Only)