View the entire conference education program with our online program guide. This feature allows you to view sessions chronologically as well as search by time, speaker name, format, and Communities of Practice.
Looking for more information? Click on the session title for a complete session description. When you find something of interest to you, simply add it to your own personal calendar to help you keep track of the sessions you wish to attend.
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Remember, conference sessions do not require advanced sign-up and are first-come, first-served. Using the online program guide to develop your personal schedule does not register you for a particular session. Preconference workshops require advance sign-up and an additional fee.
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General Sessions are an opportunity for all conference participants to come together and learn from notable thought leaders whose work challenges our assumptions and widens our horizons. Presenters offer insight and inspiration on a range of topics of interest to participants.
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The Education Program comprises 300 sessions in nine Tracks. Many sessions are repeated to give you more opportunities to attend. Sessions are further organized by Format and Learning Approach with the additional designation of Target Audience to help you choose relevant content. The Communities of Practice identifier has been expanded to include more industries and groups.
For 2009, the Conference Planning Committee and ASTD staff combined their collective expertise with attendee evaluation feedback to develop a comprehensive program of topics to meet your needs.
- Career Planning and Talent Management
- Designing and Delivering Learning
- E-learning
- Facilitating Organizational Change
- Leadership and Management Development
- Learning as a Business Strategy
- Measurement, Evaluation, ROI
- Performance Improvement
- Personal & Professional Development
Featured Speakers: Several well-regarded experts will share their knowledge and insights with you.
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Showcase Speakers: Speakers with this designation received the highest ratings combined with the highest attendance at the 2008 conference. They’ve been invited back to bring you new content or updates on their past topics. Read session details.
View from the CLO: Chief Learning Officers (CLOs) from a variety of industries and government will share successful programs and initiatives from their organizations. Read session details.
Advanced Practitioners: This highlighted series offers content specifically geared to the needs of the advanced practitioner. Read session details.
Innogizers: Expanded for 2009 with 12 sessions. These innovative sessions are designed to energize you at the end of a long conference day. Just when you thought you couldn’t absorb one more fact, sit through one more session, or learn anything new—Innogizers will revitalize your ability to engage and learn.
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International Perspectives: Sessions of global interest or delivered by international speakers are highlighted. Similar to Learning Labs, Global Focus Discussions are informal, facilitated discussion groups on a variety of topics. Read session details.
Learning Labs: These facilitated discussions are designed to provide an informal learning opportunity and a time to integrate learning in response to past attendee feedback. Monday Labs are focused on Target Audiences and Tuesday Labs are focused on Industry Affiliation. Each is 45 minutes long.
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Micro Sessions: These short sessions are quick overviews of a topic, especially geared toward the learner who wants to cover lots of topics in a brief amount of time. Selected speakers will highlight their full session topic in 20-25 minute spots. You will have an opportunity to attend up to three Micro Sessions in each time slot Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
This feature has been expanded to include more industry designations. Please visit the Online Program Guide and choose from the list of CoPs to search for sessions relevant to learners from these industries.
- Academic/Education
- Association/Non-profit
- External Consultants
- Financial Services
- Hospitality/travel/entertainment
- Medical/Pharmaceutical
- Public Sector
- Retail/Sales
- Service Industry
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Manufacturing
This layer is designed to focus the program at a greater depth within each track. See below for detailed descriptions of each.
Best Practice/Award Winner
Includes topics that have been recognized by an outside body or been nominated or received an award including ASTD Award winners.
Case Study
A Case Study is a first-person account of a project, initiative, or program from it’s inception to the end result.
Competency Model Content
Sessions showing how organizations are applying the ASTD Competency model in part or in its entirety.
Core Topic
Core Topics are those that are the nuts and bolts of the Workplace Learning and Performance field. These are the topics that make up the backbone of the field and speak to the new as well as the seasoned practitioner who wants a refresher or has changed roles.
Experiential/Interactive Learning
These are sessions which substantially depart from the lecture/presentation model and use creative ways to incorporate hands-on learning both as a topic and by modeling the concept being presented in the session.
Future Outlook/Trends
These sessions exemplify the most advanced thinking about the Workplace Learning and Performance field and discuss trends in an applied way—that is, showing how these trends and outlooks will likely have an effect on those who work in the field.
Target Audience
Each session will be designated with one target audience as the focus for the content. However, all are welcome to attend.
Career Planner
Designer
Director/Manager
E-Learning Developer
Evaluator
Executive/Business/Life Coach
Learning Executive
Organizational Change Manager/Facilitator
Performance Technologist
Trainer/Learning Facilitator
Project Manager
Knowledge Manager
HR Manager/Specialist
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