Conference Agenda
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401: BYOD: Gamified XR Escape Experience: Leave the Slide Deck Behind
Most learning teams are stuck in slide-based design. Even when they want something more interactive, XR feels too complex, too expensive, or too technical to attempt. The result is predictable content that learners click through…
Topic/Track: Virtual & Immersive LearningLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: BYOD (90 Min.)
402: BYOD: Build a Content-Aware AI Learning Assistant Using Search & LLM
Many organizations are experimenting with AI to generate content faster. Far fewer are building AI systems that actually improve the learner experience. This hands-on session focuses on designing and building a content-aware AI learning assistant…
Topic/Track: Tools & PlatformsLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: BYOD (90 Min.)
403: More Training Won't Fix Performance! Improve Outcomes with Systems-Level Performance Evaluation
Learning teams are often asked to “fix performance” by building more training. Yet many persistent workplace problems—low adoption, poor execution, inconsistent leadership, disengagement—are not knowledge gaps. They are symptoms of broken workflows, fragmented systems, unclear…
Topic/Track: Leadership & StrategyLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Mastery Session (90 minutes)
404: Heart Emojis Included: How We Engineered Virtual Engagement at Boeing
Many organizations rely on large-scale virtual webcasts to reach distributed teams. While efficient, these sessions are often passive, disengaging, and quickly forgotten. At The Boeing Company, internal engineers were accustomed to one-way broadcasts that delivered…
Topic/Track: Virtual & Immersive LearningLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Mastery Session (90 minutes)
405: Clone Your Best Evaluator: Build AI Rubrics That Actually Capture Quality
Your best evaluator can assess quality in 30 seconds. Can you explain how they do it? Most can't... and that's why AI assessment fails. Here's the problem: L&D teams need to scale quality assessment, but…
Topic/Track: Data & MeasurementLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Mastery Session (90 minutes)
406: From Idea to Impact: A Framework for Designing & Executing Effective Gamified Learning
Many gamified learning initiatives stall because instructional designers struggle to connect their ideas to real performance gaps, secure stakeholder buy-in, and define measurable impact. In this interactive session, you will work through a practical framework…
Topic/Track: Games & GamificationLevel: Intermediate/AdvancedFormat: Mastery Session (90 minutes)
407: Clerical vs. Creative: Drawing the Line Between AI Work & Human Work
We are confident that AI can write learning objectives, draft quizzes, build rubrics, and structure entire course outlines. The question is no longer "whether AI can do this but whether it should. Some ID tasks…
Topic/Track: Instructional DesignLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Mastery Session (90 minutes)
408: Same Craft, Different Customer: What Learning & Customer Education Teams Can Learn from Each Other
Most learning professionals were trained in one tradition—either building programs for internal employees or designing education for external customers. Yet the skills, methods, and hard-won lessons from each domain have enormous value for the other.…
Topic/Track: Customer EducationLevel: Intermediate/AdvancedFormat: Mastery Session (90 minutes)
409: Agile by Design: Combining SAM & RACI for Faster, Smarter eLearning Development
Frequently, eLearning projects run over budget, miss deadlines, and frustrate stakeholders—not because the design is poor, but because of unclear roles, late-stage feedback loops, and waterfall-style processes. Content development teams need a development process that…
Topic/Track: Instructional DesignLevel: Intermediate/AdvancedFormat: Mastery Session (90 minutes)
411: Planning for Success by Preparing to Fail: Conducting Pre-Mortems
When planning a new initiative, teams naturally focus on how to succeed: setting objectives, building timelines, and assigning owners. But even the strongest plans are vulnerable to problems no one saw coming. Delayed timelines, misaligned…
Topic/Track: Team & Project ManagementLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Mastery Session (90 minutes)
412: The HP Blueprint: Scaling High-Stakes Performance with Agentic Workflows
As organizations race to implement AI, many L&D leaders struggle to move beyond simple chatbots to agentic workflows—autonomous systems that can schedule, summarize, and coach. The gap arises due to the lack of a structured…
Topic/Track: AI & AutomationLevel: Intermediate/AdvancedFormat: Mastery Session (90 minutes)
413: AI Can Generate Content. Can You Design Capability? A Workflow-Based Microlearning Lab
In 2026, content is no longer the bottleneck in L&D. AI can generate courses in seconds. Microlearning libraries are expanding rapidly. Yet performance gaps persist. The real challenge isn’t content production. It’s designing learning that…
Topic/Track: Micro & Workflow LearningLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Mastery Session (90 minutes)
501: BYOD: Reclaim Your Creative Spark: Partner with AI to Create Code Blocks in Rise
We’ve all seen it: learning content that feels robotic, missing the human touch. When we rely too much on AI to do the thinking for us, it’s easy to feel like we’re losing the creative…
Topic/Track: Instructional DesignLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: BYOD (45 Min.)
502: BYOD: Assess All Learning: How to Track Learner Interactions for AI-Generated Content
AI and vibe coding have unlocked a new era of rapid interaction development—stunning quizzes, branching scenarios, and immersive learning experiences built in minutes without a single traditional eLearning tool. But there's a gap most developers…
Topic/Track: AI & AutomationLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: BYOD (45 Min.)
503: AI Without Wi-Fi: Secure Learning Design in High-Security Manufacturing
Highly regulated and classified work environments seem incompatible with modern learning technology, like, you guessed it... AI. At BWXT, based in Barberton, Ohio, we manufacture large components for nuclear reactors used in U.S. Navy submarines…
Topic/Track: AI & AutomationLevel: BeginnerFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
504: Boosting Supervisor Readiness: How BankWest Reinvented Frontline Leadership Development
Organizations invest heavily in leadership development, yet often overlook the foundational layer: supervisors. Many supervisors are promoted for performance, not preparedness, resulting in unclear expectations, ineffective guidance, and ultimately, higher turnover and inconsistent team performance. …
Topic/Track: Leadership & StrategyLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
505: Balancing AI Efficiency with Human Judgment in Instructional Video Workflows
Instructional designers are no longer questioning whether to use AI in video creation; the challenge has shifted to ensuring that faster production does not come at the expense of instructional quality. As AI tools make…
Topic/Track: Video & MediaLevel: BeginnerFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
506: Build, Design, Transform: A Hands-On Guide to Gen AI in Higher Education
AI is reshaping higher education, and knowing where to start is half the battle. In this hands-on session, we'll cut through the noise and explore how generative AI can practically transform teaching, instructional design, and…
Topic/Track: Higher EducationLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
507: Moving Eli Lilly Beyond Completion Rates to a Practical xAPI & LRS Measurement Playbook
Many learning teams invest in xAPI only to end up with "data exhaust": lots of statements, but no trusted answers to the questions leaders actually ask. Completion rates still dominate reporting, dashboards get debated instead…
Topic/Track: Data & MeasurementLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
508: Using AI to Build Faster and Do More, Without Losing Your Humanity
What if your team could create more learning content faster without losing quality or authenticity? In this session, you’ll learn how AI tools can speed up content development and help teams of any size do…
Topic/Track: Customer EducationLevel: BeginnerFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
509: Simplified Scenario Design Means Easy Builds & Engaging Stories
Story-based training has a reputation for being time-consuming and resource-heavy. Though they may believe in its effectiveness, teams often deprioritize it when timelines get tight because the build feels bigger than the sprint allows. This…
Topic/Track: Instructional DesignLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
510: How U.S. Census Is Creating Accessible Mobile-Only Learning with AI & xAPI Support—at Mass Scale
The U.S. Census Bureau is preparing to train more than 300,000 temporary workers for the 2030 Decennial Census through a fully digital, mobile‑first learning experience. Enumerators—who typically have low‑to‑medium digital literacy and little prior census…
Topic/Track: Tools & PlatformsLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
512: Go Micro for Maximum Impact: Build a Microlearning Transfer Ecosystem to Drive Performance
A significant portion of workplace training is never applied on the job—it’s called “scrap learning.” The impact is substantial, negatively affecting our budgets, productivity, and morale. So, how do we close this costly gap between…
Topic/Track: Micro & Workflow LearningLevel: BeginnerFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
513: The Learning Ops Starter Kit: 5 Templates to Take Back to Your Team
You don’t need a six-figure platform or a dedicated operations team to start optimizing your L&D processes. You need the right templates and guided practice. In this hands-on session, you’ll work through five ready-to-use templates…
Topic/Track: Team & Project ManagementLevel: BeginnerFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
601: BYOD: Adaptive Without the Platform: Building Personalized Learning Paths in Storyline
Many organizations want adaptive learning but lack the platforms to support it. The result is static courses that treat every learner the same. This session demonstrates how to simulate adaptive learning within Articulate Storyline using…
Topic/Track: Tools & PlatformsLevel: Intermediate/AdvancedFormat: BYOD (45 Min.)
602: BYOD: Vibe Coding: The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had
As learning professionals, we brainstorm the ideal, immersive learning experience for our audience. But usually, the moment we try to bring that blue-sky idea to life, we slam into a wall of constraints: short deadlines,…
Topic/Track: AI & AutomationLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: BYOD (45 Min.)
603: Building a Skills-Based Organization: Lessons from the Land O'Lakes Skills Journey
Moving from skills talk to skills action requires more than good intentions; it demands a clear strategy. This session combines strategic guidance with enterprise-level implementation to show you how to build a skills strategy that actually moves…
Topic/Track: Leadership & StrategyLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
604: Choosing Visuals Strategically: Understanding Terms of Use, Usability & Accessibility
Choosing visuals for learning content isn’t just about aesthetics. Every image, icon, chart, and video carries legal, usability, and accessibility implications. Misunderstanding licensing terms can expose organizations to risk. Poor visual choices can confuse learners.…
Topic/Track: Video & MediaLevel: BeginnerFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
605: Supercharging ADDIE with AI
The ADDIE model isn't broken, but in a business environment that demands speed, it often feels too slow. Many L&D professionals are stuck using AI for simple tasks like "write an email," missing its true…
Topic/Track: Instructional DesignLevel: Intermediate/AdvancedFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
606: Design for Engagement & Impact: Escape-Room-Style Learning Tied to Real Performance Tasks
Traditional training often explains what to do. Escape-room-style learning forces participants to apply it. In this interactive session, you’ll experience a short, table-based micro escape challenge built around a realistic workplace scenario. Working in small…
Topic/Track: Higher EducationLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
607: Use Motivation Science to Power Learning
We can create the best learning experiences in the world but it won't matter if learners aren't motivated to learn. And even if they do learn, they also need to be motivated to take action…
Topic/Track: Instructional DesignLevel: BeginnerFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
608: From Engagement to ROI: Proving the Business Impact of Customer Education
Customer education teams are under increasing pressure to prove their value, yet many still rely on engagement and completion metrics that don’t resonate with executive stakeholders. The result? Programs that drive real impact but struggle…
Topic/Track: Customer EducationLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
609: Increase Engagement Through Cinematic Storytelling in Adult Learning
Why can we effortlessly track complex storylines across seasons of a show, yet struggle to remember a five-minute slide presentation? The problem isn’t attention span. It’s design. Too much corporate learning is structured for information…
Topic/Track: Video & MediaLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
610: Scaling Human-Centered Onboarding with an SMS Chatbot at Norton Healthcare
Norton Healthcare, a Kentucky-based health system with more than 40 clinics and hospitals, hires thousands of employees each year across clinical and non-clinical roles. This raises a key challenge: how do you deliver consistent, high-touch…
Topic/Track: Micro & Workflow LearningLevel: BeginnerFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
611: Ditch the Quiz: Using AI Scenarios to Measure What Your Workforce Can Actually Do
Multiple-choice quizzes tell us what people remember, but they rarely show us what they can actually do. For complex roles, the gap between "knowing" and "doing" is a missed opportunity for growth. While traditional assessments…
Topic/Track: Data & MeasurementLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
613: Use Virtual Classroom Apps to Create Seamless Engagement & Interaction
Do you wish your virtual classroom had more interactive features and better tools? Do you navigate outside of your platform during a class to access more robust programs—like more creative whiteboards, enhanced polling, countdown timers,…
Topic/Track: Virtual & Immersive LearningLevel: BeginnerFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)
614: Boost Performance with AI & Workflow Learning: Turn a Knowledge Base into an Answer Engine
Employees spend significant time each day searching for information rather than applying it. For some, this can approach two hours daily. Traditional knowledge systems return lists of articles and place the burden of searching and…
Topic/Track: Micro & Workflow LearningLevel: Beginner/IntermediateFormat: Standard Session (45 Min.)