Agenda

ASTD 3rd Annual International Learning & Performance Conference

Linking Talent Management with Business Growth

 

New Dates!

 

March 19-20, 2009: Conference
March 21-22, 2009: Post-Conference Certificate Program

Beijing, China


Thursday, March 19
 

Time

Session

Speakers

09:30 - 10:00

Opening

ASTD

10:00 - 10:45

Opening Keynote

Talent: An Organization’s Key Competitive Advantage

Tony Bingham

ASTD President and CEO, U.S.A.

10:45 -11:15

Tea Break/Networking     

11:15 - 12:00

Keynote

Turning Your Leadership Pipedream into a Pipeline -

Lessons from DDI’s Global  Leadership Forecast

2008-2009

Rich Wellins, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President, DDI, U.S.A.

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch        

13:00 -13:45

Emotionally Intelligent

 Leaders

Leonard Liu

General Manager, Key Consulting, China

13:45 - 14:30

Growth and Facilitating Organizational Change

Mitch Kotula

ASTD Certificate Program Facilitator, U.S.A.

14:30 -15:00

Tea Break/Networking      

15:00 -17:00

ASTD 2008 International Conference & EXPO Sharing

ASTD 2008 Features and

2009 Highlights

 

Main Trends from ASTD 2008

 

 

Learning and Sharing from Conference Participants

Lauren E. Forgacs, M.A.

Director, International Relations, ASTD,  U.S.A.

 

Rich Wellins, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President, DDI, U.S.A.

 

George Gu

L&K Leader, IBM China Global Delivery, China

17:00 - 17:45

(Additional Session)

ASTD Resources for Training and Development Professionals

 

Introduce you to ASTD Certificate Programs, BEST Awards, International Conference and Expo, ASTD Research, Employee Learning Week, and many additional professional resources for your development.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, March 20

Time

 

        Session          

                                         

Speakers

09:00 - 9:15

Opening

ASTD

9:15 - 10:00

Featured Speaker

 

ASTD 2008 State of the Industry Report

 

Jennifer L. Homer, ABC

V.P., External Relations,

ASTD, U.S.A.

 

Lauren E. Forgacs, M.A.

Director, International Relations, ASTD, U.S.A.

10:00 - 10:45

Featured Speaker

 

Motorola Asia: Be a Strategic Partner for Organizational Change

Jenny Yan, Ph.D.

Director of Motorola University,

China

10:45 -11:15

Tea Break/Networking      

11:15 -12:00

Creating Real Business Value with Enterprise Learning 2.0

Li-Chieh Lin

Director, Digital Education Institute, Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch       

13:00 - 13:45

Breakthrough in Competency-Based Training

Best Practices from Korea

Chan Lee, Ph.D.

Professor, Seoul National

University, Korea

13:45 -14:15

Learning Reflection Session

Mark Pixley

Managing Director, Leadership Inc.,

China

14:15 - 14:45

Tea Break/Networking         

14:45 -16:45

 

Corporate University Management Forum

Directors from the leading corporate universities will share with you:

  •  Best practices;
  •  Corporate university establishment and management;
  • How learning can support organizational change
    …and they will answer YOUR questions! 

16:45

Closing

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday – Sunday, March 21-22, 2009

Session

Post-Conference Certificate Program – Facilitating Organizational Change

Facilitator

Mitch Kotula, Facilitator of ASTD Certificate Program, U.S.A.

Time

9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Topics

 

Day 1

 

  • Introduction to Change Management
  • Six Step CHANGE Model
  • Change Agent Characteristics
  • Data Collection
  • Organizational Readiness
  • Qualities of a Change Leader
  • Creating Visions for Change
  • Developing Communication Plans
  • Using Teams to Design an Implementation

 

Day 2

 

  • Reactions to Change