NZATD Conference 2021

Registrations

07:30 AM 08:30 AM Registration Desk

Keynote - The Human Side of Learning

09:00 AM 10:00 AM Banquet 1&2

The Human Side of Learning

Rapidly evolving technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Realities will change how -- and even whether -- humans enact their work. Additional changes, from robotic exoskeletons, genetic engineering, new medications and surgical techniques, and even "supercharged" synthetic blood will actually change the humans themselves. What's happening now with these technologies, and what does the future realistically hold? In this session we'll take a look at emerging tech and talk about what it means to L&D as we face a future of developing an enhanced workforce -- or a non-human one.

Speakers

Jane Bozarth

Director of Research

The eLearning Guild

Keynote - Perform Today, Develop for Tomorrow

10:40 AM 11:40 AM Banquet 1&2

Perform Today, Develop for Tomorrow: Finding the Balance in Modern Workplace Learning

Workplace learning is a strategic balancing act. People need support to do their everyday jobs. But they also have to look to the future and develop the knowledge and skills needed to build their careers. Unfortunately, the hectic realities of everyday work keeps many employees off-balance. This lack of equilibrium causes declines in engagement, increased turnover, poor execution and a general lack of organizational preparedness. To set people up for long-term success, L&D must re-imagine their approach and strike a balance between performance and development.

Speakers

JD DIllon

Chief Learning Architect

Axonify

Power Up Your People!

11:50 AM 12:30 PM TBC

Great people can choose who they want to work for, and it’s a constant battle for organisations to attract and secure awesome talent - and it’s expensive. So, when those awesome and expensive people start at your organisation and it isn’t what they expected, it’s only a matter of weeks or months before they walk out. Or worse, they stay... but quickly become disheartened and disengaged, and
don't deliver the value that was expected.

If induction is part of your remit, then you need to come to this session to avoid the mistakes that others make, and make sure that you’re able to get the best from the people entrusted to your induction. Learn about the three biggest induction mistakes that organisations make and find out what those mistakes are really costing them. Then find out how other companies have turned it
around so that their induction really does “power up their people”.

You’ll leave this session inspired to make the difference in how you design and deliver induction at your organisation, with the goal of "powering up your people".

Speakers

Sussan Ockwell

Founder & Director

Optimism

How emerging disruptive technologies will transform the face of the LMS and online learning. Is the LMS dead?

11:50 AM 12:30 PM TBC

Would you be courageous enough to recommend the removal of your LMS from your organisation, in return for true learning in the flow of work? What are the local and global trends in online learning?

Have you heard of Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Machine Learning, Cryptocurrency, Deep Learning? Have you considered the impact of these emerging technologies on the way learners will learn at work? Want to see the latest examples of how these technologies are being used to provide online learning?

This session will answer the following questions:

Artificial Intelligence, how is it really being used in the LMS market. Reality or marketing hype?
What’s the difference between machine learning and deep learning and how it it related to the future of online learning?
How could you use IoT to create really immersive learning experiences without a large budget? A case study.
What is the national and global skills shortages and how can you fill them. A case study.
Without true innovation in the LMS market in the last 15-20 years what could the future be utilising emerging disruptive technologies?

Rustica will share her Masters (of Future Technologies) project centred on a new way of online learning utilising blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Speakers

Rustica Lamb

Founder

Bloom Learning Technologies & LMS Brokers

Building Organisational Agility using the latest scientific findings in Organisational Learning and OrgDev Automation

11:50 AM 12:30 PM TBC

L&D is challenged to keep pace with the pace of change in our increasingly technology and AI driven world. We all experience and talk about the pace of change with industries being disrupted and roles disappearing and new roles being created.

In L&D the responsibility sits with us to prepare our people and organisation to keep pace with change, and be ready to thrive in roles that don't exist.

While this digital transformation is all around us and changing the way all of our organisations work, we have largely been left with traditional L&D practices complemented by eLearning and MicroLearning that help in certain contexts and the promise of what the next generation of VR/AR learning may bring. However, generally we are left wondering how to assess, train and coach our people and support our leaders to thrive today and be ready for whatever tomorrow looks like.

Paul shares the latest in research and innovation that delivers people-centered solutions to build high performing teams today and tomorrow and agile cultures to thrive in our fast-paced complex (VUCA) environment using OrgDev Automation.

Speakers

Paul Findlay

CEO & Co-founder

Professional Development Training (PDT)

Keynote - Transforming You

01:30 PM 02:30 PM Banquet 1&2

Transforming You

Learning and Development professionals can be so busy designing and running Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for everyone else that their own development can get neglected. It's important that we don't just organise CPD, but also model and inspire it.

In this engaging and interactive session you'll explore a framework to reflect on, design and plan professional development for your careers most important asset - you!

Speakers

Neil Von Heupt

Senior Learning Designer

Social Media College

Engage Managers of Learners – Fast and Simple

02:40 PM 03:20 PM TBC

Managers of learners are an untapped resource in the quest to transform workplace learning. When managers of learners are brought into the development journey they lift the application of learning on the job by their team member(s).

When we deliver a fast and simple experience for managers and their team members; one that is better than they expected, we increase the opportunity for them to repeat it and over time integrate the techniques and tools into the way they approach developing all of their staff.

By keeping it simple, we ensure this approach can be applied by organisations of any size.

Shaun will share the ‘journey of reduction’ – engaging managers of learners in the learning journey but doing so in a way that minimises the time & energy they need to invest. During the session he will share some highlights of the research that influenced the thinking, along with some prototypes and lessons learned along the way.

Audience members will be given a set of resources (demo learning course material, ONE30 model, manager coaching scripts) and work in groups (or at tables) to create a high-level design of a 1-Up Manager engagement experience.

The Q&A will explore the challenges each group faced in creating their design along with addressing broader questions from the audience on engaging managers of learners in the development journey.

Speakers

Shaun Sheldrake

Director

Growability

Transforming Workplace Learning Through Technology

02:40 PM 03:20 PM TBC

Like all providers of workplace training and development, The Skills Group must rise to the challenges posed by the changing world of work and the accompanying shift in student and employer expectations.

Skills initiative Tradestart, which is in the final stages of development, meets many of these challenges, aligning with the Government’s vision of future-focussed learning that is inclusive, equitable and connected. Tradestart is a game-based assessment tool that will provide an accessible, flexible, engaging and efficient assessment of four Health and Safety Unit Standards. The game-based assessment format of Tradestart is designed to reduce the barriers posed by distance, time, numeracy and literacy.challenges, disengagement, cost and more. Initially targeting new trainees and apprentices, Skills aims to utilise games-based learning and assessment wherever it is beneficial to learners, industry, and employers.

Partnership is key however: Skills has a history of working with stakeholders to develop the best outcomes possible and Tradestart is an example of this. The Skills Group would like the opportunity to present both Tradestart as well as another exciting initiative being developed by Joy Business Academy (JBA) in consultation with us. Through collaboration, JBA is developing virtual reality training solutions with all of the benefits of Tradestart and more – immersive, experiential, efficient and accessible whilst maintaining the integrity of the learning and assessment journey.

Skills and JBA would like to give attendees the opportunity to hear, see, and experience these exciting innovations in workplace learning and development.

Speakers

Rebecca Hampton & James Coddington

The Skills Group & Joy Business Academy

Building the leaders of tomorrow- converging human and digital roadmaps

02:40 PM 03:20 PM TBC

It's time to challenge the way we view leadership skills and learning- to move away from educational programs in classrooms to supporting our leaders with an optimal environment that creates high-performance teams.

We at the Douglas Learning Academy believe in the 5 Cs of leadership - clarity, connecting with curiosity, continuous learning, coaching and celebrating- the skills that will help us navigate a VUCA world with awareness, authenticity, and agility.

A culture of success can be engendered by empowering our senior and middle-level managers to lead the leaders; by giving time for leadership to our frontline leaders; by giving organizational permission to our scientists, analysts and operators to balance regulatory requirements with the practice of dissent, challenging the status quo and deliberate risks.

Our learning pathways over the last 2 years have focussed on building these skills for the future across all levels. We would love the opportunity to present our learning, challenges and next steps at the conference.

Speakers

Nish Pai

Head of Douglas Learning Academy

Douglas Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Keynote - Developing a Transformational Mindset and Skillset

04:00 PM 05:00 PM Banquet 1&2

Developing a Transformational Mindset and Skillset

How can you equip yourself as a learning professional with the mindset and skillset required to transform workplace learning? What can you do to equip your entire learning team? Explore these questions in this practical session with Michelle Ockers using benchmarking, case studies and her experience building the capability of learning teams.

Key Takeaways:

1) Explore the mindset and skillset learning professionals and teams require to transformation workplace learning

2) Reflect on your current mindset and skills and identify steps to better equip yourself

3) Learn how to develop the team capability required to succeed with transformation

Speakers

Michelle Ockers

Organisational Learning Strategist

& Independent L&D Professional

Keynote - Learning in the Future of Work

08:30 AM 09:30 AM Banquet 1&2

Learning in the Future of Work

"You'll have to reinvent your job sooner than you think, more often than you'd like."

This reminder from Arun Pradhan reflects our digitally-driven period of accelerated change. It's a time where life-long careers are being replaced with lifelong learning, and the need to adapt and be agile has taken centre stage.

This session identifies key trends in the future of work that will impact on us and our organisation, asking what's changed and what hasn't. From there it will deep dive into several evidence-based strategies to develop and augment ourselves and our audiences.

Speakers

Arun Pradhan

Founder

Learn2LearnApp.com

Our Agile Story - winning hearts & minds

10:10 AM 10:50 AM TBC

How do you develop a learning programme for a whole organisation in 4 weeks? In 2019, Vodafone went through a large-scale agile transformation. As a Learning Team, we had to prepare people for this change, enable the right mindset and stimulate curiosity. With a month in hand, we had to complete our learning design on speed ... and what better way but to apply agile principles to our own development and learning process. From interactives expos, to self-directed learning; from marketing methods to build interest to using real-life ‘fail fast’ stories to showcase our transformation. We’d love to share our story & experience on the part learning places in changing the hearts and minds of people during large scale transformations.

Speakers

James Scoggins & Gina Devanand

Vodafone NZ

Robotics and AI - How L&D can support workplace transformation

10:10 AM 10:50 AM TBC

Our workplaces are changing. more and more new technologies are transforming how people work and the skills they need to keep up to date. his session will describe how automation, through robotics and artificial intelligence, is changing the types of jobs within the transport and maritime sectors and how learning and development has been key to prepare staff for a very different future. Both existing and new learning methodologies have been used to create a blend that caters for a range of learning styles, literacy levels, and cultural considerations, all designed within a strategic framework focused on the future of work.

Speakers

Diane Edwards

General Manager People, Systems and Technology

Ports of Auckland

The Ramifications of Gamification

10:10 AM 10:50 AM TBC

Ready, set, go! You're off exploring the new task or topic and the clock is ticking. The screen is a vibrant maze of interactive excitement and your scores are mounting up. You can see you are way ahead of the office ‘average time spent’ and you’re at the top of the scoreboard. YAY! But, look around, is everyone learning? Is everyone enjoying the process? Back on the job, how will you apply the outputs of the game?

This evidence-based session will look at the successes and merits of gamification and some of the opportunities to enhance learning by addressing potential flaws. A review of the motivators for adults and how these are met in gamification will be covered along with quick reference to the theories that underpin this learning process. We’ll touch on the cognitive demands and implications of the gaming processes and how these can be strengthened.

The key component of the session will be on the importance of ensuring an evaluative approach is used that checks more than the ‘time taken’, ‘screens viewed’, ‘clicks made’ and ‘scores achieved’. Are learners empowered to get back to the job and perform with excellence?

By the end of the session you will be able to:

Identify key requirements to promote gamification success
Plan ways to balance ‘on task gaming’ and ‘on job learning’
Monitor and measure the post-game results

Speakers

Helen McPhun

Education Director

Learn Plus Ltd

RoVE Panel DIscussion

11:00 AM 12:00 PM Banquet 1&2

The Review of Vocational Education (RoVE): progress and moving forward. Panel discussion.

A panel representing Government, private training enterprises, tertiary and industry training organisations will be discussing the impact, now and in the future, of the RoVE and taking questions from the floor.

Keynote - Deploying AI Chatbots for Learning Transfer – Impact and Insights

01:00 PM 02:00 PM Banquet 1&2

Deploying AI Chatbots for Learning Transfer – Impact and Insights

Coach M, a learning transfer coaching chatbot, is navigating unchartered territory! Learn how to incorporate AI in your learning transfer through the Coach M journey.

How can you start integrating emerging technology into your learning initiatives?

Could using AI for impact and insights help you deliver and demonstrate outcomes your organization needs and wants?

Join Emma Weber, learning transfer expert, as she shares real client examples and lessons learned from integrated AI into a proven approach to learning transfer.

5 key lessons learned from deploying chatbot for learning transfer

Challenge your beliefs and assumptions of what’s possible now with AI through insights from real client experiences

Explore behind-the-scenes from three different organizations’ approaches to learning transfer using AI across pharmaceuticals, financial services and retail

Speakers

Emma Weber

CEO & Founder

Lever - Transfer of Learning

Closing The Loop - Giving Leadership Learning a Backbone

02:10 PM 02:50 PM TBC

We'll explore how our team has given the traditional L&D function a backbone by using data-driven decision-making, established (non-clinical) leadership competency frameworks, and user-experience and process mapping to ensure that every person in our organisation has access to anytime, anywhere learning that's just right for them - right now. We'll also explore where we've succeeded and where we haven't, and what we're doing to grow from our experiences.

Speakers

Joshua Dickson

Organisational Design Specialist

Canterbury & West Coast District Health Boards

Make your own chatbot coach

02:10 PM 02:50 PM TBC

In one hour, make your own chatbot coach. In this BYOL session, you will use a cheap and intuitive chat tool to design coaching support for our training session. See how you can offer choices on reviewing content, word questions for reflection and schedule follow up to see how learners are going with achieving goals.

Speakers

Jacinta Penn

Director & Instructional Designer

Workbright Ltd

Learning as Games in the Ludic Century

02:10 PM 02:50 PM TBC

Learners are more familiar with interactive systems than ever. Therefore, it is ever more advantageous to transform workplaces in gameful ways, leveraging how game-like systems engage and provides paths to mastery. And in the process, judge why and when to use gameful elements, and how the structure of a game can work for or against learning outcomes.

In this session, you'll get a brief rundown on why gameful elements are more relevant than ever for workplace learning, build a basic vocabulary around why game experiences are a mix of extrinsic and intrinsic motivators, and get a taste of building a game structure that is - and is not - aligned with some learning outcomes.

Speakers

Richard Durham

Curriculum Development Manager & Director of Play

University of Auckland & Wondertree Studio

Keynote - Modern Workplace Learning: Building a Continuous Learning Environment Ready for the Future

03:30 PM 04:30 PM Banquet 1&2

Modern Workplace Learning: Building a Continuous Learning Environment Ready for the Future

The rapidly changing workplace means that continuous learning is now an economic imperative. However, in organisations this doesn’t just mean providing continuous training but enabling workers to take more responsibility for their own continuous learning and development. This involves L&D teams having a new relationship with the business, working with managers and their teams to enable and support continuous learning at work. In this keynote Jane will talk about what this looks like in practice.

Speakers

Jane Hart

Author & Founder

Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies

NZATD Conference 2021

Sponsors

Speakers

Schedule

Registrations

Powhiri Welcoming Ceremony & Opening Address

Keynote - The Human Side of Learning

Morning Tea in Trade Exhibit area

Keynote - Perform Today, Develop for Tomorrow

Short 10-min break between sessions

Power Up Your People!

How emerging disruptive technologies will transform the face of the LMS and online learning. Is the LMS dead?

Building Organisational Agility using the latest scientific findings in Organisational Learning and OrgDev Automation

Lunch in Trade Exhibit Area

Keynote - Transforming You

Short 10-min break between sessions

Engage Managers of Learners – Fast and Simple

Transforming Workplace Learning Through Technology

Building the leaders of tomorrow- converging human and digital roadmaps

Afternoon Tea in Trade Exhibit area

Keynote - Developing a Transformational Mindset and Skillset

Wine & Cheese in Trade Exhibit area

Conference & L&D Awards Dinner

Keynote - Learning in the Future of Work

Morning Tea in Trade Exhibit area

Our Agile Story - winning hearts & minds

Robotics and AI - How L&D can support workplace transformation

The Ramifications of Gamification

Short 10-min break between sessions

RoVE Panel DIscussion

Lunch

Keynote - Deploying AI Chatbots for Learning Transfer – Impact and Insights

Short 10-min break between sessions

Closing The Loop - Giving Leadership Learning a Backbone

Make your own chatbot coach

Learning as Games in the Ludic Century

Afternoon Tea

Keynote - Modern Workplace Learning: Building a Continuous Learning Environment Ready for the Future

Conference Closing

Sponsors

Exhibitors

Arun Pradhan

04 March

Keynote - Learning in the Future of Work

Emma Weber

04 March

Keynote - Deploying AI Chatbots for Learning Transfer – Impact and Insights

Jane Bozarth

03 March

Keynote - The Human Side of Learning

Jane Hart

04 March

Keynote - Modern Workplace Learning: Building a Continuous Learning Environment Ready for the Future

JD DIllon

03 March

Keynote - Perform Today, Develop for Tomorrow

Michelle Ockers

03 March

Keynote - Developing a Transformational Mindset and Skillset

Neil Von Heupt

03 March

Keynote - Transforming You

Sussan Ockwell

03 March

Power Up Your People!

Shaun Sheldrake

03 March

Engage Managers of Learners – Fast and Simple

Rebecca Hampton & James Coddington

03 March

Transforming Workplace Learning Through Technology

Paul Findlay

03 March

Building Organisational Agility using the latest scientific findings in Organisational Learning and OrgDev Automation

Nish Pai

03 March

Building the leaders of tomorrow- converging human and digital roadmaps

Joshua Dickson

04 March

Closing The Loop - Giving Leadership Learning a Backbone