NZATD Conference 2018

16 & 17 May 2018 • Waipuna Hotel

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16 May
17 May

Registrations

07:30 AM 08:30 AM

Powhiri & Welcome

08:30 AM 09:00 AM

Keynote 1

09:00 AM 10:00 AM

Morning Tea in Trade Exhibit area

10:00 AM 10:45 AM

Session 1

10:45 AM 11:25 AM

Break between sessions

11:25 AM 11:40 PM

Session 2

11:40 AM 12:20 PM

Lunch in Trade Exhibit Area

12:20 PM 01:20 PM

Keynote 2

01:20 PM 02:20 PM

Break between sessions

02:20 PM 02:35 PM

Session 3

02:35 PM 03:15 PM

Afternoon Tea in Trade Exhibit area

03:15 PM 04:00 PM

Keynote 3

04:00 PM 05:00 PM

Wine & Cheese Party in Trade Exhibit area

05:00 PM 06:00 PM

Awards Dinner

06:30 PM 10:30 PM

Registrations

08:00 AM 09:00 AM

Keynote 4

09:00 AM 10:00 AM

Morning Tea in Trade Exhibit area

10:00 AM 10:45 AM

Keynote 5

10:45 AM 11:45 AM

NZATD AGM (NZATD members) / Break (non members)

11:45 AM 12:00 PM

Lunch in Trade Exhibit area

12:00 PM 12:45 PM

Session 4

12:45 PM 01:25 PM

Break between sessions

01:25 PM 01:40 PM

Session 5

01:40 PM 02:20 PM

Afternoon Tea in Trade Exhibit area

02:20 PM 03:05 PM

Keynote 6

03:05 PM 04:05 PM

Conference Closing

04:05 PM 04:15 PM

Optimism

Platinum

Cathy Moore

Internationally Recognised Training Designer

Let's save the world from boring training!

Ian Williamson

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Commerce

Victoria University of Wellington

Jane Bozarth

Elearning Coordinator

North Carolina Office of State

Nigel Paine

L&D Technology, Innovation & Change Master

NigelPaine.com

Patti Phillips

CEO

ROI Institute

Paul Matthews

Managing Director

People Alchemy Ltd

Sussan Ockwell

Founder & Director

Optimism

Cathy Moore

Internationally Recognised Training Designer

Let's save the world from boring training!

Cathy is an internationally recognised training designer dedicated to saving the world from boring instruction. She’s a passionate advocate for improving business performance by respecting and deeply challenging people.

“Cathy is an extraordinary force in the eLearning community.”
— Allen Partridge, Adobe

Her advice and designs have been used by organisations that include Microsoft, Pfizer, the US Army, Barclays, and the US Department of the Interior. She’s the creator of the action mapping model of training design used to improve performance by companies worldwide.

A fun speaker, Cathy has presented her ideas for improving instructional design in the US, Australia, UK, Argentina, and Brazil. She’s also an in-demand webinar presenter with an irreverent style.

Cathy’s writing and design have won awards, and she’s served as a design competition judge. Through her blog, she shares ideas with more than 15,000 international subscribers.

http://blog.cathy-moore.com/

Ian Williamson

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Commerce

Victoria University of Wellington

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Commerce
Victoria Business School, Victoria University of Wellington

Ian O. Williamson is the Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Business School at Victoria University, Wellington (New Zealand). Prior to joining Victoria University, he served on the faculties of the Melbourne Business School (Australia), Rutgers Business School (USA), the Zurich Institute of Business Education (Switzerland), the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia). He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) and a bachelor’s degree in business from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio USA).

Prof. Williamson’s is a globally recognised expert in the area of human resource management. His research examines the impact of “talent pipelines” on organisational and community outcomes. In particular, his research focuses on how human and social capital influences firm operational and financial outcomes, talent management in the context of new ventures and growth-oriented firms, the role of human resource practices in driving firm innovation and the impact of social issues on firm outcomes.

Prof. Williamson’s research has been published in several leading academic journals (e.g., Academy of Management Journal, MIT Sloan Management Review, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology) and has been covered by several leading media outlets across the world. He has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Academy Management Review, Academy of Management Education and Learning, Journal of Management and Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal and Journal of Management.

Williamson is a past recipient of the Academy of Management (AOM) Education Division best paper award for his research on high performing teams and the AOM Human Resource Division best paper award for his research on the effect of employee mobility on firm performance. He is a recipient of the AOM Best Practices Mentoring Award for his role as the founding President of the Management Faculty of Color Association (MFCA). Williamson is also a recipient of the AOM Ralph Alexander Best Dissertation Award for his research examining the top management team (TMT) selection decisions of Fortune 500 firms. He also received the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award.

A passionate educator Professor Williamson has been recognised for his innovative approaches to business education. He is a past recipient of the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business Krowe Teaching Award, the Melbourne Business School Senior Executive MBA Teaching Award, the University of Melbourne Award for Excellence and Innovation in Indigenous Higher Education and the Business/Higher Education Round Table CPA Australia/ABDC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Business Education Collaboration.

Williamson has provided consulting services in over 20 countries across six continents in the areas of strategic human resource management, managing organizational innovation, employee recruitment and retention, and executive coaching for organizations such as Accenture, ANZ, Australian Council for Educational Leaders, Bunnings, BHP Billiton, Clemenger, CSR, Etihad Airlines, Fletcher Buildings, Kiwi Bank, Pacific Brands, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Lockheed Martin, NAB, Nestle, News Corp, Petronas, Sensis, Sussan Group, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Vision Australia and Urbis. Williamson has served on the board of advisors for the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA) and the not-for-profit organisation Leave No Veteran Behind.

Jane Bozarth

Elearning Coordinator

North Carolina Office of State

Jane Bozarth is a veteran classroom trainer who transitioned to eLearning in the late 1990s and has never looked back. As leader of the State of North Carolina’s award-winning eLearning program, Jane specializes in finding low-cost ways of providing online training solutions. She is the author of many books, including eLearning Solutions on a Shoestring, Social Media for Trainers, and Show Your Work: The Payoffs and How-To's of Working Out Loud. Jane holds a doctorate in training and development and is the recipient of the North Carolina State University Distinguished Faculty Award, the eLearning Guild Guild Master Award, and the National Association of State Personnel Executives Rooney Award for Innovative Practice in Government.

https://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/authors/293/jane-bozarth

Nigel Paine

L&D Technology, Innovation & Change Master

NigelPaine.com

Nigel Paine is a change-focused leader with a worldwide reputation and a unique grasp of media, learning and development in the public, private and academic sectors.

He has extensive experience in leadership and consultancy with public service broadcasters, SMEs, global industry players, government and education institutions.

Nigel focuses on the use of learning technologies, organisational development, leadership and creativity with a spotlight on maximising human potential, innovation and performance in the workplace. Nigel is a strategic thinker, able to motivate, lead and drive organisations forward to deliver business and training objectives.

Nigel has been involved in corporate learning for over twenty years. In the past, he has produced learning software, CD Roms and multimedia materials, and more recently, offered development and support to companies large and small in over 30 countries around the world.
He was appointed in April 2002 to head up the BBC’s Learning and Development operation. Under his leadership, the team developed a brand-new on-boarding experience, a comprehensive leadership development programme for over 6,000 staff, an award-winning intranet, and state of the art informal learning and knowledge sharing networks.

He left the BBC in September 2006 to start his own company that is focused on building great workplaces by promoting creativity, innovation, values based-leadership and learning and the link between them.

He speaks regularly at conferences around the world, and teaches on a doctoral programme at the University of Pennsylvania and for Chicago Booth Business School. His first book for Kogan Page is called, The Learning Challenge: Dealing with Technology, Innovation and Change in Learning and Development. It was published in September 2014. His new book, for the same publisher, on Building Leadership Development Programmes That Work was published in November 2016. He is currently working on a new book re-examining learning organisations and learning culture. He recently co-authored an eBook introduction to Neuroscience for Learning.

He has a Professorship from Napier University in Edinburgh, and is a Fellow of the CIPD, LPI, the RSA and a Masie Learning Fellow in the USA. He presents a monthly TV programme (Learning Now TV), shares a weekly podcast (with Martin Couzins) called From Scratch, and regularly writes articles for magazines and journals about development, technology and leadership.

Nigel has written articles and white papers published on subjects as diverse as ‘Creativity in the Workplace’, ‘Building Corporate Heroes’ and ‘The Future of E-Learning’.

http://www.nigelpaine.com/

Patti Phillips

CEO

ROI Institute

Patti Phillips, Ph.D., President and CEO of ROI Institute, Inc. the leading provider of services for measurement, evaluation, metrics, and analytics. She is a recognised expert in measurement and evaluation. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, federal and state government agencies, and non-governmental organisations. She serves as faculty for the UN System Staff College in Turin, Italy, where she teaches the ROI Methodology and Measurement for Results-Based Management. She also serves as Professor of Practice for The University of Southern Mississippi’s Ph.D. in Human Capital Development program, as Principal Research Fellow at The Conference Board, and on the board of the Center for Talent Reporting. She is the author of numerous books on measurement and evaluation. She travels the world teaching organisations how to implement the ROI Methodology™. Her work has been reported through CNBC, Euronews, The Conference Board and People & Strategy.

http://www.roiinstitute.net/patti-phillips/
http://www.roiinstitute.net/

Paul Matthews

Managing Director

People Alchemy Ltd

People Alchemy’s founder and managing director is Paul Matthews. Paul’s key skill is in making the ideas come alive with stories, and making sure his listeners receive practical tools and tips to take away and implement. He excels at reducing complex theory down to simple concepts and then articulating these in a way that everyone can understand, and more importantly, use to get better results for themselves and their organisations.

Paul is a regular speaker at HR and L&D events and exhibitions covering topics such as harnessing the power of informal learning, capability at work, workplace performance, and how L&D can be effective in these tough times. He is also invited to speak on management and leadership, and how they impact on capability and performance at work.

https://www.peoplealchemy.co.uk/paul-matthews/

Sussan Ockwell

Founder & Director

Optimism

Sussan Ockwell is the founder and director of Optimism Learning Partners.

For over 20 years, Optimism has partnered with NZ’s top corporates to develop their people capability - for current and future requirements. Optimism delivers this through the establishment of capability frameworks and learning strategies, as well as unique integrated and digital learning solutions which build required competence and confidence.

www.Optimism.co.nz

Sussan takes an active role in promoting and developing the learning & development industry through frequent speaking at Australasian seminars and conferences, sponsorship of conferences and Awards, writing of educational articles, creation of NZ’s eLearning Showcase, gifting of pro-bono work, and past involvement on NZATD’s Regional and National committees.

Sussan has an enjoyable presentation style. Her conference sessions are always well-attended and regarded as valuable.