The
Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD) is
pleased to have been selected by IFTDO to host the IFTDO
World Conference in 2009. We promise to offer a world-class
event in a world-class city. The conference will take
place in Toronto, Canada’s largest city, on the
shores of beautiful Lake Ontario. Toronto is a city built
with and for the limitless imaginations of the people
who come here to live and those who come to visit. Toronto
engages your imagination with an experience unlike any
the world over.
Canada Welcomes the World!
Join CSTD and IFTDO for 4 days of learning, engaging
and networking with training and development professionals
from across Canada and around the globe! An incomparable
program offered in one of the world's most vibrant
and multi-cultural cities - the 2009 CSTD and
IFTDO World Conference is the professional development
opportunity you don't want to miss! Join in numerous
social and networking opportunities like the President's
Awards Dinner and Gala on Thursday, October 22nd
and you'll connect with your industry peers in
a fun and dynamic way. Return home with new contacts,
solutions, strategies, and techniques to help
you and your organization achieve your goals.
Keynote
Sessions:
LGen (Ret'd) The Hon. Roméo Dallaire,
Former Commander of UN Forces in Rwanda
A
decorated Lieutenant General, a true hero and
an outspoken leader for the 21st century, Dallaire
served 35 years with the Canadian Armed Forces.
His best-selling book, Shake Hands With the evil,
is aD stirring account of his experience as the
Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance
Mission to Rwanda, which exposes the failures
of the international community to stop the worst
genocide in the 20th century.
Hear his views on leadership in times of crisis.
Peter M. Senge, Ph.D., Senior
Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peter M. Senge is the founding chair of the Society
for Organizational Learning (SoL), a global community
of corporations, researchers, and consultants
dedicated to the "interdependent development of
people and their institutions."
He is the author of the widely acclaimed book,
The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of
The Learning Organization (1990, revised edition
published 2006).
Dr. Senge has lectured extensively throughout
the world. His work articulates a cornerstone
position of human values in the workplace; namely,
that vision, purpose, reflectiveness, and systems
thinking are essential if organizations are to
realize their potential.
Research to Practice Day - October 20
Research to Practice Day will provide you with the
results of the most recent research pertaining to
the workplace learning space directly from the experts
behind the studies.
Following a keynote by Allison Rossett, PhD of San
Diego State University, you'll hear about:
•
Human Performance Improvement from Harold
Stolovitch, PhD from HSA Learning & Performance
Solutions LLC
•
eLearning with Traci Sitzmann, PhD from the
Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Laboratory
•
Informal Learning with Christine Wihak of
Thomson Rivers University
•
Learning Evaluation with "Government Policies
and Workplace Learning" with Paul Bélanger from
Université du Québec à
Montréal
•
Learning Evaluation from Kenneth Brown, PhD
from University of Iowa
The Thought Leaders Series - October 20-22
This lecture track will provide you with valuable
insights from industry and business leaders like
Allison Rossett, PhD, Marc J. Rosenberg, PhD,
Patti Shank, PhD, Ahmed Al Banna, PhD and more.
Discover the latest in learning technologies,
measurement and evaluation, leadership and coaching,
directly from some of the world's best. These
9 one-hour sessions presented over 3 days are
packed full of valuable information that you won't
want to miss - hear directly from the researchers,
authors and thinkers who have their fingers on
the pulse of the training and development industry
today. The Thought Leaders series will also feature
panel discussions on some of the biggest challenges
currently faced by learning professionals in the
workplace. An unparalleled program offered over
three days - you'll want to include the Thought
Leaders Series in your conference plans!
Concurrent Sessions - October 21-22
A complete program of workshops, lectures and case
studies will be presented on the issues facing training
and development professionals today. Learn from
the past experiences and mistakes of your colleagues
in the field in such topics as:
· Performance Improvement
· Leadership and Change
· Facilitation and Instruction
· Managing the Learning
Function
· Training Design
· Research
· Measurement and Evaluation
· Coaching and Mentoring
Concurrent Sessions - October 21-22
Make the most of your trip to Toronto by adding
on one of these timely and relevant Workshops presented
by the best in the industry.
Choose from one of the following topics:
· " Harold Stolovitch -
Telling ain't Training! - presented
in partnership with ASTD
· " Dr. Iris Furstenberg
- Innovative Thinking: How to Achieve Exceptional
Results in Your
Organization
- presented in partnership with SHRM
· " Phil LeNir and Beverly
Patwell - Coaching Ourselves: A Unique Approach
to Leading Change in
Uncertain Times based on the work
of Dr. Henry Mintzberg
Announcing
The 39th IFTDO Conference
Date:
April 20-23, 2010 Venue:
London, England. Host:
Chartered Institute Of Personnel
& Development Web: www.cipd.co.uk
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