Enterprise Learning! Summit 2012 – Where Leaders Meet

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET Opening Keynote: Enterprise 2020: Thriving in the Net-Work Era

Speakers: Jay Cross, principal, Internet Time Alliance, Nick van Dam, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LTD, Karie Willyerd, SuccessFactors, Joe DiDonato, Elearning! Media Group

“The 21st century is an entirely new ballgame. The rules have changed. Business leaders need to embrace it”. – Jay Cross

In this session, you will meet three of the best minds in enterprise learning. Each has penned recent books on the future workplace and each has a different perspective on how you should be re-tooling your skills for Enterprise 2020.
In this session, Joe DiDonato, editor at large, EMG hosts:

• Jay Cross, principal, Internet Time Alliance, author of The Working Smarter Fieldbook
• Nick van Dam, CLO Global Talent, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, and author of NextLearning, Unwrapped
• Karie Willyerd, CLO, SuccessFactors, co-author of The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract Tomorrow’s Employees Today

During this lively panel discussion you will hear how to prepare for the social network era, critical talent shortages, and the new rules of leadership. Be prepared, these experts won’t all agree. Come ready to re-think your own paradigms and take the first step on the road to Enterprise 2020. (Speakers will be available during the Summit for one-on-one dialogues as well as scheduled meet and greets.)

Nick van Dam If ever there was a man to take to heart the phrase “you learn something new every day,” it’s Nick van Dam. As the global chief learning officer for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and advisor to the Deloitte Consulting LLP Human Capital practice, Nick has a passion for knowledge. He is an idea generator, a visionary, a consultant and a thought leader. As an internationally recognized consultant and thought leader in learning and human resources development, Nick has written articles and has been quoted by Bizz magazine, BusinessWeek, The Financial Times, FORTUNE and T+D magazine, among others. He has authored and co-authored a number of books, including The e-Learning Fieldbook, The Business Impact of e-Learning, 25 Best Practices in Learning & Talent Development and most recently, NextLearning Unwrapped. He is founder and chairperson of e-Learning for Kids Foundation, which is a global nonprofit foundation that provides schools and children around the world with free Internet-based courseware. Nick is a graduate of the Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam, with a bachelor’s degree in economics and pedagogy. He holds a master’s degree in organization and management from the Universiteit van Amsterdam. He earned his doctorate degree in business administration at Nyenrode Business University , Breukelen, The Netherlands.

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET Closing Keynote: One Step for Mankind, One Giant Leap for Education

Speaker: Leland Melvin, Astranaut and U.S. Rep., NASA

Leland Melvin talks about his team’s strategy to improve NASA's education offerings, while at the same time helping to usher in a new era of opportunity to inspire our next generation of explorers.

"My passion for education was inspired by my parents, who were both middle school teachers," Melvin said. "I witnessed the direct impact that educators can have in a community and on an individual's destiny. NASA's people, programs and resources are unparalleled. Our unique assets are poised to engage students, to captivate their imagination and to encourage their pursuit of STEM-related studies that are so vital to their future. This is an exciting challenge and I am ready to work with Administrator Bolden, my colleagues at NASA, our partners, and students across the country to usher in a new era of opportunity to inspire that next generation of explorers."

Join this session and hear Melvin’s inspiring story as well as the new challenges we face to advance STEM Education. Discover how you and your organization can partner to advance education across all levels of learners.

Leland Melvin Melvin serves on the White House National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education, or CoSTEM. CoSTEM coordinates the STEM education activities and programs for all federal agencies, encourages the teaching of innovation and entrepreneurship and develops and implements a five-year STEM education strategy for all federal agencies.  He is the United States representative on the International Space Education Board, or ISEB, a global collaboration in space education between NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the Centre National d'Études Spatiales. The ISEB shares best practices and unites efforts to foster interest in space, science and technology among the student community worldwide. Leland Melvin holds his BS in Chemistry from the University of Richmond; was drafted by the NFL to the Detroit Lions, and then later spent time with the Dallas Cowboys and the Toronto Argonauts; served as a mission specialist in NASA’s astronaut corps on two space shuttle missions: STS-122 in 2008 and STS-129 in 2009; and now heads up the Office of Education at NASA.

Wednesday, March 21st , 2012

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM ET Closing Keynote: The Courage to Lead

Speaker: Dave Carey, U.S. Navy, retired former, Director U.S. Navy Leadership & Management Training School

Dave Carey uniquely inspires you.

As a Navy pilot during the Vietnam war, Dave’s aircraft was destroyed over North Vietnam by a surface-to-air missile. He spent five and one half years as a P.O.W. in the infamous “Hanoi Hilton.” This experience taught him timeless lessons that have application in all of our lives.

From this experience, Dave helps people better understand how to overcome challenges in their own lives; to have the courage to lead. He empowers other to overcome seemingly insurmountable difficulties to gain a renewed sense of purpose, perspective, satisfaction and control over their circumstances. Just when you thought it was too much, Dave will inspire you to turn the challenge on its head. Hear how Dave taught fellow prisoners to speak French to evade control of the guards.

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet with one of America’s true heroes, Dave Carey.

Dave Carey As a motivational speaker, Dave relates his story as a P.O.W. to help people better understand the prison-like aspects they may experience in their personal and professional lives. Told with intensity and humor, he inspires others. Dave also coaches individuals and groups for business and personal growth. He served as Director of Development for the SYMLOG Consulting Group and has been an adjunct staff instructor at the Center for Creative Leadership. His programs on value-centered leadership, team building and organizational development are powerful, practical, and filled with performance improving content. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Dave is a retired Navy Captain. He was three times a Commanding Officer and the Director of the Navy’s premiere site for leadership and management training. Among Captain Carey’s military awards are the Legion of Merit, five Bronze Stars, two Meritorious Service Medals, the Purple Heart, eight Air Medals, and the Navy Commendation Medal.