The Tata Interactive Learning Forum (TLF) provides a highly interactive platform for thought leaders across domains to get together, interact and inspire each other.

TLF 2010, the 7th edition of this annual forum, will be an exclusive, invitation-only, 2-day event. The Corporate Track will focus on Improving the Triple Bottom-Line of Training - People, Performance, and Profits.

This year, speakers from companies like Comcast, United Health, Sprint, Northern Trust, Merck, Rogers, and Avaya will share best practices in areas like Collaborative Learning, Leadership Development and Managing the Learning Function as a Business.

Past participants include Abbott Labs, AT&T, Bank of America, Bank of Montreal, BNY Mellon, BT, Caterpillar, CIBC, Cisco, Comcast, Credit Suisse, ICICI, Microsoft, Motorola, Orange, P&G, PNC, RIM/Blackberry, Rogers, Telstra, Telus, US Cellular, Verizon, United Health, and Western Union, among others.

Agenda*: Tata Interactive Learning Forum, Boston
Day 1: September 9, 2010
Time	Session	Speaker
12:00 noon	Welcome and Luncheon	Sanjaya Sharma – CEO, Tata Interactive Systems
1:30 pm	Creating a Lean and Agile Learning Organization	Martha Soehren – Chief Learning Officer, Comcast University
2:05 pm	Panel Discussion – Innovative Approaches to Talent Management	Kenneth Finneran – Chief People Officer, Hellmann Logistics
		Laura Quevedo – VP - HR, Diageo
		Nupur Talwar – Director - HR, Glentel Inc.
2:45 pm	Improving Sales Leadership – A Case Study	Leslie Salyer – VP - Customer Experience, Ovations, UHG
3:20 pm	Coffee Break
3:35 pm	The New High-Impact Learning Organization - How the Role of L&D and CLO Has Dramatically Changed	Josh Bersin – CEO & President, Bersin & Associates
4:15 pm	Aligning Global Learning to Corporate Initiatives	Lucy Dinwiddle – VP - OD, Conagra
		Sonia S. Vora – VP - Global Functional Training
		Dave Vance – Former President, Caterpillar University
4:55 pm	Customer Satisfaction and Improvement, Holistic Approach to People, Performance, and Profit	Dave Fogleman – VP - Sprint University
5:30 pm	Close of Day 1
6:00 pm	Special Event and Dinner
Day 2: September 10, 2010
Time	Session	Speaker
7:30 am	Breakfast and Networking
8:30 am	Managing the Business of Learning	Dave Vance – Former President, Caterpillar University
8:50 am	Culture that Delivers: The Most Important Factor in Improving the Bottom Line	Bob Bennett – Chief Learning Officer, Fedex
9:25 am	Leadership Rotational Programs at PNC	Darryl Spivey – VP - Talent Strategy and Leadership development, PNC Bank
10:00 am	Managing the Learning Portfolio – Differences between Commercial and R&D	John Constantine – Executive Director and Dean - Merck Polytechnic Institute, Merck & Co.
10:35 am	Coffee Break
10:55 am	Increasing Efficiency of a Learning Organization	Tara Deakin – VP - Learning & Enablement, Rogers, Canada
11:30 am	Clashing Leadership Behaviors in a Merger/Acquisition Environment : Redefining the role of L&D	Albert J. Jaramillo, PhD – VP - HR, Talent and Organizational Capability, Pfizer Inc.
11:50 am	Panel Discussion	Pat Crull – Chief Learning Officer, Time Warner Cable
		Bryan Pickett – Senior Director - Global Learning, Avaya
		Karen Freedman – VP - Enterprise Learning, FM Globa
12:30 pm	Lunch & Networking
2:00 pm	Close of Forum. Coaches leave for Boston Logan airport.
*Session details subject to change.

 

 

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