
801 Step into the Future for a Q&A with Our Panel Experts
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Thursday, February 16
Step into the Future for a Q&A with Our Panel Experts
Interested in knowing how learning and technology are changing today, and what that change means for the future?
In this closing panel session for the Future of Learning Summit, moderator Mark Britz will be joined by several of our Summit speakers, who will provide a deeper look at where organizational learning is going. You will learn how their unique areas of understanding intertwine with the others, forming an exciting, holistic look at how learning and performance will change in the years to come. The microphones will also be opened to attendees, allowing you to ask questions of the panel and share your own thoughts.

Marc Rosenberg
President
Marc Rosenberg and Associates
Marc Rosenberg is a leading authority and author in training, organizational learning, eLearning, knowledge management, and performance improvement. He has written two best-selling books, E-Learning: Strategies for Delivering Knowledge in the Digital Age and Beyond E-Learning: Approaches and Technologies to Enhance Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Performance. “Marc My Words,” his collection of over 100 columns from 2010 through 2018, is archived online in The eLearning Guild’s magazine Learning Solutions. Marc is past president and honorary life member of the International Society for Performance Improvement, has spoken at the White House, debated eLearning’s future at Oxford University, authored over 50 articles, and is frequently quoted in major trade publications. Marc was awarded the Guild Master Award in 2013 for his accomplishments and contributions to the eLearning community.

Nick Floro
Learning Architect & CEO
Sealworks Interactive Studios
Nick Floro is the president of Sealworks Interactive Studios. Nick has over 25 years of experience developing eLearning solutions, applications, and web platforms. He has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies to help them understand the technology and develop innovative solutions to help their teams and customer base. Nick has won several awards from Apple and Fortune 500 organizations for productions and services. He is passionate about how design and technology can enhance learning and loves to share his knowledge and experience to teach, inspire, and motivate participants.

Robert Gadd
President
OnPoint Digital
Robert Gadd is president of OnPoint Digital and responsible for the company’s vision and strategy. OnPoint’s online and mobile-enabled offerings support more than one million workers and include innovative methods for content authoring, conversion, and delivery extended with social interactions, gamification, and enterprise-grade security for workers on their device or platform of choice. Prior to OnPoint, Robert spent 10 years as CTO of Datatec Systems and president/CTO of spin-off eDeploy.com. He is a frequent speaker on learning solutions—including mobile, informal learning, xAPI, and gamification—at national and international T&D conferences.

Koreen Pagano
Product Management Director
D2L
Koreen Pagano, a product management director at D2L, is passionate about technology for organizational learning, with an emphasis on performance improvement and behavior change. She holds an MS in curriculum and instruction from Penn State University. In 2008, Koreen founded Tandem Learning, where she pioneered immersive learning in organizations by leveraging virtual worlds, games, and simulations. As director, enterprise product at Lynda.com and LinkedIn, she led the product vision for self-directed learning. Koreen is on the advisory board for emerging tech companies SilVR Thread and HelloYello. She is author of the blog Learning in Tandem and the book Immersive Learning.

Charles Jennings
CEO
Duntroon Associates & Co-founder, 70:20:10 Institute
Charles Jennings is considered a thought-leader in the world of corporate learning and performance. His career spans more than 30 years in learning and technology. He was Professor and Head of the U.K. National Centre for Network-based Learning at Southampton Business School, and for the past 18 years has held senior corporate roles, most recently as Chief Learning Officer at Reuters and Thomson Reuters, the world’s largest multimedia information company. In 2008, the U.K. World of Learning honored Charles with the “Outstanding Contribution to the Learning Industry” award. He is also a Principal with The Internet Time Alliance.

Mark Britz
Sr. Manager, Programming
The eLearning Guild
Mark is Sr. Manager, Programming for the eLearning Guild. Prior to joining he had worked over 15 years designing and managing learning solutions with organizations such as Smartforce, Pearson Digital Learning, the SUNY Research Foundation, Aspen Dental Management, and Systems Made Simple. His regional consultancy, ThruWork, helps businesses achieve the benefits of becoming more connected & collaborative. Mark regularly presents and writes on his The Simple Shift blog about the use of social media for learning, collaborative networks, and organizational design.

Rachel Happe
Co-Founder and Principal
The Community Roundtable
Rachel Happe is a co-founder and principal at The Community Roundtable, which she co-founded to support business leaders developing their community, collaboration, and social business strategies. Rachel has more than 20 years of experience working with emerging technologies, including enterprise social networking, eCommerce, and enterprise software applications, and specializes in making sense of abstract trends and seeing the implications that technical and operational decisions can have on people and processes. Rachel has served as a product executive at Mzinga, Bitpass, and IDe, and as IDC’s first analyst covering social technologies. She started her business career as an analyst at PRTM.