Leigh Goldstein, Director of the Learning Enhancement and Academic Progress Center (LEAP), School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin

Nicole Manley, Director of LEAP’s Simulation & Skills Center, School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin

Learn more about how UT Austin’s School of Nursing deploys technology in nursing education. Then, tour the training and simulation spaces and try out some of the more-technical approaches, such as the mid/high-fidelity manikins, cardiopulmonary trainer, and a VR program.

NOTE: All Innovations in Training Austin sessions are open only to those who are registered for the full IIT Austin event (registration fee required).

Gray Garmon, Director of the Center for Integrated Design, School of Design and Creative Technologies, University of Texas at Austin

Doreen Lorenzo, Assistant Dean, School of Design and Creative Technologies, University of Texas at Austin

Julie Schell, Assistant Dean for Instructional Continuity and Innovation, School of Design and Creative Technologies, University of Texas at Austin

Discover more about the transformative educational experiences that the University of Texas at Austin School of Design and Creative Technologies provides, and how they partner with industry leaders to develop and facilitate innovative coursework. Plus, learn how design methodology can impact and solve technology outcomes. We will:

• Explore your designer type with a fun, interactive experience.

• Solve a wicked problem using human-centered design.

• Learn and develop ways that design and technology are used to unravel problems.

Lunch included.

NOTE: All Innovations in Training Austin sessions are open only to those who are registered for the full IIT Austin event (registration fee required).

Mike Van Lente, Executive Leader of Global Learning & Development, Whole Foods Market

Laura Sterling, Sr. Team Leader of Global Learning Programs, Whole Foods Market

Erica Keller, Senior Learning Technology Analyst, Whole Foods Market

Joey Wells, Global Specialty Senior Principal Product Development & Innovation Expert, Whole Foods Market

How Fast Can You Onboard as a New Whole Foods Team Member?

We will start our visit to Whole Foods in their flagship store, where you experience a store explore event designed to engage participants in an exercise similar to what Whole Food’s new team members receive to familiarize themselves with Whole Food’s business, differentiators, and core values.

Measuring Learning Impact in a Tech-Challenged Retail Environment

Then, learn more about Whole Food’s blended New Member Connections program and discover how the Whole Foods L&D team developed solutions to overcome implementing and tracking learning insights data within a tech-challenged retail environment that serves 100,000+ team members.

Certifying Expert Knowledge for the Cheese Counter

We will round out the evening with an immersive specialty cheese training, showcasing Whole Food’s innovative Certified Cheese Professionals program that incorporates the basics of cheesemaking and tasting. Then, we get to sample a variety of specialty products, including some of Whole Food’s exclusive products developed by graduates of that program.

We’ll end the evening with dinner.

NOTE: All Innovations in Training Austin sessions are open only to those who are registered for the full IIT Austin event (registration fee required).

REVINAX: Using First Person-View Video in Virtual Reality for Peer-to-Peer Skills Sharing

Maxime Ros, CEO, Revinax
Experience what it's like to really be in the shoes of a surgeon, a nurse, or even a technician. Learn how organizations use Revinax's method to train technical skills while gaining confidence, reducing errors, and increasing performance. Discover how to create better VR content and different models for deploying it.

Innovating Xbox Customer Support with AR at Microsoft

Chuck Sigmund, Sr. L&D Program Manager, Microsoft
Learn how Microsoft is innovating customer support by providing AR-enhanced, moment-of-need content directly to Xbox fans. See how they have completely re-envisioned and redesigned the customer support journey and reduced customer pain time by putting the power of information right in their hands, wherever and whenever they need it.

Pallet Stax: How 3D Printing Miniaturized a Big Problem

Jeff Weaver, Director of Training & OD; Caitlin Allen, Instructional Designer, J.J. Taylor Companies
Teaching warehouse employees to properly stack 25-pound cases of breakable beer is a BIG problem — it’s heavy, dangerous, and slows down production. Learn how the Brew University team solved this challenge — by shrinking it — when you try out their 3D-printed solution! This learning experience is fun, tactical — and successful. Get hands on with this interactive, pallet-building game that teaches a big skill at a small scale.

Nannette Daugherty, Director Operational Training, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

NOTE: All Innovations in Training Austin sessions are open only to those who are registered for the full IIT Austin event (registration fee required).

Delivering Design Education During a Global Pandemic: Lessons Learned

Nicole Umphress, Education Designer, Patterns Program, IBM
Discover how the IBM Patterns Design Education team had to pivot from an immersive, in-person program to an entirely virtual environment in a matter of weeks as the pandemic unfolded — and what elements of this shift will remain going forward.

Using Enterprise Design Thinking to Innovate

Ann Novelli, Senior Design Manager, and Julia Lubarsky, Experience Designer, IBM
Learn about IBM’s practice of Enterprise Design Thinking — their framework for applying a human-centered mindset to complex problems. — and then put this practice to work! Given everything you've seen and heard about physical space and hybrid training, we'll use this time to uncover new ways to think about our environment and spaces.

• How might we create better hybrid learning experiences?

• How do our physical spaces impact the work we do?

• What new tools might we apply as we create innovative solutions?

• Take inspiration from the ways IBM has responded to change and build the habits that help to foster that adaptability.

Why Intentionality, Design and Space Matter for Good Learning

Adam Cutler, Distinguished Designer, IBM
Get an exclusive tour IBM Design Studio Austin — an intentionally designed space (recently rebuilt and reopened!) for engaging creativity, empathy, insight, collaboration and innovation.

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Lunch is included.

NOTE: All Innovations in Training Austin sessions are open only to those who are registered for the full IIT Austin event (registration fee required).

Steven Dahlberg, Conference Director, Training Magazine; Dawn Mahoney, Program Manager, Training Magazine; Amanda Masino, Co-Director, The Dumpster Project

The kickoff includes an introduction to Innovations in Training Austin, a visit to an arts-based sustainability project, dinner, and more.

The Dumpster Project at Huston-Tillotson University
How do you inspire learners? Can one learning program have many layers of engagement? Where do design and innovation intersect learning? What role do the arts (does an artist) play in creating/designing more-engaging learning experiences? How do we leverage learning to help our organizations accomplish their sustainability goals? What happens when the public interacts with your learning programs?

Experience the answer to these questions and discover a lot more connections when we visit The Dumpster Project at Huston-Tillotson University, a historically black institution located in the heart of East Austin, to kick off Innovations in Training Austin!

The Dumpster Project is a grand design experiment that not only uses the real-world challenge of transforming a trash dumpster into a tiny sustainable home to inspire learners of all ages — it simultaneously serves as a re-imagining of home, a portable learning initiative, a sustainability conversation, a creative branch of wider green campus initiatives, and an innovative STEM education platform.

LOCATION:

The Innovations in Training kickoff takes place at The Dumpster Project at Huston-Tillotson University, followed by dinner.

• The IIT shuttle will load at 4:15 pm at the Whitis Avenue entrance of the AT&T Hotel, and depart at 4:30 pm.

• If you are making your own way to IIT, find details in the agenda on the conference website and app, or in the email sent to IIT participants.

NOTE: All Innovations in Training Austin sessions are open only to those who are registered for the full IIT Austin event (registration fee required).