801 Ask the Data and Analytics Experts

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Thursday, August 23

Have you ever wanted to pick the brain of an expert? Here’s your chance!

In this closing session of the Data and Analytics Summit, moderator David Kelly will be joined by three experts who will further examine how data can be used to reinvent organizational learning. The floor will also be open to attendees, allowing you to share your own experiences and ask questions of the panel.

David Kelly (Host)

CEO

The Learning Guild

David Kelly is the CEO of the Learning Guild. David has been a learning and performance consultant and training director for over 20 years. He is a leading voice exploring how technology can be used to enhance training, education, learning, and organizational performance. David is an active member of the learning community, and can frequently be found speaking at industry events. He has previously contributed to organizations including ATD, eLearn Magazine, LINGOs, and more. He can be found online at his website, davidkelly.me, or on Twitter @LnDDave.

Ellen Wagner

Managing Partner

North Coast EduVisors

Ellen Wagner is an accomplished learning technology professional with career experiences in academic, commercial, and non-profit organizations. She has worked as a tenured professor and university administrator, was a founding ed tech entrepreneur, a senior executive of publicly traded software companies, a journal editor, and a board member of a number of start-up ed tech companies. Her areas of expertise include ed tech, emerging tech, change management, instructional systems design and learning engineering, and digital learning (online and eLearning).

Steve Foreman

President

InfoMedia Designs

Steve Foreman is the author of The LMS Guidebook and president of InfoMedia Designs, a provider of eLearning infrastructure consulting services and technology solutions to large companies, academic institutions, professional associations, government, and military. Steve works with forward-looking organizations to find new and effective ways to apply computer technology to support human performance. His work includes enterprise learning strategy, learning and performance ecosystem solutions, LMS selection and implementation, learning-technology architecture and integration, expert-knowledge harvesting, knowledge management, and innovative performance-centered solutions that blend working and learning.

Laurent Balague

CEO

forMetris

Laurent is the founder and CEO of forMetris, the European leader in Learning Analytics. Formetris provides SaaS solutions to measure and analyze learning impact in terms of new skills, behaviors and business outcomes at large scale and for all types of programs. Laurent has helped hundreds of companies improve learning performance, through pragmatic, ambitious, and customized evaluation strategies. A graduate of "l'Ecole Polytechnique" in France, Laurent started his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, in France and North America. He then joined Faurecia, as a lean manufacturing expert. It was during these first professional experiences that he developed his perspectives on corporate L&D and the necessity of implementing smarter analytics. As a Learning Analytics leader, Laurent regularly facilitates workshops, presentations, and panel discussions across Europe and North America.

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