Best Practices from Award Winners and the new CorpU and the Wharton School and Graduate School of Education of the University of Pennsylvania Learning Leaders Conference

Monday, February 4

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM		104 - Best Practice: Furthering Corporate Goals Through Learning and Development Craig Crossley & Alex Stiber - The Schwan Food Company Michelle Blieberg - UBS Discover the tools and techniques used to assure that business strategy is the driving force behind everything corporate learning does. Schwan's Food Company will discuss what alignment really means, with insights from Credit Suisse and MasterCard judges.
09:15 AM - 10:30 AM		202 - Best Practice: Successful Beginnings Diane Hinton, Jeanette Brooks, & Mary Singos - Plastipak Packaging Jim Fleming - Boeing Careful planning, executive support, and a clear vision of the goals of a new L&D organization are keys to its success. Representatives from Plastipak and Boeing will each describe how they did it, with insights from judges from National Geographic.
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM		304 - Best Practice: Impacting Leaders Randy Chase - UBS Sue Todd - Corporate University Xchange UBS will show how they guide the process of creating well-qualified managers, high potential, and senior executives critical to the future of business. Sue Todd, President of CorpU, will also present highlights from recent CorpU research.

Tuesday, February 5

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM		407 - Best Practice: Innovative Communications and Branding Rebecca Ray - MasterCard MasterCard will not only show how to get your organization noticed, but also how to sustain interest. Insights from Tenaris, John Wieland Homes and Charles Schwab judges.
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM		406 - CorpU and the Wharton School and Graduate School of Education of the University of Pennsylvania Learning Leaders Conference: Transforming Talent Management Peter Cappelli, George W. Taylor Professor of Management and Director, Center for Human Resources, at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, will present the findings from his new book titled Talent Management.
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM		503 - Best Practice: Using Alliances for Learning Jim Gillece - AlliedBarton Security Services Jennifer Olson - Clarian Health Representatives from Allied Barton and Clarian Health will each describe how to enhance learning programs by partnering with external providers. Insights from Hitachi Data Systems and QUALCOMM judges.
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM		502 - CorpU and the Wharton School and Graduate School of Education of the University of Pennsylvania Learning Leaders Conference: Driving Innovation and Developing Talent through Corporate College Partnerships Doug Lynch - Vice Dean, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania - and CorpU Chairman Alan Todd will present new corporate/college partnership research, as well as case studies from Boeing, Textron, the US Army and others.
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM		H5 - CorpU and the Wharton School and Graduate School of Education of the University of Pennsylvania Learning Leaders Conference: Learning to Fly - The Story of JetBlue University Mike Barger, Chief Learning Officer for JetBlue Airways, will present details on creating a training organization that exists to support the business operations of the company. Barger will screen sections of a new documentary about the unique and successful JetBlue University, and engage the audience in a question and answer session afterwards. Watch the documentary now at tv.corpu.com.
06:00 PM – 12:00 AM		9th Annual Corporate University Xchange Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Corporate Learning Black Tie Gala and Ceremony

Wednesday, February 6