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The Learning & Development Experience of the Year

Thousands of training professionals from around the globe will descend on Los Angeles, California for a show-stopping event. Expand your knowledge with a wealth of unmatched resources, foster new connections with industry peers, and challenge your mindset with industry thought leaders and illustrious keynotes. Prepare to launch your career development into overdrive!

400+ Onsite Exhibitors

International & Member Lounges

ATD Exclusive Bookstore

And So Much
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2025 Learning Tracks

The conference programming follows curated learning tracks to help you gain the insights and solutions you need and connect with other attendees with similar challenges and goals.

Career Development

Influence a community of learning professionals interested in advancing their own careers and helping others develop their skills and expertise.

Future Readiness

Learn to stay curious on topics that help professionals prepare their organization to meet future needs.

Instructional Design

Focus on trends and topics related to the process of analyzing learning and performance.

Leadership & Management Development

Influence a community of leaders driving strategy, developing talent, and building a strong global workforc

Training Delivery & Facilitation

Cover the transfer of knowledge and skills via selecting or developing the appropriate delivery options to make learning engaging, effective, relevant, and applicable.

Talent Strategy & Management

Discover trends and topics influencing a community that manages organizational talent and the employee lifecycle.

Government

Find topics for government learning professionals from federal, state, and local agencies. Focuses on modernizing talent development in government, innovation, and preparing for the future of work.

Measurement & Evaluation

Implement learning analysis process models and systems in order to measure talent development intervention, program effectiveness and organizational outcomes.

Healthcare

Influence a community of healthcare executives, providers, managers, and trainers working to create next-generation healthcare environments through learning, talent development and cultural change.

Learning Technologies

Discover how L&D professionals use tools, platforms, systems, applications, and software enable to develop the future workforce. 

Learning Science

A collective of professionals interested in understanding and applying the evidence-based methods behind how individuals take in and retain information, form connections and ideas, and apply new behaviors, skills and knowledge on the job to improve performance.

Sales Enablement

Focus on trends and topics influencing those who develop sales talent.

Managing The Learning Function

Managing the learning function has become more complex in recent years as training is moving away from a simple order-taker approach. Responsibilities for those who manage such functions involve understanding more strategically how to approach areas such as business partnering, staffing, managing programs, and more.

On-Site Experiences and Enhancements

In addition to world-class sessions and impactful keynotes, attendees have the opportunity to take advantage of these on-site experiences that enhance their ATD26 learning.

Pre-Conference
Education Certificates

Elevate your ATD26 experience by adding a preconference learning program to your registration and earn a certificate before the conference starts!

Members Have Extra Perks!

ATD members have exclusive access to the ATD Member Lounge, Exclusive Swag and first-preference at select hotel reservations at ATD26.

Not a Member?

There is no better time to become a member!

When you join ATD, you belong to the world’s strongest community of talent development professionals. Your membership unlocks immediate access to hundreds of actionable performance resources, informative videos, members-only discounts, and so much more. Whether you are a seasoned talent leader or new to the field, ATD membership has something for you! Join today to unlock the countless benefits of ATD.

2025 Schedule at a Glance

All times are in Eastern Time (ET). The schedule is subject to changes

Time	Thursday–Friday May 15–16	Saturday May 17	Sunday May 18	Monday May 19	Tuesday May 20	Wednesday May 21
7 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
8 a.m.			Community Meetups 8–9 a.m.	General Session 8–9:30 a.m.	General Session 8–9 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions 8–9 a.m.
8:30 a.m.	Certificate Programs* 8:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m.	Certificate Programs* 8:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. Chapter Leaders Conference* 8:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m.	Community Meetups 8–9 a.m.		General Session 8–9 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions 8–9 a.m.
9 a.m.					EXPO Open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
9:30 a.m.			Concurrent Sessions 9:30–10:30 a.m.	EXPO Open 9:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Lunch Served 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.	EXPO Open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions 9:30–10:30 a.m.
10 a.m.			Concurrent Sessions 9:30–10:30 a.m.		Concurrent Sessions 10–11 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions 9:30–10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.					Concurrent Sessions 10–11 a.m.
11 a.m.			Concurrent Sessions 11 a.m.–12 p.m.			General Session 11 a.m.–12 p.m.
11:30 a.m.			Concurrent Sessions 11 a.m.–12 p.m.		Concurrent Sessions 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	General Session 11 a.m.–12 p.m.
12 p.m.			EXPO Open 12–4:30 p.m. Lunch Served 12–1:30 p.m. Annual Meeting 1:30-2:15 p.m.		Concurrent Sessions 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m.					Lunch Served 12:30–2 p.m.
1 p.m.				Concurrent Sessions 1–2 p.m.
1:30 p.m.				Concurrent Sessions 1–2 p.m.
2 p.m.				Dessert & Coffee Break	Concurrent Sessions 2–3 p.m.
2:30 p.m.			Concurrent Sessions 2:30–3:30 p.m.	Dessert & Coffee Break	Concurrent Sessions 2–3 p.m.
3 p.m.			Concurrent Sessions 2:30–3:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions 3–4 p.m.	Dessert & Coffee Break Treasure Hunt Drawing
3:30 p.m.			Dessert & Coffee Break	Concurrent Sessions 3–4 p.m.	Dessert & Coffee Break Treasure Hunt Drawing
4 p.m.			Dessert & Coffee Break		Concurrent Sessions 4–5 p.m.
4:30 p.m.		ATD Store Opening Reception & Book Sale 4:30–6 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions 4:30–5:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions 4:30–5:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions 4–5 p.m.
5 p.m.			Concurrent Sessions 4:30–5:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions 4:30–5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7 p.m.				Awards Night 7–10 p.m.**	ATD Networking Night* 7–10 p.m.

Time	Sunday May 18	Monday May 19	Tuesday May 20	Wednesday May 21
8 a.m.		Mainstage Session 8–9:30 a.m.	Mainstage Session 8–9 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions 8–9 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
9:30 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions 9:30–10:30 a.m.			Concurrent Sessions 9:30–10:30 a.m.
9:45 a.m.
10 a.m.			Concurrent Sessions 10–11 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m.		Concurrent Sessions 10:30–11:30 a.m.
10:45 a.m.
11 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions 11 a.m.–12 p.m.			Mainstage Session 11 a.m.–12 p.m.
11:15 a.m.
11:30 a.m.			Concurrent Sessions 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
11:45 a.m.
12 p.m.		Networking 12–12:30 p.m.
12:15 p.m.		Networking 12–12:30 p.m.		Virtual Closing Experience 12:15–1 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
12:45 p.m.	Virtual Exclusive Programming 12:45–1:45 p.m.
1 p.m.		Concurrent Sessions 1–2 p.m.	Networking 1–1:30 p.m.
1:15 p.m.				Virtual Wrap 1:15–1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.				Virtual Wrap 1:15–1:30 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
2 p.m.			Concurrent Sessions 2–3 p.m.
2:15 p.m.
2:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions 2:30–3:30 p.m.
2:45 p.m.
3 p.m.		Concurrent Sessions 3–4 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:45 p.m.
4 p.m.			Concurrent Sessions 4–5 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
4:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions 4:30–5:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions 4:30–5:30 p.m.
4:45 p.m.
5 p.m.
5:15 p.m.

*Separate registration or ticket required
**Invitation-only event