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DevLearn Conference & Expo 2026

DevLearn Conference & Expo is North America's largest learning technologies event, bringing together thousands of learning professionals to discover new possibilities, explore emerging technologies, and build lasting connections. In 2026, the conference features more than 160 all-new sessions, new tracks, and an expanded networking program, all designed to h…

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32Speakers
9Sponsors
10Exhibitors
8On the bill · sessions
39Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at DevLearn, in alphabetical order.
Aaron Barlin
Learning Operations Specialist · Elynndi
Aaron (Ron) Price
Yukon Learning
Alex Kalish
Amazon
Alicia Sanchez
MPF Federal
Amanda Abernathy
Employee Experience Culture Strategist · Norton Healthcare
Amanda Archer
Associate Vice President, Learning Experience & Transformation · Advocate Health
Bob Mosher
APPLY Synergies, a 5 Moments of Need Company
Christopher Adams
Principal Consultant · Performance Change Strategies, LLC
Conrad Gottfredson
APPLY Synergies
David Anderson
Articulate
David Chestnut
Accenture
Deb Arnold
Chief Winning Officer · Deb Arnold, Ink.
Destery Hildenbrand
Destery1Kenobi LLC
Diane Elkins
Artisan Learning
Elham Arabi
Chief Learning Architect · Hale Associates
Emily Abner
Employee Experience Culture Strategist · Norton Healthcare
Erin Asare
Founder · Divinely Shine Consulting Inc.
Esha Bhatnagar
Director of Global Learning & Development: Communities Operations · Uber
Iuliia Algasova
VP, Skills Development · BlackRock
Jeff Batt
Founder · Learning Dojo
Josh Cavalier
JoshCavalier.ai
Julie Dirksen
Usable Learning
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
ATD Austin
ATD Central Florida
ATD Greater Atlanta
ATD Greater Las Vegas
ATD Los Angeles
ATD San Diego
CEdMA
iela
RePubit
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Agenda

Selected from 8 sessions on the bill.
  • November 1, 2026 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

    CERT01: Instructional Design for eLearning Certificate Program (2 Days) November 1 & 2, 2026

    You know the drill. A stakeholder has a training request and wants to include every fact they’ve ever learned and every bullet point they’ve ever written. You're buried in content,…

    Instructional Design
  • November 2, 2026 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

    CERT01: Instructional Design for eLearning Certificate Program (2 Days) November 1 & 2, 2026

    You know the drill. A stakeholder has a training request and wants to include every fact they’ve ever learned and every bullet point they’ve ever written. You're buried in content,…

    Instructional Design
  • November 2, 2026 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

    P01: Vibe Code: Create Custom Learning Experiences Without Knowing Code

    Traditional authoring tools have made it easier to build eLearning, but they also impose limits. Instructional designers, trainers, and content creators often find themselves const…

    Tools & Platforms
  • November 2, 2026 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

    P02: AI Intensive for Workflow Learning: Enabling the 5 Moments of Need

    Organizations are under immense pressure to deliver learning at the speed of change - yet most L&D teams still rely on slow, training-centric processes that cannot keep pace with s…

    AI & Automation
  • November 2, 2026 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

    P03: Agile Project Kickoffs: Launching Learning Design Projects

    Agile provides a framework for adapting to change as it happens and working with the project sponsor to deliver what's most needed by learners. In a rapidly changing environment, t…

    Team & Project Management
  • November 2, 2026 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

    P04: Put the Story in Storyline

    Storytelling is a powerful tool for learning, but applying it effectively requires a clear process. This accelerated workshop introduces participants to the Instructional Story Des…

    Instructional Design
  • November 2, 2026 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

    P05: Designing for Skill Development

    We keep hearing about the importance of skills and the need to address skills gaps. But how can you be sure that the learning experiences you design are actually developing skills?…

    Instructional Design
  • November 3, 2026 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

    CE01: AI Summit: From Adoption to Advantage

    As AI moves from experimentation to enterprise reality, the role of learning is being fundamentally redefined. This daylong deep-dive experience is designed for learning leaders na…

    AI & Automation
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 39 companies show up, and 9 bet on three roles at once?

39 companies. nine are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
9All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
1Exhibitingexhibitor only
29Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

ATD Austin·ATD Central Florida·ATD Greater Atlanta·ATD Greater Las Vegas·ATD Los Angeles·ATD San Diego·CEdMA·iela·RePubit

Speakers by seniority

31% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite39%
  • Founder / Owner26%
  • VP-level26%
  • Director / Head of39%
  • Manager / Lead39%
  • Engineer · IC39%
  • Advisor / Investor13%
  • Other roles1547%

Of 32 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01ATD AustinSpEx
  2. 02ATD Central FloridaSpEx
  3. 03ATD Greater AtlantaSpEx
  4. 04ATD Greater Las VegasSpEx
  5. 05ATD Los AngelesSpEx
  6. 06ATD San DiegoSpEx
  7. 07CEdMASpEx
  8. 08ielaSpEx
  9. 09RePubitSpEx
  10. 10Accenture2V
  11. 11Amazon2V
  12. 12Learning GuildEx
  13. 13Norton Healthcare2V
  14. 14Advocate Health1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified9
100% of 9