American Association for Training and Development Annual Meeting

ASTD 2011 International Conference and Exhibition will be held in Orlando, Florida, USA from May 22nd to 25th this year. ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world's largest professional association in the training and development industry. Founded in 1944, it is a non-profit professional organization. ASTD members come from more than 100 countries. As a leader in the training industry, ASTD regularly publishes industry research reports every year, issues professional qualification certificates, and holds annual meetings and various training activities.

ASTD International Conference and Exhibition is the most important training and development event in the world. It has been held continuously for more than 60 years and attracts representatives from many countries every year. The 2010 ASTD International Conference and Exhibition attracted more than 9,000 representatives from all over the world, 340 leading companies participated in the exhibition, and 350 special lectures were organized. Japan, South Korea, China and other Asian countries have organized delegations to participate in the conference.

The theme of the 2011 annual meeting is "Learning to Lead". We hope to work with training and development professionals around the world to use learning to lead corporate and personal development. Under such a big theme, the ASTD 2011 conference has nine major professional themes, including "leadership development", "talent management", "performance improvement", "organizational effectiveness", "personal ability development", "Enterprise Learning Strategy", "Learning Design and Implementation, "Learning Technology", and "Learning Assessment and Return on Investment", these topics will help attendees understand the latest trends and best practices in industry development.

ASTD conference representatives come from different industries, including the financial industry, manufacturing, medical and social security institutions, pharmaceutical industry, universities, consulting organizations and government departments. Some of the well-known companies with the largest number of participants include Apple, Boeing, and BP. companies, Cisco, the U.S. Department of Defense, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation), Intel, etc. The ASTD conference has attracted corporate presidents, chief learning officers, human resources directors, training managers, trainers and many other professionals to participate every year. Over the years, we have seen more and more professionals from China participating in this event. Delegations from China have become a beautiful sight at the conference.

Participating in such an event can at least include the following. Gains in five aspects: First, it is a very rare opportunity to have the opportunity to listen to the speeches of the world's top training masters. For example, Don Kirkpatrick, the founder of the "Korea Four Level Assessment Method" will give a speech at the ASTD 2011 conference. The last speech before retirement; secondly, the keynote speeches in nine directions will bring the latest international training concepts and methods; thirdly, the conference will have more than 300 exhibitors. For us training managers with questions , is an excellent platform for selecting solutions; fourth, it is conducive to establishing diversified cooperative relationships, communicating with training and development experts from all over the world, and bringing about the expansion of global vision; fifth, you can personally feel the impact of the United States Training culture and local customs