Day 1 – October 13^th will be primarily for owners/CEO’s of training, technology and consulting companies. We will meet from 8:00 to 10:15 to introduce ourselves to each other and focus on collaboration. We will then have five BYOL panels.

1. Segment 1 - 10:30 to 11:30 AM Leading a direct sales team in a growth environment

2. Segment 2 -  11:45 to 1:00 PM Alliances as a differentiation and acceleration strategy

3. Segment 3 -  1:15 to 2:15 PM Mergers and Acquisitions as a growth strategy

4. Segment 4 -  2:30 to 3:30 PM Raising capital to support growth initiatives

5. Segment 5 -  3:45 to 4:45 PM What happens after you exit?

Day 2 – October 14^th will be for learning leaders within the industry. The CEO’s from day 1 will be joined by Corporate, Nonprofit and Academic learning and talent leaders.

1. The morning from 8:30 to Noon will be three 60 minute BYOL panel discussions.

   1. Segment 6 -  8:30 to 9:30 AM Better Thinking Panel (Co Sponsor: Purpleframe http://www.purpleframetech.com)

   2. Segment 7 -  9:45 to 10:45 AM Better Information Panel

   3. Segment 8 -  11:00 to Noon Better Design Panel (Co Sponsor: WDHB http://www.wdhb.com)

2. The afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00 PM will be two fee-based workshops.

   1. Segment 9 - 1:00 to 2:45 PM Better Thinking – Ann Herrmann of Herrmann International

   2. Segment 10 - 3:15 to 5:00 PM  Better Design - Jim Kirkpatrick of Kirkpatrick Partners

3. Segment 11 - The evening from 6:00 to 8:00 PM will be a public event related to the theme of Day 2 and featuring a panel of the presenters.

Day 3 – October 15^th will be the Atlanta Learning Leaders meeting.

1. Segment 12 - 8:00 to 9:00 AM – Atlanta Learning Leaders and Georgia LEARNS Sponsors

2. Segment 13 - 9:15 to 10:45 AM – Atlanta Learning Leader public session A

3. Segment 14 - 11:00 to 1:00 PM - Atlanta Learning Leader public session B

4. Segment 15 - 1:30 to 3:00 – Atlanta Learning Leader public session C

5. Segment 16 - 3:15 to 4:15 – Georgia LEARNS Summary and Conversation related to 2016