CALL FOR SPEAKERS — DEADLINE: JUNE 11, 2025

Thank you for your interest in speaking at Training magazine's Training 2026 Conference & Expo — February 23-25 in Orlando, Florida.

Please submit your innovative how-to, best-practice, and solution-focused proposals on how training, learning, and development can help people and their organizations reach higher levels of performance.

The Conference

Training magazine’s Training 2026 Conference & Expo is designed for training professionals who seek to improve their own knowledge and skills about workplace learning, instructional design, learning content development, implementation, assessment, evaluation, management, leadership, engagement, strategy, and learning technologies.

Attendees expect to receive both the theory and the practice, as well as how-tos, along with hearing from companies leading the charge for workplace learning. They also expect to glean some strategies and best practices for designing, deploying, and managing effective training, too.

The Audience

Training Conference participants are organizational learning professionals from across all industry sectors — including healthcare, manufacturing, finance, transportation, academia, government, military, and business services. Their titles cover the full spectrum of roles — including executives, managers, developers, designers, facilitators, and project managers.

Who You Are

In-the-trenches learning professionals, consultants, authors, and solution partners from corporations, academia, nonprofits, government, and military.

Your Proposal

We are accepting proposals for (60-minute) breakout sessions. Note: If we cannot accept your session as proposed, we may invite you to deliver the same theme in another format, including the additional programming that takes place in featured areas in the Training 2026 Expo.

Your proposal should have a strong emphasis on how training is successfully designed, developed, and delivered to enhance learners’ knowledge and skills, align learning outcomes to business results, and report relevant data. The proposal should also include:

• A specific, descriptive title (12-word limit).
• A clear, concise, specific description (200-word limit)
• 3-5 performance-based outcomes or objectives.
• A one-sentence synopsis of the session.
• Session level, intended audience, and content categories.

The Details

• Primary speaker receives one complimentary conference registration ($2,095 value).
• Up to two co-presenters receive a 50% conference registration discount. Note: Co-presenter(s) must register for the conference.
• Proposals should be instructional and provide solutions for real work challenges. Sales-oriented proposals will not be accepted.
• If you are an external consultant or other type of solution provider, consider bringing a client as a co-presenter who can address internal considerations.
• Up to two proposals may be submitted, though doing so does not increase the chances of being selected.
• Proposals are reviewed by internal and external reviewers.
• Selected speakers will be notified by email in mid-to-late August. If you do not receive an email invitation, consider your proposal on the standby list for later consideration IF there are changes to the session agenda.
• Training magazine does not pay per diem, honoraria, or expenses to speakers.
• We receive far more great proposals than we can accept. If you are not invited to present your proposed session, this does not necessarily mean it received a poor review. However, because we receive hundreds of proposals for each conference, we are unable to provide further feedback about your specific proposal.

NOTE: Proposals can be saved and updated before submission. However, your draft will not be saved until you enter something in each required field (marked with an *). Next, save your draft ("test" or "TBD" is a sufficient placeholder). Be sure to complete and submit your proposal on or before the deadline, or it won’t be considered.

Questions? Contact Susan Curry