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Thursday, April 30

9 am—9:50 am

SME-ooth Operator: Expert Difficulty Estimates in Pre-Employment Assessment Data

Poster Session
Exhibit Hall

Vanessa Nguyen
Speaker

Robert Wellman
Co-Author

Quinn Keegan
Co-Author

10:30 am—11:20 am

Advancing the Science and Practice of Situational Judgment Tests With AI

Symposium
Location: 215/216

Harrison Kell, Senior Scientist

Harrison Kell
Co-Chair

10:30 am—11:20 am

I-O Meets Coaching, Redux: Processes, Paradox, and Impact

Symposium
Location: B2-1

David Dorsey - Vice President, Business Development

David Dorsey
Speaker

10:30 am—11:20 am

Learning Together: Lessons From the Work Futures Initiative’s Sandbox Conversations

Session
Location: R5

4 pm—4:50 pm

Beyond Design: When I-O Psychologists Cross the Assessment Divide

Panel Discussion
Location: 217

Michael Wojcik, Research Scientist

Michael Wojcik
Chair

Nicholas Walion
Speaker

Robert Minjock
Speaker

4 pm—4:50 pm

In the Trenches Part 5: Maintaining SJTs in High-Stakes, High-Volume Testing Programs

Panel Discussion
Location: 225/226

5 pm—5:50 pm

From Academic to Applied: Mastering the Technical Report

Master Tutorial
Location: 208/209/210

Joseph Caramagno, Principal Scientist

Joe Caramagno
Speaker

Friday, May 1

8 am—8:50 am

Fake It ‘Til You … Wait, Am I Actually Making It? A Discussion on Imposter Syndrome

Panel Discussion
Location: 211/212/213

Juliana Freire, Research Associate

Juliana Freire
Co-Chair

Quinn Keegan
Co-Chair

Chelsea Blocker, Research Scientist

Chelsea Blocker
Speaker

8 am—8:50 am

Synthetic Personality: Conceptual and Research Encounters

Symposium
Location: 225/226

Anoop Javalagi
Speaker

8 am—8:50 am

The Impact of AI on I-O and Assessment: Futureproofing Our Skills and Identity

Panel Discussion
Location: R5

Beth Bynum - Director, Public Sector

Beth Bynum
Speaker

9 am—10:20 am

Transforming How We Study Safety: New Directions for the 21st Century Workforce

Symposium
Location: 214

John Little
Speaker

9 am—10:20 am

Innovations in Public Safety Assessments: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Panel Discussion
Location: 223

Todd Baker, Principal Scientist

Todd Baker
Speaker

9 am—10:20 am

Will AI Save or Replace Assessment Centers? A Debate on the Future

Panel Discussion
Location: 225/226

4 pm—4:50 pm

Intersection Between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Disability in the Workplace

Panel Discussion
Location: B2-1

Felix Wu, Ph.d. - Research Scientist

Felix Wu
Speaker

4 pm—4:50 pm

Machine Learning for I-O 8.0: Pushing the LLM Application Frontier

Symposium
Location: R5

Dan Putka - Chief Scientist, Personnel Selection & Development Program

Dan Putka
Speaker

Jiayi Liu
Co-Author

Felix Wu, Ph.d. - Research Scientist

Felix Wu
Co-Author

4 pm—4:50 pm

Brains First, Bots Second: Lessons Learned From AI-Assisted Qualitative Analysis

Session
Location: R8

Leilani Seged, Research Associate

Leilani Seged
Speaker

5 pm—5:50 pm

Situational Judgment Test Innovations by and for Humans: No AI Required

Symposium
Location: 217

Harrison Kell, Senior Scientist

Harrison Kell
Co-Chair

5 pm—5:50 pm

Saving Time While Maintaining Technical Rigor: New Uses of AI/ML for People Analytics

Symposium
Location: B2-2

Anoop Javalagi
Co-Chair

Felix Wu, Ph.d. - Research Scientist

Felix Wu
Co-Chair

Nathaniel Voss, Senior Scientist

Nathaniel Voss
Speaker

Riggs Matthews
Speaker

Saturday, May 2

8 am—8:50 am

Safeguards or Barriers? A Discussion on the Role of Minimum Qualifications

Panel Discussion
Location: 214

Sara Trevino - Senior Scientist

Sara Trevino
Speaker

10:30 am—11:20 am

Basic Interests in Modern Vocational Assessment

Symposium
Location: 223

Rod McCloy - Principal Scientist

Rodney McCloy
Co-Author

10:30 am—11:20 am

Development of a Work Values Situational Judgment Activity for Career Exploration

Poster Session
Exhibit Hall

Maura Burke, Senior Scientist

Maura Burke
Speaker

Rod McCloy - Principal Scientist

Rodney McCloy
Co-Author

10:30 am — 11:20 am

Measuring Computational Thinking: Validation of Composite Scores for Selection

Poster Session
Exhibit Hall

Karla Castillo-Guerra
Speaker

Rob Wellman
Speaker

10:30 am—11:20 am

Validity at the Crossroads: Navigating AI’s Impact on Theory and Practice

Session
Location: R7

Brenda Ellis, Ph.D. - Senior Scientist

Brenda Ellis
Co-Chair

Harrison Kell, Senior Scientist

Harrison Kell
Co-Chair

Dan Putka - Chief Scientist, Personnel Selection & Development Program

Dan Putka
Speaker

10:30 am—11:20 am

Technological Proficiency: A Competency Model and Classification Framework

Poster Session
Exhibit Hall

Evan Good, Research Scientist

Evan Good
Speaker

12:30 pm—1:50 pm

AI in Leadership: Impacts on Employee Performance and Well-Being

Session
Location: R7

Nathaniel Voss, Senior Scientist

Nathaniel Voss
Speaker

2 pm—2:50 pm

Change Champions: Proven Strategies for Transforming Testing Programs (Part 1)

Panel Discussion
Location: 208/209/210

Scott Oppler - Chief Scientist

Scott Oppler
Speaker

2 pm—2:50 pm

Debate: Org, Employee, and Societal Considerations in Return to Work Mandates

Session
Location: 211/212/213

Harrison Kell, Senior Scientist

Harrison Kell
Co-Chair

2 pm—2:50 pm

Advances in Measuring Self-Regulation and Attentional Control

Symposium
Location: R2

Alexander Burgoyne, Ph.D. - Senior Scientist

Alexander Burgoyne
Speaker

2 pm—2:50 pm

I-O Bug Report: Improving Efficiency on Cross-Functional Teams

Session
Location: R6

Amy McKee - Director, Private Sector Talent Management

Amy McKee
Speaker

3 pm—3:50 pm

Challenges to Physical Performance Assessment in 2026

Symposium
Location: 223

Todd Baker, Principal Scientist

Todd Baker
Speaker

3 pm—3:50 pm

Comparing GGUM-MUPP Calibration Methods Under Varying Intermediate Item Proportions

Poster Session
Exhibit Hall

Allen Goebl, Senior Scientist

Allen Goebl
Speaker

WenHao Wang
Co-Author

Corissa Rohloff
Co-Author

4 pm—6 pm

Closing Plenary

Great Hall

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