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
Co-Chair
Emily McKissick
Speaker
10:30 am—11:20 am
I-O Meets Coaching, Redux: Processes, Paradox, and Impact
Symposium
Location: B2-1
Gavan O’Shea
Chair
David Dorsey
Speaker
10:30 am—11:20 am
Learning Together: Lessons From the Work Futures Initiative’s Sandbox Conversations
Session
Location: R5
Suzanne Tsacoumis
Speaker
4 pm—4:50 pm
Beyond Design: When I-O Psychologists Cross the Assessment Divide
Panel Discussion
Location: 217

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
Bethany Bynum
Chair
Genevieve Ainslie
Speaker
5 pm—5:50 pm
From Academic to Applied: Mastering the Technical Report
Master Tutorial
Location: 208/209/210
Kimberly Adams
Speaker

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
Co-Chair

Quinn Keegan
Co-Chair

Chelsea Blocker
Speaker
Claire Vincent
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
Kimberly Adams
Speaker
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
Speaker
9 am—10:20 am
Will AI Save or Replace Assessment Centers? A Debate on the Future
Panel Discussion
Location: 225/226
Suzanne Tsacoumis
Speaker
4 pm—4:50 pm
Intersection Between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Disability in the Workplace
Panel Discussion
Location: B2-1

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
Speaker

Jiayi Liu
Co-Author

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
Speaker
5 pm—5:50 pm
Situational Judgment Test Innovations by and for Humans: No AI Required
Symposium
Location: 217

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
Co-Chair

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
Speaker
10:30 am—11:20 am
Basic Interests in Modern Vocational Assessment
Symposium
Location: 223
Maura Burke
Chair
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
Speaker
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
Co-Chair

Harrison Kell
Co-Chair
Dan Putka
Speaker
10:30 am—11:20 am
Technological Proficiency: A Competency Model and Classification Framework
Poster Session
Exhibit Hall

Evan Good
Speaker
12:30 pm—1:50 pm
AI in Leadership: Impacts on Employee Performance and Well-Being
Session
Location: R7

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
Speaker
Kimberly Adams
Speaker
2 pm—2:50 pm
Debate: Org, Employee, and Societal Considerations in Return to Work Mandates
Session
Location: 211/212/213

Harrison Kell
Co-Chair
Deborah Whetzel
Speaker
2 pm—2:50 pm
Advances in Measuring Self-Regulation and Attentional Control
Symposium
Location: R2

Alexander Burgoyne
Speaker
2 pm—2:50 pm
I-O Bug Report: Improving Efficiency on Cross-Functional Teams
Session
Location: R6
Amy McKee
Speaker
3 pm—3:50 pm
Challenges to Physical Performance Assessment in 2026
Symposium
Location: 223
Deborah Gebhardt
Chair

Todd Baker
Speaker
3 pm—3:50 pm
Comparing GGUM-MUPP Calibration Methods Under Varying Intermediate Item Proportions
Poster Session
Exhibit Hall

Allen Goebl
Speaker

WenHao Wang
Co-Author
4 pm—6 pm
Closing Plenary
Great Hall
Genevieve Ainslie
Speaker
All times noted in this schedule are in the location’s time zone (CDT).
















