What Today’s Skills Platforms Can Really Do

Explore five top skills development platforms — live, side-by-side — in just one afternoon. Each 30-minute demo gives you a firsthand look at how today’s top tools use AI, data, and seamless integrations to support skills-based talent development at scale.

Skills tech is evolving fast, helping organizations not just identify current capabilities, but anticipate future needs, verify skills, personalize pathways, and drive real action. This free, half-day event is your shortcut to understanding what’s possible — and how to evaluate the right solution for your workforce.

Who Should Attend?

• L&D professionals tasked with building or refining skills-based learning strategies
• Talent and workforce development leaders seeking solutions for upskilling, reskilling, or internal mobility
• Learning leaders preparing for digital transformation or skills-based strategy

Demo Day Agenda: (All times below are Eastern Standard Time)

11:55-12:00 pm: ATD Introduction & Welcome
12:00-12:30 pm: Make Your Learning Benefit Program a Skill Gap Eliminator (SkillsWave)
12:45-1:15 pm: AI Learning That Proves Business Impact (The Regis Company)
1:30-2:00 pm: How to Implement an Effective AI Literacy Training Program (UMU)
2:15-2:45 pm: Maestro – AI Purpose-Built for Learning (Degreed)
3:00-3:30 pm: Verified Skills for an AI-Ready Workforce (Workera)

Session Descriptions:

12:00-12:30 PM  -  SkillsWave Demo

Make Your Learning Benefit Program a Skill Gap Eliminator

Identify the skills that your organization needs to grow, and match them to employees who want to obtain them. SkillsWave’s Learning Benefit Platform is your unfair skill development advantage, giving learning teams the ability to administer personalized upskilling pathways to every employee in minutes. Offer every employee learning that suits their needs with a catalog of more than 3,000 education opportunities from more than 70 learning partners.

Join this session to learn how to:

• Use AI to offer employees personalized pathways in seconds.
• Report on use, spending, and ROI without digging through spreadsheets.
• Deliver barrier-free learning benefits with simple approval and direct billing to your organization.

Speaker: Kilmeny West, Sr. Manager, Client Success, SkillsWave   

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12:45-1:15pm - The Regis Company Demo

AI Learning That Proves Business Impact

Join this live demo of SimGate's AI-powered skills practice platform and discover how Fortune 500 companies are using AI to create immersive learning experiences that are 70% complete on day one. See how behavioral analytics captured during practice sessions prove skill development and business impact—addressing the critical challenge that only 40% of organizations can demonstrate learning ROI. Transform your L&D from cost center to business driver.

Join this session to:

• Accelerate Development with AI: Reduce learning design time by up to 90% using AI-powered Smart Templates that deliver scenario-based skills practice.
• Capture Behavioral Data That Matters: Move beyond completion rates to track decision-making patterns, skill evolution, and performance metrics that prove your learning programs drive real business outcomes.
• Deploy Enterprise-Ready Skills Practice: Learn how Fortune 500 companies are scaling personalized, immersive learning experiences while building comprehensive capability profiles that connect learning activities to measurable business results.

Speaker: Tamika Pumphrey, VP of Customer Succes, Regis Company  

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1:30-2:00pm -  UMU Demo

How to Implement an Effective AI Literacy Training Program

Building AI skills is hard; building a positive culture around AI use is harder. Learn how to launch and scale a training program based on proven learning principles that delivers results fast. Experience a live demo of interactive exercises in UMU’s AI Literacy courses. Leave with a model for how leading companies get employee buy-in, track adoption, and boost confidence across the workforce.

Join this session to:

• Learn deliberate practice principles that enable AI skills adoption at scale.
• Experience interactive AI Literacy exercises designed for real workplace application.
• Discover a proven framework for launching and scaling AI Literacy across your team and organization.

Speaker: William Rintz, Global Program Director, AI Literacy, UMU

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2:15-2:45pm - Degreed Demo

Degreed Maestro – AI Purpose-Built for Learning

Your strategy is ambitious, but without the right skills, your workforce can’t deliver on it. With 63% of employers citing skill gaps as a major barrier to transformation over the next five years (World Economic Forum, 2025), the ability to build and adapt skills quickly is mission-critical. Degreed Maestro is AI that is purpose-built for learning, so it can accelerate workforce transformation, streamline workflows, and lower costs.

Join this session to learn how to:

• Provide employees with an easy, conversational way to assess their skills, identify strengths, and areas of improvement.
• Democratize leadership coaching.
• Provide employees with a personal career coach who gives guidance, resources, and support.
• Hyper-personalize learning by remembering past interactions and tailoring experiences to each individual’s development journey.

See how Maestro can help you close skill gaps faster, future-proof your workforce, and make learning a competitive advantage—no matter how the market shifts.

Speaker: Casey Adams, VP of Global Business Solutions, Degreed

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3:00-3:30pm - Workera Demo 

Verified Skills for an AI-Ready Workforce

Stop guessing. Start verifying. In this 30-minute demo, see how leading organizations use verified skills data to measure real capability, benchmark readiness across roles, and close gaps faster. Learn practical steps to verify skills, personalize development, and show ROI with confidence—without starting from scratch. Leave with a clear playbook you can apply this quarter.

Join this session to learn how to:

• Move beyond guesswork with verified skill measurement.
• Benchmark readiness and prioritize upskilling by business need.
• Align skills with business impact so leaders can decide with confidence.

Speaker: Chris Mayfield, Director of Product Marketing, Workera