Conference Schedule

Time

Agenda Item

08:00 – 08:45

Coffee and Registration (Reynolds Hall Atrium)

08:45 – 09:00

Welcome Address

Speaker: Dr. Josh Hall

Milan Puskar Dean

John Chambers College of Business and Economics

09:00 – 10:00

Morning Keynote Address – Sponsored by Vandalia Health

Introduction: Dr. Xiaoxiao Hu

Speaker: Dr. Richard N. Landers (University of Minnesota)

John P. Campbell Distinguished Professor of I/O Psychology

Topic: Should Artificial Intelligence Augment or Replace Workers? Positioning HRM to Lead the AI Revolution

10:00 – 10:15

Networking Break (Reynolds Hall Atrium)

10:15 – 11:30

Scholarly Presentations and Panel Discussion

Introduction: Dr. Olga Bruyaka Collignon

Speaker #1: Dr. Louis Hickman (Virginia Tech)

Topic: The Reliability of Large Language Models: Implications for

Research and Practice

Speaker #2: Dr. Chen Tang (American University)

Topic: PolyGraph: A Multi-Graphical Algorithm for Faking Detection

in Personality Assessments

11:30 – 12:45

Networking Lunch (Reynolds Hall Atrium)

Sponsored by Synchrony

12:45 – 1:30

Afternoon Keynote Address

Introduction: Dr. Jamie Field

Speaker: DJ Casto (EVP and CHRO at Synchrony)

Topic: Shaping Culture: Co-Designing the Future Together

1:30 – 1:45

Networking Break (Reynolds Hall Atrium)

1:45 – 2:45

Afternoon Keynote Address

Introduction: Dr. Xiaoxiao Hu

Speaker: Dr. Nathan Mondragon (President & CSO at ProboTalent)

Topic: Practical Career Guidance with Stories of an Industrial

Psychologist that Swiped Right on Technology

3:00 – 4:00

Interactive Workshop - Option 1 (Reynolds Hall Room 5225)

Speaker: Louis Hickman (Virginia Tech University)

Topic: Natural language processing and text analysis for HRM

3:00 – 4:00

Interactive Workshop – Option 2 (Reynolds Hall Room 4205)

Speaker: Kellyn Smith (CVS Pharmacy)

Topic: Executing Purposeful Performance Reviews with AI Tools

4:00

End of Conference