2024 AFPM Training Forum

Speed network with industry peers and colleagues, in a fun interactive ‘get to know you’ session. Get introduced to your fellow Training Forum attendees, kick off the event with some fun questions and share your expectations for your Training Forum experience.
Facilitators: Tyler Veenstra, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, and Timothy Chappell, ExxonMobil

This panel consists of VR SMEs from within the O&G industry and from local vendors servicing the industry. Topics covered will include challenges for VR adoption, current and future states of VR training and its advantages as a learning media.
Facilitators: Timothy Chappell, ExxonMobil
Panel:
• Todd Daniel, Shiny Box Interactive
• Dr. Richard Hannah, Health and Safety Council
• Matt Worley, Marathon Petroleum Corporation

This session will provide a fun interactive way in which to approach the use of AI in training. We will capture your current thoughts and experience regarding AI and its use in training to develop a road map for upskilling at future conferences.
Facilitator: Timothy Chappell, ExxonMobil

Join this panel of experts as they discuss the value of human organizational performance, and the successes and challenges with integrating HOP into existing industry culture
Facilitator: Dr. Richard Hannah, Health and Safety Council
Panel:
• Antonio Amador, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
• David Hammons, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
• Erik Mortensen, ExxonMobil Product Solutions Company
• Herman Watts, Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC

Facilitators: Tyler Veenstra, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, and Timothy Chappell, ExxonMobil

(Track: Learning Technology) Cognitive Load Theory and VR Training by Dr. Richard Hannah, Health and Safety Council
• Description: This presentation focuses on providing the appropriate amount of rigor to training to make it successful. The Future of Training should include a focus on adaptive learning technologies or finding ways to tailor the learning experience to the unique learner. Not only does this presentation review a VR study to help audience members understand the benefits and limitations of VR but will discuss the importance of developing with the appropriate rigor in mind following the concepts of Lev Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development.

(Track: Excellence In Training) Recent eLearning Improvement Initiative and Results, by Vickie Bradford, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
• Description: Interested in learning about making simple improvements to your industry-based eLearning modules? Join eLearning developer and instructional design specialist Vickie Bradford from Marathon Petroleum Company, in this valuable knowledge share on Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s journey to improve and reimagine their eLearning framework and the positive outcomes associated with their eLearning Optimization Project.

(Track: Leadership Development) AI and Downstream Effects on the Average Employee: Now and the Future, by Dr. Rajan Puri, PBF Energy
• Description: Discover how AI is transforming the workplace and affecting employees in this insightful seminar. We'll explore current AI applications, their impact on productivity and job roles, and discuss future trends. Engage in interactive discussions to identify AI use cases relevant to your industry and personal life and learn strategies for preparing your team for an AI-driven future.

(Track: Excellence In Training) Maintenance Craftsman Training and Competency Assurance by Evan Inboden, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
• Description: In this engaging session participants will uncover how to use a data-driven approach to create a training program that effectively deals with the diverse needs of Maintenance Crafts; delve into how to drive consistent and relevant training using a Craft-specific competency model; and, how investing in a targeted Maintenance training program helps resolve the project triangle dilemma by simultaneously improving ROI on job time, job cost, and job quality.

(Track: Leadership Development) Upskilling LMS – A ‘How To’ Demo/Use Case by Cheryl Gonzalez, Cheniere Energy and Sherita Howard, Cheniere Energy
• Description: Learn and experience stories on successes and challenges with navigating Learning Management Systems for training today's workforce. The data, the demonstration, and the drama of crafting the systems to meet industry needs and successfully upskill workers now and in the future.

(Track: Learning Technology) Cognitive Load Theory and VR Training by Dr. Richard Hannah, Health and Safety Council
• Description: This presentation focuses on providing the appropriate amount of rigor to training to make it successful. The Future of Training should include a focus on adaptive learning technologies or finding ways to tailor the learning experience to the unique learner. Not only does this presentation review a VR study to help audience members understand the benefits and limitations of VR but will discuss the importance of developing with the appropriate rigor in mind following the concepts of Lev Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development.

(Track: Excellence In Training) Recent eLearning Improvement Initiative and Results, by Vickie Bradford, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
• Description: Interested in learning about making simple improvements to your industry-based eLearning modules? Join eLearning developer and instructional design specialist Vickie Bradford from Marathon Petroleum Company, in this valuable knowledge share on Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s journey to improve and reimagine their eLearning framework and the positive outcomes associated with their eLearning Optimization Project.

(Track: Leadership Development) AI and Downstream Effects on the Average Employee: Now and the Future, by Dr. Rajan Puri, PBF Energy
• Description: Discover how AI is transforming the workplace and affecting employees in this insightful seminar. We'll explore current AI applications, their impact on productivity and job roles, and discuss future trends. Engage in interactive discussions to identify AI use cases relevant to your industry and personal life and learn strategies for preparing your team for an AI-driven future.

Facilitators: Dr. Richard Hannah, Health and Safety Council, and Jill Langley, Nalco Energy Services