The Evolution of Assessment:Going digital with Pandora’s box?

4th May 2016, 9.00 – 12.00 Linnean Society, Burlington House, Picadilly, London. W1J 0BF

Event Programme

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Line upTIME

9.00 Arrive/ Coffee

9.20 ABP Welcome: Lucy Standing – Vice Chair, Evalyn Powell, Volunteer

9.30 Joined up thinking: Assessment, technology and dataThe evolution of technology, assessment & data. What the market drivers influencing

assessment development? What are the emerging and themes in blending technology and

assessment solutions and how should we approach assessing the usability of the new breed

of tools. Chris Small – PAN, a psi business

10.00-10.15 Short Facilitated group discussion: What trends are you noticing?

10.15-10.45 Break

10.45 –11.15 Going digital: What is best practise in using mobile based psychometrics? What

questions should you be asking? What evidence is there that being on a mobile may change

how we respond to a questionnaire? What is the evidence? Advice/best practise guidelines for

mobile. Alan Bourne-Sova Assessment

Line upTIME

11.15-11.45 Your on line digital footprint: A Pandora’s Box. Are computer based

personality judgments better than a humans? What is the current capability of AI to predict

and read our personality? Were the claims about the Trump campaign being manipulated

by social media likely? What is/isn’t possible? What does the next 5 years look like?

Professor John Rust, Director Psychometrics Centre, University of

Cambridge

11.45 – 12.00 ABP Close: Steve Apps – Chair

12.00 – 12.30 Break and Networking: Guests who would like to remain and network are warmly

invited to stay as the room has been held until this time to help facilitate this process.

Chris Small – detail:Joined up thinking: Assessment, technology and dataThe talent assessment space is experiencing some of its most fundamental changes in the types of tools, instruments and methods being developed, in many instances driven by the evolution of technology and access to previously inaccessible levels of data. In this session Chris will describe the evolution of assessment and technology and provide a forward looking account of emerging assessment trends, challenges and the key questions to consider as we move into an assessment environment increasingly driven by technology and data mining.

Chris is a Chartered Psychologist with a strong consulting and solutions focus. He has over 15 years’ experience of a providing a range of international organisations with impactful human capital solutions often focused on merging assessment, technology and broader consulting expertise. Chris is currently the Vice President at PAN/PSI, a global leader in assessment & digital solutions, where he is responsible for their international talent assessment segment. Chris was previously the deputy CEO at Saville Consulting and was responsible for international solutions and delivery.

Alan Bourne: detailGoing mobileDigitalisation is impacting all areas of the economy and the world of assessment is no exception. This session will discuss how the digital world is changing expectations of assessment, including greater personalisation; the move to mobile; increasingly immersive experiences as attraction and selection converge; and more sophisticated analytics. The session will close on how technological and social change is influencing both how we may assess in the future, and crucially what capabilities will matter in the years ahead.

Alan is founder and Managing Director of Sova Assessment, focused on bringing a fresh approach to psychometrics by delivering digital, mobile-friendly solutions that provide both precision and a great user experience. He has 20 years of experience in the field, having previously co-founded Talent Q and prior to that worked for Royal Mail and SHL. He is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, holds a PhD in Organisational Psychology and is also a board member leading Industry Standards for the Association for British Psychology.

John Rust: detailYour on line digital footprint: A Pandora’s BoxClassical psychometrics is based on the analysis of items in tests. Today, our ability to treat online digital footprints as psychometric items has opened a Pandora’s Box that takes both theory and practice to new levels. Online ‘items’ include Likes, words, pictures, quizzes, games, videos, search, locations, spend, and biometrics, all of which can be subject to machine learning, AI and other forms of data analytics. A new era in the prediction and control of human behaviour brings many benefits but also carries significant risks, to individuals and society alike.

Professor John Rust is Director of The Psychometrics Centre at the University of Cambridge, a world leader in modern psychometric techniques. Its software products include Concerto, an open source online adaptive test development platform and Apply Magic Sauce, an API that enables users to analyse their online psychological footprint from either their Facebook Likes or specimens of their writing.

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