Schedule
The day-by-day program for the 2026 Advanced Training Design Workshop, December 3-6 at TBarM Resort.
03-06 Dec 2026 / All sessions at TBarM
Sixteen hour-long slots across two days, everyone in the same room. Sessions run 50 minutes (about 25 minutes of hands-on demonstration, 15 of what-and-why, and 10 of audience input) with a 10-minute turnover. Click any session for the full description and the presenter’s bio, or browse them all on the sessions page.
Thursday, 03 Dec
Arrival
Check in at TBarM through the afternoon. The workshop opens with dinner, introductions, and an informal meet-and-greet afterward.
Friday, 04 Dec
Session day one
Foundations and control tactics.
| Time | Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | The What, Why, and How of Educating Attention (opening keynote) | Rob Gray |
| 9:00 | Empowering Feedback: Enhancing Student Learning Through Socratic Feedback | Chris Butler |
| 10:00 | The Problem-First Approach to Control Tactics Training | Bob Duffey |
| 11:00 | Prone Restraint Through a Constraints-Led Approach | Bryce Franck |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00 | Constraints-Led Instruction for Room Entry and Hallway Movement | Chris Barawed |
| 2:00 | Beyond the Tug-of-War: Grappling-Based Methods for Safe Hand Extraction During Prone Resistance | William Moore |
| 3:00 | The Tri-Axial Scaffolding Framework for Task Learning | Collin Murray |
| 4:00 | Micro Doses = Massive Impact: Roll Call Training for Patrol Excellence | Jay Gerace |
| 5:00 | Adjourn, then dinner | |
Saturday, 05 Dec
Session day two
Weapons, scenario design, and delivery.
| Time | Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | Training the Decision, Not Just the Skill: Improving Threat Recognition and Response | Kevin Giesler |
| 9:00 | From Techniques to Adaptability: An Ecological Approach to Weapons-Based Defensive Tactics | Randy Wark |
| 10:00 | When They Bring a Knife to a Gunfight: Training for Real-World Weapon Encounters | Adam Singer |
| 11:00 | You've Got To Be Joking! A Humor Workshop for Trainers | Dan Fraser |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00 | Scenario First: Training Adaptable Responders for Uncertain Environments | Alex Odintsov |
| 2:00 | Training Medical Care in Low-Resource Environments | Michal Pospíšil |
| 3:00 | From Dead Drills to Alive Problems: Designing and Scaling Scenarios | Jesse Campion |
| 4:00 | Active Attack in the Workplace: Now, Survive | John Cantarella |
| 5:00 | Adjourn, then dinner | |
Sunday, 06 Dec
Wrap-up
Breakfast, an informal wrap-up of what the room is taking home, and checkout.