ALERRT Center / Texas State University
The Training Design
Workshop 2026
A small, working conference for people who train law enforcement and tactical professionals. Sixty seats, a single track, and a simple rule: show the method, explain why you do it that way.
Not a lecture hall
The audience is a mix of working trainers, tactical practitioners, and training-science researchers. The point of the room is not to sit through talks. It is to put methods on the mat, in front of people who train for a living, and take them apart together.
Watch
Every session opens with a hands-on demonstration. Presenters run their method live, with attendees on the mat or close enough to see the details.
Ask
Hard questions are the point. Presenters explain what they do and why, then the room pushes on the evidence, the trade-offs, and the edge cases.
Take home
The goal for every attendee is the same: leave with something you can use in your next training cycle.
How a session runs
Every session is 50 minutes, and the clock favors the mat.
One 50-minute block, single track, no live fire. Sims, scenarios, and mat work.
Key dates
- 05 Jun 2026Presentation proposals dueClosed
- ~12 Jun 2026Presenter notifications sentDone
- NowRegistration open, $695 room and boardOpen
- 03 Dec 2026Arrival and dinner at TBarMUpcoming
- 04-05 Dec 2026Full session daysUpcoming
- 06 Dec 2026Breakfast, wrap-up, checkoutUpcoming