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Dates and Venue

 

17-18 April 2024 | ExCeL London

 

17 - 18 April 2024 | ExCeL London

Conference programme

New technology. New practice. L&D's new role.

Expect a close look at the hot topics of skills, data, AI, personalisation and analytics. And remember, this is not just about technology. It’s always about how people learn and perform, and the role of L&D itself. 

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08.00
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    75 min
09.15
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    15 min
    Are thing actually changing in L&D right now – or are we just endless re-running the same old debates? Conference chair Donald Taylor explores the key themes in L&D right now.
09.30
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    60 min
    • AI, data, analytics and impact
    • Talent and learning
    • Future L&D
    We know the world is changing – how ready are you for it? In this inspiring blend of research and case studies, we’ll focus on the key shifts taking place and from them draw insights and practical tak ...
10.30
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    45 min
11.15
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    70 min
    • AI, data, analytics and impact
    • Talent and learning
    • Tools and technologies
    There are years nothing seems to happen, seemingly months when years seem to happen. Recently we’ve been living a turbul ...
  2. Conference Theatre 3
    70 min
    • Programme implementation
    • Tools and technologies
    • Learning engagement
    It isn’t often we’re lucky enough to have a Chief Learning Office share in a journey of transforming learning in a large ...
  3. Conference Theatre 4
    70 min
    • Future L&D
    • Content design
    On the one hand organisations are desperate for more resilience, greater innovation and more agile change. On the other, L&D responds with courses aimed at individuals, focused on small, slow steps to ...
  4. Conference Theatre 5
    70 min
    • Professional development
    • Future L&D
    • Content design
    The sessions focuses on the role of L&D in supporting sustainability in organizations. It explores L&D's unique opportun ...
12.25
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    90 min
12.40
  1. Conference Theatre 4
    40 min
    • Professional development
    • Future L&D
    This year’s Women in Learning session will be very different from years past!   Stats are changing and we may see our first positive BUMP to the needle for the first time in a decade. In this session ...
  2. Conference Theatre 5
    40 min
    • Professional development
    • Future L&D
    Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the conference and join Fiona, a Learning Consultant and qualified yoga teacher, for a relax and recharge wellbeing session.  This 30-minute session is desig ...
13.55
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    70 min
    • Programme implementation
    • Talent and learning
    • Tools and technologies
    If you’re looking to build and implement a skills framework, join this session. You’ll hear from two organisations with lessons to share about their journey, from design considerations to links to job ...
  2. Conference Theatre 2
    70 min
    • Programme implementation
    • Professional development
    • Learning engagement
    This panel of experienced practitioners will discuss what change means for L&D – including how we think about it. Too of ...
  3. Conference Theatre 3
    70 min
    • AI, data, analytics and impact
    • Programme implementation
    • Talent and learning
    Is L&D blinded by our obsession with skills? Charles Jennings would argue we are. It’s not that they aren’t important. They simply aren’t enough. In this session, Charles reminds us that L&D should fo ...
  4. Conference Theatre 4
    70 min
    • Programme implementation
    • Tools and technologies
    • Learning engagement
    How do you create engaging and sophisticated learning experiences? In this session two companies share the strategies and tools they use. The session also discusses the importance of analytics in meas ...
  5. Conference Theatre 5
    70 min
    • Future L&D
    • Content design
    • Learning engagement
    Lifelong learning has been a subject of debate for over 50 years. Yet nowadays, this topic has become imperative for both individuals and companies. What has happened in the world that has made the ab ...
15.05
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    45 min
15.50
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    70 min
    • AI, data, analytics and impact
    • Tools and technologies
    • Content design
    It is difficult to overstate the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the way we live and learn in the future, and ...
    Chairperson
  2. Conference Theatre 2
    70 min
    • Programme implementation
    • Talent and learning
    • Learning engagement
    So much important learning occurs at work, informally, in conversations between people, rather than in formal courses – usually unplanned. How can you help this happen more often, and systemically, so ...
  3. Conference Theatre 3
    70 min
    • Professional development
    • Talent and learning
    • Future L&D
    Things moved quickly for L&D during the pandemic. But L&D wasn’t always able to take full advantage of the shift in attitudes towards digital working – instead, we often found ourselves overloaded wit ...
  4. Conference Theatre 4
    70 min
    • Programme implementation
    • AI, data, analytics and impact
    • Learning engagement
    Showing the value of learning is crucial – and it’s not something that you can start thinking about after an interventio ...
  5. Conference Theatre 5
    70 min
    • Programme implementation
    • Talent and learning
    • Content design
    Corporate academies are back, and they’re different. Always business-focused, they are now more agile and focused not ju ...
17.00
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    60 min
08.00
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    75 min
09.15
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    15 min
    Time to step back a moment and discuss/debate what’s on your mind. It’s your opportunity to share your thoughts as we explore the issues facing you, and share ideas on how to tackle them.
09.30
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    60 min
    • AI, data, analytics and impact
    • Future L&D
    • Learning engagement
    Today’s busy, noisy world is a challenge – for us, and for anyone we want to help learn. In this keynote, Professor Beau Lotto, a leading expert in perception, returns to the keynote stage to discuss ...
10.30
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    45 min
11.15
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    70 min
    • AI, data, analytics and impact
    • Tools and technologies
    • Future L&D
    Successfully navigating the thriving landscape of learning technology can be fraught with peril. Which vendors would be your best partners? Which tools and technology should you be looking at in the f ...
  2. Conference Theatre 2
    70 min
    • Programme implementation
    • Talent and learning
    • Learning engagement
    Most workers are not office-bound, and because of this they are more difficult to support with learning technologies. The result: sadly, they are too often under-served by L&D. Our panel on this sessi ...
  3. Conference Theatre 3
    70 min
    • Professional development
    • Talent and learning
    • Tools and technologies
    Have you just been promoted to a management role in L&D? Or are you about to be promoted? Or do you plan to be promoted? ...
  4. Conference Theatre 4
    70 min
    • Programme implementation
    • AI, data, analytics and impact
    • Content design
    This session explores the use of adaptive learning and career pathways to foster learning success. The benefits of personalizing learning delivery include improving retention, and faster speeds to com ...
  5. Conference Theatre 5
    70 min
    • Professional development
    • Future L&D
    • Learning engagement
    This session explores the benefits of getting closer to the business by understanding the organization's purpose and long-term goals. It covers two methods for this, starting at the top with the CEO o ...
12.25
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    90 min
12.40
  1. Conference Theatre 4
    40 min
    • Programme implementation
    • Tools and technologies
    • Future L&D
    Every year we have a deluge of research and papers in L&D.  Some offer the essential nutrients for a successful strategy, others are highly instagrammable  but  barely edible, & others are full of kil ...
  2. Conference Theatre 5
    40 min
    • Professional development
    • Tools and technologies
    • Future L&D
13.55
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    70 min
    • AI, data, analytics and impact
    • Talent and learning
    • Tools and technologies
    If you think dealing with data is hard, try people. This session covers both – how you can get access to data and interp ...
  2. Conference Theatre 2
    70 min
    • Programme implementation
    • Tools and technologies
    • Learning engagement
    Implementing a learning programme at scale brings its own difficulties, those multiply when it has to run across different countries, languages and culture. Add in the use of multiple systems, data an ...
  3. Conference Theatre 3
    70 min
    • Programme implementation
    • Professional development
    • Future L&D
    You can’t do a great job in L&D while you’re stuck in rigid systems. The opposite is agility – where the L&D team is in ...
  4. Conference Theatre 4
    70 min
    • Programme implementation
    • AI, data, analytics and impact
    • Tools and technologies
    Through learning, individuals and organizations can inspire change that positively effects people’s lives. But doing this right is not a matter of chance. It takes a smart use of data, and integration ...
  5. Conference Theatre 5
    70 min
    • Professional development
    • Talent and learning
    • Future L&D
    Diversity, equity and inclusion are important – but how do you make L&D’s work in this field effective? In this panel we examine the evidence of what works, and where common strategies are ineffective ...
15.05
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    45 min
15.50
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    70 min
    • AI, data, analytics and impact
    • Tools and technologies
    • Content design
    Alternative realities like Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR and AR) have been around for a while, but they have always carried the sense of being complex and expensive to engage with. No longer. Than ...
  2. Conference Theatre 2
    70 min
    • Programme implementation
    • Content design
    • Learning engagement
    Build it, and they don’t always come – anyone who has implemented a learning programme knows that. So, what’s the answer? How do you generate enthusiasm and engagement for your great approach to learn ...
  3. Conference Theatre 3
    70 min
    • Professional development
    • Talent and learning
    • Learning engagement
    There’s a lot of big talk around learning culture, but when it comes down to it, culture is just the sum of the things we do every day. And that means you can shift the culture of learning in your org ...
  4. Conference Theatre 4
    70 min
    • AI, data, analytics and impact
    • Tools and technologies
    • Content design
    You’ve seen how technology can support instruction. Now get ready to see how it can support possibly the most effective form of learning – via coaching. In this session we explore this personalisation ...
  5. Conference Theatre 5
    70 min
    • Professional development
    • Content design
    • Learning engagement
    L&D is all about performance at work. And who knows the most about this? The people actually doing the work. Our speakers on this session understand that, and will take you through how they explore pe ...
17.00
  1. Conference Theatre 1
    60 min

 

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