What to expect

Take a look at the Conference programme for 2023 for a taste of what you can expect from the 2024 Conference, featuring thought-provoking presentations, lively panel sessions, and collaborative workshops. Be inspired by the industry’s most progressive thought leaders and experts and take away practical solutions, fresh perspectives, and pragmatic insights. Watch this space for the October 2024 Conference programmme!

 

Day 1

Platinum delegates

A

09.15 – 10.00

Strategies for effective L&D marketing

  • How L&D teams can unlock the power of product positioning to build a culture of continuous learning
  • Strategies and tools the world’s leading companies use to build awareness and credibility
  • Why building great L&D products and experiences is more than just design

Cathy Hoy, Co-founder, CLO100

Opening Address (for all delegates)

B

10.10 – 11.00

Balancing artificial intelligence and human ingenuity in Learning & Development

  • Discover how AI is reshaping the work and priorities of L&D teams, from strategy development and content creation to personalisation of learning experiences and the rise of evidence-based instructional design
  • Unravel the evolving role of the L&D professional in an AI-enhanced environment, focusing on strategic decision-making, fostering human interaction, ethical oversight, and change management
  • Gain insights into how to effectively integrate AI into your existing L&D processes, illustrated with real-life examples of successful AI adoption in L&D

Dr. Philippa Hardman, Affiliate scholar at the University of Cambridge, Learning Scientist and Creator of DOMSTM

All delegates choose between the following three sessions:

C

11.10 – 11.50

The “burning platform” to develop change management skills, knowledge & competencies

  • Delivering strategic transformation & efficiency portfolio
  • Designing & implementing the change management approach
  • Change takes an army – change as a service and collaboration with change partners
  • Leveraging L&D practices to build staff competencies & resilience
  • Into the future – how we plan for building change readiness

Jean Stevens, Head of Change, The Met Office
Emma de-la-Haye, Change Management Specialist, Prosci Europe

D

11.30 – 12.10

Maximise the impact of coaching

  • Embedding coaching culture
  • Making coaching accessible to all
  • How to drive positive and long-term behaviour change
  • Demonstrating the effectiveness of a coaching strategy

Jonathan Moon, Employee Experience Systems Manager & Coach Mentor Supervisor, Sodexo
Aimee Young, Coaching Leader of the Year 2022 & Internal Coach, THRIVE

 

 

 

E

12.05 – 12.45

How to make audiences care

  • What are learners concerned about?
  • To push or to pull the audience
  • Attracting and engaging learners every step of their career journey

Lucy Davies, Head of Learning, Heathrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

All delegates choose between the following two sessions:

F

13.45 – 14.25

Delivering learning to a hybrid/multisite organisation

  • The digital approach to hybrid learning
  • The challenges of engaging learners in a hybrid organisation
  • Maximising different learning opportunities
  • Design, roles, technology and the power of AI

Dani Saadu, Head of People & Culture, Wavemaker
Jo Cook, Director, Lightbulb Moment

G

14.00 – 14.40

Pivoting to a human-centred design approach

  • Engage and co-create with stakeholders and audience on both the experience and business outcome
  • Drive and co-create a learning culture that feeds into the flow of work
  • Build and increase marketing strategy

Karen Wilson, Global Director of Learning & Talent Development, Booking.com
Chris McLaughlin, Global Learning Experience Senior Manager, Booking.com

All delegates choose between the following two sessions:

H

14:45 – 15:25

Measurement – the diversity delusion

  • How to look at measurement differently – which data points are essential and which are mere window dressing
  • To use predictive data in a productive way and why the softer measures of activity are essential
  • How to measure the illusive inclusion
  • Measurement alone will never drive diversity

Angela Peacock, Director of Global Diversity & Inclusion, GP Strategies

I

15.00 – 15.40

The role of neuroscience in learning and change

  • Explore cognitive approaches to generate insight and unlock potential
  • How mindset and the brain’s reward and threat centres play a role in overcoming bias, learning and growing and managing performance
  • Revealing the influence of neuroscience approaches in enabling large-scale change

Stella Collins, Chief Learning Officer & Co-Founder, Stellar Labs

Closing session (All delegates)

J

16.00 – 16.50

The L&D Exchange – Addressing the skills challenge

Take part in roundtable discussions with L&D thought leaders and fellow delegates in this interactive and collaborative session

Robin Hoyle, World of Learning Conference Chair and Author
Laura Overton, Learning Analyst and Founder, Learning Changemakers
Cathy Hoy, Co-founder, CLO100
Dani Saadu, Head of People & Culture, Wavemaker
Helen Marshall, Chief Learning Officer, THRIVE
Nelson Sivalingam, CEO, HowNow and Author
Pash Reddy, Head of Learning – KPMG Academy
Paul Matthews, L&D Expert, Strategist and Author
Piers Lea, Chief Strategy Officer, LTG
Simon Gibson, Group Head of Learning & Development, M&S
Sukh Pabial, L&D Delivery and Ops Lead, M&S and Author

Day 2

Platinum delegates

K

09.15 – 10.00

L&D’s role in recruitment, retention and re-skilling

  • Auditing existing talent must be part of any organisation’s agenda – why and how?
  • Learning and training are vital to retention as people become more engaged and, as they are offered other opportunities to develop, their company loyalty grows
  • The acceleration of change requires constant unlearning and reskilling and L&D must be focussed on having a skills-ready workforce
  • Key skills for the L&D professional must now be gathering and understanding data, horizon-scanning for new trends and innovations and being an early adopter of those changes and finally, a great communicator to be able to connect with all stakeholders in the greater people and learning plan

Simon Gibson, Group Head of Learning & Development, M&S

Opening Address (for all delegates)

L

10.10 – 11.00

Learning in the age of AI; unleashing results driven, outcome focussed learning strategies

  • Using generative AI as a starter for ten to help differentiate your learning and development strategies
  • Staying ahead of the curve: enhancing business impact through a sharpened focus on digital and ESG skills
  • Precision learning: tailoring knowledge and skills to immediate business needs for continuous growth
  • The secret to learner engagement: impact, relevance, and good marketing

Chara Balasubramaniam, Global Learning and Development Director, Diageo

All delegates choose between the following three sessions:

M

11.10 – 11.50

From interruption to integration: delivering L&D in moments of need

  • How do you create a centralised place for learning and integrate that at the point of need
  • Tapping into existing learning and working behaviours
  • Remove friction to capture/create content and empower subject matter experts
    to share

Celisse Saxton, Academy Lead, AND Digital
Bhavna Nair, Onboarding and Academy Lead, AND Digital

 

N

11.30 – 12.10

Learning to drive: a structured yet agile approach to personalised learning

  • Personalised learning is hard – how can we make it easier?
  • Adopting a competency-based approach to understand the individual need
  • How do we translate our analysis into impactful learning for every learner
  • How do we achieve at scale whilst keeping it personal

Paul Tiller, Learning & Organisational Development Manager, SThree

O

12.05 – 12.45

Evidence informed strategies for working smarter not harder

  • Explore how L&D can turn data into insight and insight into action.
  • Findings of the latest CIPD Learning at Work Survey to uncover how evidence can help L&D
  • Prioritise activities that make a difference
  • Make smarter decisions
  • Improve business value

Laura Overton, Learning Analyst and Founder, Learning Changemakers
Andy Lancaster, Award winning Author and Head of Learning, CIPD

 

Panel Session (for all delegates)

P

13.35 – 14.15

The optimal learning culture

Pash Reddy, Head of Learning, KPMG Academy
Dani Saadu, Head of People & Culture, Wavemaker
Laura Overton, Learning Analyst and Founder, Learning Changemakers
Sukh Pabial, L&D Delivery and Ops Lead, M&S and Author
Anna Petts, Global L&D Lead, Expereo

All delegates choose between the following two sessions:

Q

14.20 – 15.00

Developing future leaders

  • Successful leadership in the complexity and disruption that has become the new normal
  • How can we develop that kind of leadership in our organisations?
  • How can we build cultures that engage people and nurture high performance in a hybrid world?

Tim Munden, Former CLO, Unilever & Director, Kairon
Anu Vishwas Sarkar, Director – Global Head of Leadership Strategy and Development & Regional Head – T&D, UKI, Deutsche Bank

R

14.40 – 15.20

How to get more from your L&D budget

  • Leveraging a digital first approach
  • Transitioning from creating content to curating development opportunities
  • Harnessing funding to maximise learning

Stacie Lloyd, Head of Learning & Development, Royal Voluntary Service

 

 

 

Closing Keynote (for all delegates)

S

15.25 – 15.50

You are not a robot!

In a world of increasing and seemingly unstoppable automation, jobs will change and skills will need to keep pace. But which skills? What roles will be replaced and what skills do we need?

  • The automation effect (and why it goes wrong)
  • A vision for essential skills in an automated workplace (spoiler alert: it’s not about being a 21st Century Luddite!)
  • An L&D action plan: 5 steps to out-learn the robots

Robin Hoyle, World of Learning Conference Chair and Author

Delegate packages

One-day Delegate Pass

£549.95 + VAT/

  • Access to one day of first-hand case-study presentations, lively panel debates, and interactive workshops
  • Networking opportunities throughout the day
  • Includes lunch, as well as tea, coffee & refreshments
  • Access to the VIP lounge
  • Invitation to the drinks reception on 30 January in the VIP lounge
  • Meet with 100+ leading L&D suppliers
  • 50+ free seminars and workshops
Register now

Two-day Delegate pass

£995 + VAT/

  • Complimentary Conference gift: Apple Watch SE GPS 40mm
  • Access to two days of first-hand case-study presentations, lively panel debates, and interactive workshops
  • Networking opportunities throughout the day
  • Includes lunch, as well as tea, coffee & refreshments
  • Access to the VIP lounge
  • Invitation to the drinks reception on 30 January in the VIP lounge
  • Meet with 100+ leading L&D suppliers
  • 50+ free seminars and workshops
Register now

Platinum Delegate pass

£1,475.00 + VAT/

  • Complimentary Platinum Conference gift: Microsoft Surface Go 3
  • Access to an exclusive pre-conference Platinum sessions
  • Access to two days of first-hand case-study presentations, lively panel debates, and interactive workshops
  • Networking opportunities throughout the day
  • Includes lunch, as well as tea, coffee & refreshments
  • Access to the VIP lounge
  • Invitation to the drinks reception on 30 January in the VIP lounge
  • Meet with 100+ leading L&D suppliers
  • 50+ free seminars and workshops
Register now