Programme

09.10 – 09.50

Strategies for maximising your impact as a learning and development leader

Cathy Hoy, Co-founder, CLO100 & CLO Lounge

10.00 – 11.00

The future is human: The power of human skills in the future of work

Professor John Amaechi OBE, Psychologist, Author & Coach

11.10 – 11.50

Increase connectivity & productivity by cultivating organisational trust and empowerment

• Share learning to boost overall performance
• Raise standards by building a culture of trust, safety and empowerment to retain the best teams
• Improve agility and success by focusing on the whole organisation rather than individual talent

Dr. Nigel Paine, Author & Founder, nigelpaine.com

11.30 – 12.10

Fostering learning communities for collaboration and innovation

• Learn how to build a global community of learning professionals
• Understand the power of, and how to research community building
• Tap into the power of community to drive change and make learning interventions fly

Ben Chambers, Director – Partner Development, Grant Thornton
Donna Verdi, Head of Talent Development, Kroll
Jane Underwood, Global Head of Learning, Reckitt
Debbie Venables, Leadership Development & Learning Operations Manager, Forvis Mazars

12.05 – 12.40

The critical role of L&D in effective onboarding

• How to create an onboarding experience that connects people to business
• L&D-driven onboarding to foster long-term engagement
• Targeted learning paths to ensure new employees reach productivity and competency goals quicker

Yashika Kaushal, Global Head of Talent, Learning & DEI, OpenSec
Peter Plumlee, Learning Specialist, Presence

13.40 – 14.20

Leveraging data to drive skills development

• Develop a data-first approach
• Leverage data as the cornerstone for embedding learning culture
• Turn the tide on business adoption of core technical and data skill

Tiffany Manteaw, Data Culture Senior Manager, Lloyds Banking Group

13.45 – 14.25

Optimising L&D culture to thrive in a complex fast-changing environment

• Position L&D for earlier inclusion & value creation in any change/transformation
• Use an open source, project approach to make strategic shifts around performance and skills
• Strengthen community learning by facilitating shared spaces for curation, creation and cultivation of learning – the ‘Hive Mind’
• Adopt Agile approaches for rapid action

Perry Timms, Founder & Chief Energy Officer, PTHR
Bertie Tonks, Chief People Officer, Collinson

14.00 – 14.35

Managing successful vendor and stakeholder relationships

• Framework for scaling programmes across the organisation
• Tips for maintaining programme quality while expanding to a larger audience
• Practical tools for managing vendor relationships and holding them accountable
• Strategies to measure the ROI of initiatives

Donna Verdi, Head of Learning and Development, Kroll

14:45 – 15:25

Not just another tool: How to enable effective AI learning

• Understand the foundational steps for successful AI adoption
• Gain actionable tools and knowledge to enable AI learning in your company
• Learn from real-world experiences and authentic insights

Aki Friedrich, Director of Learning Experience, Superside

14.55 – 15.35

Gaining skills insights through learning design

• Connect learning design approaches to learning analytics
• Modify learning design and learning analytics on performance analytics
• Make use of AI to personalise learning, provide nudges, and measure impact

Leonard Houx, Director of Learning Design, Cambridge Education Group
Polly Watt, Director, The Learning Network

15.00 – 15.35

Ongoing development of managers in a changing environment

• Reimagining leadership development to embed learning into the flow of work
• Innovative learning approaches and inventive marketing strategies
• Using digital resources and coaching tools to sustain long-term leadership excellence

Lisa Johnson, Assistant Director Leadership, Performance and Culture, NHS Blood and Transplant
Iain Hastings, Leadership & Management Development Manager, NHS Blood and Transplant

16.10 – 16.50

The L&D Exchange – Breaking the barriers to learner engagement

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

Robin Hoyle, World of Learning Chair and Author
Jo Cook, World of Learning Conference Co-Chair
Chris Baldwin, Head of Learning and Development, Healix
Perry Timms, Founder & Chief Energy Officer, PTHR
Yashika Kaushal, Global Head of Talent, Learning & DEI, OpenSec
Tiffany Manteaw, Data Culture Senior Manager, Lloyds Banking Group
Lisa Johnson, Assistant Director Leadership, Performance and Culture, NHS Blood and Transplant
Debbie Venables, Leadership Development & Learning Operations Manager, Forvis Mazars
Soraya Malcolm, Global Talent and Performance Manager, Keyloop

09.10 – 09.50

Making Learning Transfer happen

Melanie Martinelli, CEO, Institute for Transfer Effectiveness

10.00 – 11.00

Leveraging AI to power data-driven organisational practice

Ksenia Zeltoukhova, Organisational Data Analytics & Insights Leader, Accenture

11.10 – 11.45

Effective Leaders: How to avoid mistakes in leadership development

• Successful leadership in navigating complexity and disruption as the new normal
• Developing leadership capable of thriving in uncertain and dynamic environments
• Building cultures that engage employees and nurture high performance in a hybrid work environment

Lucy Davies, Head of Learning, Heathrow
Abbi Anand, Head of Leadership Development, Deloitte

11.30 – 12.10

Leveraging learning and development for transformative growth

• Transformation occurs at the belief level
• The role of leadership programs in transformative growth
• Change management, ADKAR and the change curve
• Managing resistance amongst transformation

Charlotte Bolton, Global Learning & Development Manager, Hubexo
Rachel Moore, Director of Learning and Development, OneAdvanced

12.05 – 12.45

Intelligent use of intelligent technology

• Get back to first principles of engagement & retention
• People and learning analytics to link needs, skills & learning
• How to ensure efficient learning operation

Piers Lea, Chief Strategy Officer, LTG

13.35 – 14.10

Future-proofing the workforce: Innovations in corporate learning & development

Dr Nigel Paine, Author & Founder, nigelpaine.com
Andy Lancaster, Chief Learning Officer & Consultant, Reimagine People Development
Egle Vinauskaite, Learning Strategist, Nodes
Ksenia Zheltoukhova, Organisational Data Analytics & Insights Leader, Accenture

14.15 – 14.50

Harnessing the power of learner engagement

• Recognise the importance of learner
  engagement
• Identify types of engagement and mechanisms of capture
• Utilise learner engagement to inform and develop learning strategy workforce needs, skills and learning

Melanie Lepine, Global Head of Talent and e-learning
Jennifer Eeles-Gosavi, Global Career Development Manager, Imperial Brands PLC

14.35 – 15.15

L&D’s role in upskilling talent at scale

• Discuss building and delivering scaled, cohort-based learning journeys
• How to enable cloud training at scale
• Tips on how to upskill within your organisation

Madeleine Tierney, Customer Training Lead, Google Cloud (UK&I and META)
Danielle Ware, Head of People Development, Busy Bees Nurseries

14.30 – 15.05

Empowering employee success through coaching

• Identify how group and individual coaching can support leadership development
• Understand the impact of leadership coaching to a leader on one your programmes
• Look at how we can drive innovation in learning design to add value to our leaders
• How a leader will utilise their coaching and learning outcomes from your programme to deliver success

Sarah Bailey, Group Learning and Development Director, Subsea 7
Will Madden, Group Sales & Marketing Director, Subsea 7

15.15 – 15.40

The power of “how” – why ‘how’ is the question which unlocks skill building

Robin Hoyle, World of Learning Conference Chair & Author