LEARNING LIVE 2026
16 September 2026 – 17 September 2026
Convene 133 Houndsditch, London, United Kingdom
LEARNING LIVE is a free-to-attend two-day conference for senior learning, talent and people leaders, run by the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI). Its agenda is built from the top challenges that registered learning leaders submit, and the programme combines keynote and breakout sessions, an exhibition area and a networking evening, with a members-only session for LPI members.
33 sessions · 56 speakers
Organiser (1)
The Learning and Performance Institute
Exhibitors (15)
Upwrd · Synthesia · Embed Learning · Pearson · The Institute of Leadership · ServiceNow · Capita · Infopro Learning · Microsoft · Mediazoo · Learning with Experts · General Assembly · TST · Debate Mate · HowNow
Speakers (56)
- Charlie Swan Solutions Director, Alchemist Group
- Christine Cary Managing Partner for the UK and Republic of Ireland, Leadership Pipeline Institute
- Jan Lindborg ROI Evangelist, Lindborg Performance
- Sam Fromson Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer, YuLife
- Jayney Howson Chief Learning Officer, SVP, Workforce Skills and Talent Readiness, ServiceNow
- Sarah Clayton-Jones Founder & CEO, Read to Lead
- Elissa Abbara Senior Associate, Debate Mate
- Sami Eltom Head of EMEA, General Assembly
- Martin Hill VP Customer Acceleration, ServiceNow University
- Scott Sheppard Chief Learning Officer, The LPI
- Abby Paterson Solution Architect, Hemsley Fraser
- Alex Ball Vice President, Learning Solutions, Infopro Learning
- Alice Hooper-Scott Director, The School of Life at Work
- Alice Ketch Manager, Knowledge & Enablement, Synthesia
- Baiju Solanki CEO & Founder, EnSpirit Global
- Courtnay McLeod Managing Director, Bauer Academy, Bauer Media Group
- Daniella Freeman Leadership Coach & Org Transformation Expert (Ex-Google)
- David Rae Chief Operating Officer, Learning with Experts
- Dr Elisa Forestan Chief Skills Officer, Abodoo
- Elena Ivanushkina Global Senior Manager Leadership Development and Talent Management, HARTMANN
- Elspeth Briscoe Founder and CEO, Learning with Experts
- Endy McKay Lead Specialist Coach, Drama, Guildhall Ignite
- Esther Mark Senior Facilitator, Debate Mate
- Gavin Oattes Managing Director and Keynote Speaker, Tree of Knowledge
- Glynne Steele Founder, DoThinkDo
- Hugo Van Mol
- Jarrard Cooper Partner, Leadership Pipeline Institute
- Kevin M. Yates L&D Detective
- Kimberly Rodrigues Learning Strategy and Impact Lead, NatWest
- Leon Boland Vice President, Learning Consulting, Infopro Learning
- Loren Udwin Senior Manager of User Adoption, ServiceNow
- Lynne Thorne Commercial Director, Learning with Experts
- Natalie Benjamin CEO, Ivy House
- Neil Trevena Chief Learning Officer, Ivy House
- Nelson Sivalingam CEO and Co-Founder, HowNow
- Nick Holmes Vice President, Learning & Culture, Avalere Health
- Ollie Hogg Director | Global Learning & Development, MSD
- Peter Fotheringham Head of Solutions Technology, TST
- Raul Aparici Head of Faculty at The School of Life, Coach, Facilitator & Psychotherapist, The School of Life
- Saood Kidwai Chief Business Officer (Europe & North America), KNOLSKAPE
- Sriraj Mallick CEO, Infopro Learning
- Steph Neale Chief Learning Officer, Microsoft UK & Ireland
- Binna Kandola Co-founder and Senior Partner, Pearn Kandola
- David Kaye Founder and CEO, Puma Capital Group
- Dr David Bevens Head of Learning and Development, Portico
- Giulia Citro People Development Business Partner, AS Watson
- Hayley Khan Chief Growth Officer, UK Coaching
- Jez Anderson Consultant and Session Host, Embed Learning
- Louise Woolfenden Head of Learning and Culture, Hollis
- Tarinee Pandey Chief People Officer, Puma Capital Group
- Andy Lopata Author, Professional Speaker & Professional Relationships Strategist
- Carl Crisostomo Founder, Learning Leaders Conversation Study
- Nick Lennon Barrett Founder & Learning Superhero, Superpower Mastery
- Sandra Murtagh CEO, Calero Consultancy
- Tania Pemberton Change Leadership Researcher, The Power of Questions
- Tejal Shah Chief Talent Officer, Kantar
Agenda
- The Future of Learning: AI, Culture & Impact 16 September 2026
- The Courage to Transform: The CLO Quest for AI-Native L&D 16 September 2026
- You’re Already a Learning Product Manager; You Just Don’t Know It Yet 16 September 2026
- From Surviving to Thriving – Showing Impact and ROI for L&D 16 September 2026
- Why Your Learning Culture Isn’t a Learning Problem 16 September 2026
- Leading with Joy in a Chaotic World 16 September 2026
- Skilling at the Speed of AI: A Hands-On Workshop with Microsoft AI Skills Navigator 16 September 2026
- AI Systemic Transformations Continued – Lessons Learned at Google 16 September 2026
- Your AI Problem Isn’t an AI Problem: Closing the AI Leadership Execution Gap 16 September 2026
- Readiness, Governance, Adoption: The Sequence Learning Functions Keep Getting Wrong and How to Get it Right 16 September 2026
- Stop Adding Content. Start Fixing the Experience 16 September 2026
- Supporting leaders through change and transformation 16 September 2026
- The Leader in the Mirror: How Self-Leadership and Accountability Build High-Performing Teams 16 September 2026
- The Readiness Gap 16 September 2026
- Debate Mate – Is Traditional L&D Still Fit For Purpose? 17 September 2026
- The Humanity of Leadership 17 September 2026
- Strangers by Design: Protecting Human Connection in the Age of AI 17 September 2026
- Promoted, Not Prepared: The Leadership Gap Nobody Talks About (But Almost Everyone Feels) 17 September 2026
- Why leadership development doesn’t stick — and how behavioural science can fix It 17 September 2026
- Leading Through AI: Building the Confidence, Culture & Capability to Transform Work at NatWest 17 September 2026
- The Self-Improving Company: The AI Playbook for L&D Leaders Who Want to Lead, Not Follow. 17 September 2026
- L&D Question Time 17 September 2026
- The Business Case Against the Business Case: Why proving ROI is the wrong argument, and what L&D should be measuring instead 17 September 2026
- It Takes a Village: Investigating Performance Contributions with the L&D Detective Assistant 17 September 2026
- The highs and lows of Leadership in SME businesses: building businesses with the right cultural foundations 17 September 2026
- The Intelligent Learning Revolution: How AI, Storytelling and Community are Transforming Learning and Behaviour Change 17 September 2026
- People First. The New Playbook for AI People Readiness 17 September 2026
- The Missing 78%: Gender, Power and the Future of Learning in the Age of AI 17 September 2026
- Democratising Leadership Development: Why More Skills Training May Not Be the Right Answer 17 September 2026
- How Personal Presence Drives Performance 17 September 2026
- The Learning Loop: Building a Learning Culture at Scale 17 September 2026
- The AI Advantage: Skills, AI and the pattern behind every technology that stuck 17 September 2026
- What Elite Athletes Do That Corporate Learning Doesn’t 17 September 2026