Citation
(2020), "Conference roundup January 2020", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 34 No. 1, pp. 47-48. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-01-2020-258
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited
This first conference roundup of 2020 is a special focus on the Learning Technologies conference, one of the biggest of its type and one of the earliest in the year.
Learning Technologies Conference 2020
The Learning Technologies conference 2020 takes place February 12th and 13th and ExCel in London’s Docklands www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/welcome/conference and celebrates its 21st year. For the first time, there is a day of workshops taking place on February 11th, the day before the conference officially starts, the topics of these workshops include workflow learning, design, marketing your learning programs and more. There are five tracks for this year’s conference:
Today’s most exciting technologies and trends
Big issues of Learning and Development
Tactical issues facing Learning and Development
All about content – video, design methodologies, writing techniques etc.
The detail of implementing technologies
There are a large number of themes for the conference this year:
Emerging technologies
Workflow learning
Learning impact
Video for learning
Market learning
Learning ecosystems
21st century learning
Reskilling
Story telling
Learning engagement
Virtual reality
Self-directed learning
Coaching and technology
Performance support
Stakeholder buy-in
Learning technology landscape
Learning and the mind
Learning analytics
Onboarding
xAPI
Digital transformation
Curiosity
Content development
Learning across boarders
Artificial Intelligence
Learning culture
Games and learning
Design methodologies
Compliance
For attendees there will be over 30 conference sessions and more than 70 speakers and session facilitators to provide information, inspiration and provocation, along with the extensive networking opportunities a conference of this size and caliber presents.