Learning and Skills Group Conference

Your career as an L&D professional

London (UK), June 2016 - The Learning and Skills Group conference, part of the annual Learning Technologies Summer Forum in London on 14 June, will explore careers in L&D. The event will feature three learning industry leaders, each with a unique and highly successful journey in the learning industry: 

  • corporate eLearning architect and proponent of engaging learning, Ant Pugh
  • finance sector education product manager, Sharon Claffey Kaliouby
  • learning technologies manager at Vodafone, Mike Booth

Each will host a session on careers in L&D.

The LSG conference chair, Donald H Taylor, posed following questions:

  • "You want to take the next step as a learning-and-development professional - but what is it?
  • You may dream of going freelance, but do you know what that really involves?
  • If you stay in employment, how can you prepare yourself to be marketable for the future?
  • And according to LSG research, women hold only 33% of top level L&D jobs. How will that affect your prospects?"

To evaluate your options as an L&D professional, join this interactive discussion on

  • Where is the industry heading as a wholeWhat are the pros and cons of going freelance?
  • When is the right time to move on to the next employer?
  • What challenges face women aiming for the top?
  • What skills should I be developing?

LSG conference booking is free of charge for Learning Technologies 2016 conference delegates and LSG members and also includes free access to the Learning Technologies Summer Forum exhibition.