Programme

25th People Development Summit in Lisbon

Lisbon (PT), March 2025 - The 25th People Development Summit is a three-day event, taking place from March 12th to 14th in Lisbon. Itis designed to bring together L&D professionals from across the UK for an immersive experience and will offer pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings with solution providers, interactive strategy group sessions with industry leaders, and numerous networking opportunities.

To kick off the event, there is an opening keynote from Olympic Ski Jumper Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, where he’ll dive into his story of resilience and tenacity to become Great Britain’s First Olympic Ski Jumper. 

During strategy group sessions, participants can expect to dive deep into The Future of L&D, Leadership Excellence, Measuring Learning Impact, Technology and AI and much more while gaining practical insights from real-world case studies led by top practitioners. 

The Strategy Group Sessions features:

  • Nick Halder, Senior Director of Talent and Development
    Deltatre - Wellbeing, beyond the "app"
  • Laura Ashley-Timms, Author of The Answer is a Question & COO, Notion HR & L&D’s 3 Fatal Mistakes Preventing the Creation of a Coaching Culture and the 5-Step Blueprint to Resolve it
  • John Gregg, Head of Learning and Organisational Development
    Alzheimer’s Research UK - Measuring Learning Impact and Providing Value
  • Baden Frsn, Director, Global Leadership Development Fortinet - How much is too much? Exploring the toxic dark-side traits of high-performing leaders
  • Sonia Gupta, Director, Talent and Learning Save the Children International Promoting neuroinclusion in our workplace culture
  • Ron Edwards, Head of Learning Entain Technology Infused Leadership Development Strategy
  • Neil Dear, Global Head of L&D Watchfinder L&D's place in creating a positive workplace culture
  • Konstantinos Tasis, Learning & Development Programme Manager Ipsos UK&I Empowering Business Transformation: How Learning and Development Can Support the Integration of Generative AI

As a senior HR practitioner, you have the opportunity to attend this event at no cost.