Dear Learning Enthusiast,
We’re officially one week away from Learning Technologies UK (23 - 24 April 2025 | ExCeL London). That’s 200+ sessions, 200+ exhibitors, and more than 11,000 learning professionals all converging on ExCeL London to answer one question: What’s really working in L&D right now?
This year, the focus is more about tools, structure, and strategies that can stand up to pressure. Whether you're revisiting your tech stack, redesigning your learning culture, or simply looking to stay sharp, this is the moment to get intentional.
Here’s your prep brief — with our top insights, picks, and the people to watch.
🎯 Planning with purpose
This year’s conference themes give us a clear signal: learning is being redefined — not as an internal service, but as a performance-critical function.
🧠 Skills, talent and learning
From capability frameworks to workforce alignment, sessions are exploring how learning teams can become embedded in broader talent strategy — not just run alongside it.
📊 AI, data and analytics
It’s no longer theoretical. Talks this year show how AI is being applied in coaching, feedback loops and personalisation — with analytics playing a central role in prioritisation and decision-making.
🎨 Learning experience design
It’s not about platforms anymore — it’s about relevance and meeting people in the flow of work. Experience design is being reimagined around action, not aesthetics.
🛠️ Tools and technologies
A shift from “what’s new” to “what’s working.” Sessions are focusing on integrated learning ecosystems, rather than piling on disconnected platforms.
Across all key themes — including future L&D, professional development, and programme implementation — the message is clear: learning is here to enable performance.
👀 Who to Watch: Hive Perform
There’s one team we’ll be watching closely this year: Hive Perform. They’ve built a real-world test lab for performance thinking.
📍 Visit their booth (H60) to join the Best Pitch Competition — a live leaderboard challenge that gives you personalised feedback on your pitch (whether you’re in sales or L&D).
✨ Two lightning sessions from CEO Laura Keith explore what happens when companies prioritise preparedness over content:
April 24 | 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM — with Fospha CRO Tom Sheepshanks
How Fospha shifted from training, content and spreadsheets to performance and execution to boost their revenue by 30%
📍 Seminar Theatre 5
April 24 | 12:20 PM – 12:35 PM — a session on performance vs. practice
Performance and execution vs. Training and content - What drives success in 2025?
📍 Bitesize Learning Zone 1
🔎 Hive Perform’s angle this year? Less training, more doing. Their platform delivers live nudges, contextual coaching, and real-time insight that shows whether enablement is actually… enabling.
If you’re looking for ideas you can bring back to your CRO or HR director, this is a booth worth scheduling.
✍️ Still Planning? Use This Checklist
✅ Download the app — schedule, map, alerts
✅ Pick one session from outside your comfort zone
✅ Plan time to walk the floor and ask tough questions
✅ Book at least one meeting that could spark change
See you in London. We’ll be on the ground covering the unexpected, the overlooked, and the genuinely useful. Stay tuned.
Until next week,
The Unofficially Learning Technologies Team
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