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Success for businesses in 2026 lies with; to state the patently obvious, it’s ability to seamless integrate it’s technology with it’s people. The ‘what’ is clear, the ‘how’ a little murkier…

According to the World Economic Forum, half of today’s workforce needs to reskill or upskill to stay relevant. And that’s precisely why we’ve upskilled our agenda for the L&D Symposium for 2026: to help you do just that.

We’re going to be looking beyond the surface level so you’ll walk away with a better understanding for what skills and future capabilities will be needed, and where they’ll be needed.

Adapt. Evolve. Stay Relevant.

Our Key Themes for 2026 are:

• Mature AI Deployment: No simple sessions on how GenAI can help you create new content. We’re pushing the complexity scale to the sophisticated end. With sessions on how AI can help deliver on strategic workforce planning, skills management and internal mobility.
• The Politics of the L&D Professional: We’ve heard the ‘L&D needs a seat at the table’ session a thousand times over. The question is why not? And the answer is because L&D professionals need to learn to be savvier org operators. With us you’ll learn how to build, maintain and spend political capital for a return on influence.
• Should You Be Building a Skills Based-Organisation? It’s all a matter of degrees, but the shift from role-based models to skills-based frameworks isn’t going away. You’ll learn how focusing on skills can unlock great depths within your talent marketplaces.
• Build a Culture of Failing-Forward Safely: You’ll explore strategies for embedding failure acceptance into organisational culture, scaling DEI initiatives despite budget constraints, and weaving their importance into other business functions.
• How To Future-Proof Your Own Career in L&D: If learning isn’t valued as an organisation, it will always fail. So ensuring a culture of learning is essential for the next generation of talent to build their careers. You’ll discover how to leverage yours and younger talent’s digital fluency and adaptability.

Attendees at the Symposium are hand-picked to ensure the audience represents the most influential minds in the industry. Set in the picturesque Hunter Valley, far from the distractions of the office, attendees are given the rare opportunity to participate in a collaborative learning and networking environment that fosters peer-to-peer learning.

Operating under Chatham House rules, the prestigious forum encourages participants to candidly discuss industry opportunities and challenges and shape the future of workplace learning. The conference program has been crafted by a highly influential advisory board of L&D leaders.

Don’t miss the chance to learn, network and gain insights into the latest trends and strategies. Hear from our past delegates here on why the symposium is the must-attend L&D event in Australia.

Click the ‘Apply for your place’ button to join the most senior delegation in L&D to gather in the ANZ (Australia and New Zealand) regions. We look forward to welcoming you to the L&D Symposium.