
The region's most loved L&D event


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Immerse yourself in a unique forum developed by the leaders of the Learning and Development community
Success for businesses in 2025 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 2025: 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 2025 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.
L&D Symposium 2025
WHEN
12 – 13 June 2025
WHERE
Rydges Resort Hunter Valley
formerly the Crowne Plaza
430 Wine Country Dr
Lovedale NSW 2325
WHO
Chief Learning Officer
Chief People Officers
Heads of Learning & Development
Heads of Organisational Development
Heads of Planning & Performance
Heads of Talent
Heads of Learning and Capability
Head of People and Culture
Learning & Development Managers
GMs of Culture, Talent, and Leadership
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Here’s what you can expect

EVENT OF THE YEAR The L&D HR Symposium is absolutely the standout People & Culture event of the year. The quality of speakers and attendees is incredibly high, and the Ashton Media team go to incredible efforts to make sure every detail is thought of (thank you!!). It truly is an immersive learning experience, filled with moments for genuine connection and inspiration. This was my second year and it was wonderful to re-connect with peers from last year, and meet so many incredible new people this year. Having the opportunity to bounce & build ideas in this community is truly so unique to a 'conference' experience. I feel re-energised after spending two days with so many amazing people and I can not wait for next year.

SPACE TO DIGEST NEW WAYS OF WORKING The symposium gives meaningful networking and development to HR professionals as well as the space to digest new ways of working and thinking.

PERFECT BLEND OF INSPIRATIONAL AND PRACTICAL CONTENT The L&D + HR Symposium was one of the most insightful conferences I attended in 2022 - a perfect blend of inspirational yet practical content. It's a privilege to be a part of the advisory board for this event in 2023, as we face into more complex people and workforce challenges ahead. To support how the event is saped and to share and learn together as an HR community is how we continue to evolve our impact within our organisations.

LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE Any L&D professional should definitely make the time to attend this event. It’s a wonderful two days, spending time with like-minded people, and taking the time to not only reflect on what you have been doing in the learning space, but hear from others, share challenges and experiences, and get new ideas on how you can improve learning in your organisation. I’d highly recommend this event and am already looking forward to next year!

MEANINGFULLY CONNECT The environment that’s been created, the opportunities to connect informally, the way people are mixed up and then put in situations where it’s very relaxed, no one’s under pressure. It it really just creates the right environment for people to connect and meaningfully connect.
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Jamie Carroll
Partnerships Director, Ashton Media
Ph: +61 425 138 250
jamie@ashtonmedia.com.au