BILD Annual Conference

The Open University, Milton Keynes

June 11th 2009

‘Releasing potential – learning through people & technology’

Price

£99 + VAT to BILD Members
£250 + VAT to non members - includes an optional one year individual membership to the BILD

Background

There is increasing emphasis on learning, skills and qualifications and positioned at a high level on the national agenda. This places considerable responsibility on the learning and development profession to consider the ways in which new and potential learners can develop and release their potential through the learning process; whether as existing employees increasing their knowledge and skills for their job or for career and leadership development in the workplace. This conference provides the opportunity for Learning & Development professionals to update their knowledge of a range of initiatives to better equip and engage learners and increase the impact of learning.

Who should attend?
  • Learning & Development professionals seeking to keep updated with current trends and national issues
  • Companies and government organisations committed to the development of their staff
  • Professionals and practitioners in further & higher education
  • Providers of vocational and work based learning seeking to apply good practice
  • All those offering learning and concerned with choices of media such ase-learning, mixed media or classroom based delivery and other providersof training
  • Learning & skills councils, chambers of commerce, sector skills councils, business links and regional development agencies
  • Organisations with learning centres including those offering learndirect
  • Local learning partnerships, adult & community learning practitioners and curriculum development professionals
  • Business support and research organisations
  • Individual practitioners and consultants.
Speakers

To view a full programme of the day, please click Programme_290509.doc
  • Peter Hawkins, Liverpool University
  • John Hayes MP, Shadow Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education
  • Sir John Whitmore
  • Liz Macann, BBC
  • Jim Potts, Defence Academy
  • Phil Sagar, Defence Academy
  • Laura Overton, Towards Maturity
  • Charles Jennings
  • Charles Elvin, The Open University
  • Paul Sealy, Kier Group
  • Clive Shepherd, eLearning Network
  • Professor David Clutterbuck
Sponsorship

Sponsorship packages are available from £3000 upwards, please contact swills@thebild.org for more details

How to book

To book a place as this event, please contact a member of the BILD office staff or email us at: info@thebild.org




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