Insider Access to Innovation
Want to reinvigorate your passion for learning, technology, and innovation? Make connections with inspiring L&D colleagues with great stories to share? Discover new and better ways to deliver your training — while also validating some of your current approaches?
Register now for Training magazine’s Learning Leaders Summit! Join colleagues from diverse industries who are actively engaged in transforming organizational training and learning through new applications of existing and emerging technologies.
Where You Will Learn
The Learning Leaders Summit is an off-site event, graciously hosted by teams that provide a glimpse behind the curtain of their training operations. Recent host organizations have included Oracle, KPMG, and JetBlue University.
The Summit at TechLearn 2025 will take place at Cafe Reconcile, 1631 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70113 (Summit registration required for participation).
Their Reconcile New Orleans program supports young adults, ages 16-24, as they transform their lives by encouraging their personal growth, providing workforce development and training, and equipping them with tools to achieve their potential.
Summit Logistics
“I had the opportunity to gain insights on what organizations are doing to design innovative learning and workplace experiences. ... I will be able to bring stories and knowledge back to my team.”
— Matt Wittig, Senior Manager of L&D, PwC
Who You Will Learn With
Speakers and attendees come from a variety of industries, including big tech, professional services, university research labs, healthcare, and transit, among others. Confirmed speakers include:
9:00 am — Welcome and Connecting
Steven Dahlberg, Conference Director, Training Magazine; Danielle Watkins, Master Facilitator, Zenith Performance Solutions
9:30 am — Learning in the Flow of Work: Where Is AI?
Yulia Barnakova, AI Innovation Lead, Accenture
Strategic AI for the Future of Work
Karie Willyerd, Head of Strategic Engagement, GP Strategies
10:45 am — Turning Training Into Measurable Results
Lorri Freifeld, Editor/Publisher, Training Magazine; Daniel Hansen, Vice President of Sales, Class
11:15 am — Adaptive Learning at Deloitte: A Hands-on Adventure
Anne Coudrette, Global Audit & Assurance Learning Research and Innovation Lead, and Kristine Obritsch, Global Audit & Assurance Learning Modernization Leader, Deloitte
11:45 am — Inclusive Learning Design Required — Not Optional
Antionette Carroll, Founder/CEO, Creative Reaction Lab
12:30 pm — Lunch
1:30 pm — How Reconcile New Orleans Is Training the Hospitality Industry’s Next Generation
Martha Faith Wiggins, Executive Chef, Reconcile New Orleans | Cafe Reconcile
2:00 pm — Slowing Down to Redefine Sales Training for Visa's Value-Added Services
Leah Carrubba, Sr. Director of VAS Sales Training, Visa
Implementing Systems at the Speed of Change: Lessons From Leading Healthcare Organizations
Janet Zarecor, Director of Learning and Organizational Development, Northwell Health
3:00 pm — Connection-Making and Take-Aways
3:45 pm — Depart
4:30 pm — TechLearn 2025 Kickoff: Innovations in Training Test Kitchen
“I liked that even though the Summit featured companies in direct competition, all of that was put aside to share best practices on delivering world-class experiences for our learners.”
— Miles Ford, Manager of Learning Content and Technologies, Shaw Industries
“I liked the variety of presenters. I was able to relate to my business unit and take away new ideas and tools to develop.”
— Jennifer Preuss, Assistant Director of Retail Learning & Development, Rockland Trust Bank
Space is limited. Fee: $695
