16th & 17th June 2025
Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre, London Heathrow
16th & 17th June 2025
Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre, London Heathrow
Search
Close this search box.

Speakers

June 2025

Secure your place

Speak at our events

Request full seminar details

Khairunnisa Mohamedali
Director & Chief Innovation Officer | The Smarty Train

“Why your L&D doesn’t work (and how to fix it!)”

Dr. Khairunnisa Mohamedali has over 10 years’ experience in organisational culture, innovation and human-centred design. In this session, she will reveal the neuroscience behind why traditional learning approaches no longer work and how you can adapt your L&D design to create long-lasting behavioural change.

  • Discover the neuroscience behind why traditional approaches to learning design don’t work with today’s learners
  • Learn design principles and brain hacks that will help your L&D create lasting behaviour
    change
  • See real examples of sticky learning in practice from our partnerships with pioneering and award-winning global brands across industries, from banking to luxury fashion to energy
  • Come equipped with your organisation’s L&D challenges to receive tailored insights from our expert Q&A panel

BIO

As Chief Innovation Officer at The Smarty Train, Dr Khairunnisa Mohamedali specialises in organisational culture, innovation, and human-centred design.She advises on future-ready development strategies and designs high-performance people programmes, whether graduate, mid-level or senior, for someof the biggest (and smallest) organisations in the world.

Khairunnisa is a published author, a thought leader on the subject of learning and development, was awarded Woman of the Future, and frequentlypresents on the topic of innovation in the world of work.

Joe Hill-Wilson
Chief Commercial Officer and Lead Solutions Architect | Learn Amp

“Building a skills-powered employee journey: The golden thread aligning learning to performance and progression”
  • Why skills are increasingly used as a currency for performance and progression conversations
  • The value of a skills-powered people development strategy and the practical ways to implement a personalised approach
  • Moving from learning management to career management to support improved ELV

BIO

Joe has spent his career building global scale-ups in people and organisational development roles. He has worked across 4 continents training, managing and consulting with a deep interest in how performance is affected by identity, culture, system, processes and its people. In his 15+ years in L&D and OD roles, Joe developed to Head of L&D and then Director at a global company. He ran a consultancy before joining Learn Amp as a founding team member. He established its Sales, Solutions, Customer Success and Implementation functions now operating as Chief Commercial Officer and Lead Solutions Architect.

Richard Newman
CEO & Founder | Body Talk

“From Idea To Impact”

In today’s modern world there is a gap between where you are and the impact that you want to create. Often people’s best ideas go to the ideas graveyard. Ideas that win, are those that are best communicated.

  • PRO storytelling framework

BIO

Richard Newman is an award-winning expert in Leadership Communication, Storytelling and Influence, working in advanced communication since 1995. Richard specialises in showing leaders how to speak with greater impact and influence. He is regularly featured on BBC London Radio and is the author of the best selling book ‘You were Born to Speak’ and the recently launched ‘Lift Your Impact’. Richard’s clients include CEOs, Vice-Presidents and leadership teams across many industries, including Virgin, Expedia, EE, AXA, Microsoft and 3M. Richard founded Body Talk in 2000 and began working with a well-known Formula 1 team. His team at Body Talk have now worked with over 160,000clients from 46 countries around the world. Recently they helped one client win over £1.2 Billion in new business by improving the way they communicate.

Mark Agnew
European Adventurer of the Year 2023 | Keynote Speaker

“How to find your polar bear – resilience in the workplace”

Mark Agnew and his teammates made history when they kayaked the Northwest Passage. He shares the tale of his adventure with actionable lessons to create a more resilient, happier and more productive workforce.

  • Gripping tales of polar bears, icebergs and near death experiences
  • One of the greatest expeditions of modern time
  • Lessons in how to ‘sit with discomfort’ so your staff can thrive in adversity
  • The power of the process over the outcome, and how it will lead to more productivity

BIO

Mark Agnew is a resilience and teamwork specialist. He is a World First Record setting adventurer & European Adventurer of The Year 2023. His talk is packed with polar bears and ice bergs, and actionable lessons to help you thrive in adversity.