BW People Festival Of L&D 2024: Where Learning Meets Leadership

One of the largest Learning and Development (L&D) conferences of the year, the 3rd edition of BW People Festival of L&D 2024, will take place on the 27 & 28 November, at The Taj, MG Road, Bengaluru. This two- day immersive conference will bring together HR and L&D industry leaders, biggest coaches, renowned trainers, educators, professionals from corporates and consultancies to explore the latest trends, technologies, and methodologies in learning and development.

This year’s theme focuses on Designing Purposeful Learning to Shape Skill-Based Organisations.

BW People L&D Survey Report will also be unveiled during this Festival. The BW People L&D Survey aims to gather key insights on Learning & Development strategies, trends, and best practices from leading CHROs, CLOs, and HR professionals. It identifies challenges, innovative solutions, and measures the effectiveness of L&D initiatives. The results will offer valuable benchmarks and actionable insights to help companies enhance their L&D programmes, build a skilled workforce, and deliver value to businesses. 

The summit aims to bring together HR executives, L&D experts and practitioners from all domains to explore emerging trends, strategies and innovations in L&D. The program will focus on empowering employees through continuous learning, skills development, and fostering an adaptive organisational culture.

The panels will feature L&D heads, CHROs and MD/CEOs from renowned companies, sharing their expertise across diverse industries and domains. The esteemed industry experts will include speakers like; Rohin Nadir, Chief Learning Officer, KPMG; Anurag Verma, Head of People & Culture, Share Chat; Deepshikha Thakur, Chief People Officer, Bikaji Foods International; Anish Philip, Chief People Officer, Movate; Krishnan Nilakantan, CLO, Ramco Systems; Sheetal Bhanot Shetty, CHRO, Infra.Market and many more.

Some of the topics for panel discussions include-

Leadership transformation: Pipeline building, innovation, and human connection

Skill Agility: Fueling Growth & Aspirations in the AI Era

CLO as a Skill Coach: Empowering Manager for Skills Development

Learning aggregators and AI: The next big investments in L&D, and many other trending topics. 

The summit promises to delve deep into -

Smart Learning: Designing skill-based learning programmes with technologies

Engagement Tactics: Ways to curate purposeful learning to master learners’ engagement

Innovative Content: Making engaging L&D modules with just in time learning aids for busy learners

Human Leadership: Prioritising human connection in the age of AI

Investment Trends: Focusing on L&D spends that deliver real time ROI

Celebrating Excellence in HR

This two-day festival will showcase some of the best talents in the HR industry by recognising upcoming HR stars and L&D stalwarts in two gala awards ceremonies – HR 40 Under 40 Awards and L&D Excellence Awards – for individuals, L&D and HR teams and organisational categories.

The HR 40 Under 40 Awards 2024 will be judged by the jury chair, Paul Dupuis, CEO, Take-5 Global & External Advisor, Bain & Company; and jury members including Vikram Tandon, Advisor- Group Chairman, Adani Group; Prem Singh, President- Group HR, JK Organisation; Nitu Bhushan, CHRO, Pernod Ricard; Sarma Chillara, CHRO, Skoda Auto Volkswagen India; Pradyumna Pandey, Manufacturing HR Head, Hero MotoCorp; Simin Askari, SVP- Corporate, HR & Business Excellence, DS Group; Dr. Rajorshi Ganguli, President & Global HR Head, Alkem Laboratories; Dharm Rikshit, Head HR, Hero MotoCorp; Deepak Bharara, Director People, A2Z, Board of Directors, Hartek Group; Mahipal Nair, MD CHRO, Trellix India; Pradeep Hatgaonkar, Country Head HR, Hitachi Astemo; Sumit Taneja, VP-HR, Wipro; Chinmay Sharma, CHRO, Glaxo Smithkline Pharmaceuticals; Maneesh Menda, Head HR, International Hub, Natwest Group; Gaurav Saini, Global CHRO, Wadhwani Foundation; Amit Sharma, Group CHRO, Gokaldas Exports; Hoshie Ghaswalla, CEO, BW Engage, Ved Shukla, Founder & CEO, Mylomart & Advisor, BW Retail World, Meha Mathur, Sr. Associate Editor, BW Businessworld and Dr Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-chief- BW Businessworld and Founder- exchange4media. 

The L&D Excellence Awards 2024 will be judged by a panel of industry experts consisting of Martin Dinesh Gomez, CHRO, Zepto; Bhavesh N Chandaria, CEO, Executive Director, General Manager, Ethiopian Steel PLC, Member of Safal Group Africa, The Safal Group; Ravi Kumar, Sr President and CPO, Page Industries; Vandana Tilwani, CHRO-Havas India, Chief Diversity Officer-Havas APAC, Havas India; Harshvendra Soin, President - Asia Pacific and Japan Businesses, Tech Mahindra; Monica Watt, SO1 Training, Assistant Chief Instructor, LTCOL(AAC), Australian Army; Ruhie Pande, Group CHRO & Head of Marketing and Communications, Sterlite Power; Kamaljeet Kaur, CPO, Gensol Group; Sandiep Batra, CHRO, Adani Airport Holdings; Vivek Jain, CHRO, Capri Global Capital; Nalini George, CHRO, Bangalore International Airport, Sudakshina Bhattacharya, President & CHRO, HDFC ERGO General Insurance; Dr Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-chief- BW Businessworld and Founder- exchange4media and Noor Fathima Warsia, Group Editorial Director, BW Businessworld.  

For more information on Summit and Awards: 

https://bwevents.co.in/bwpeople/learning-and-development-festival-2024/

https://bwevents.co.in/bwpeople/hr-40under40-award-2024/