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Stepping up to the green challenge - L&D’s part in the journey to Net Zero

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Tess Robinson and Rob Hubbard, founders of LAS, will present at the upcoming Learning Technologies Autumn Forum on 13 October at ExCeL London, on L&D part in achieving Net Zero.

Tess Robinson and Rob Hubbard at #LTAF22
Tess Robinson and Rob Hubbard at #LTAF22 

Tess Robinson and Rob Hubbard join the Learning Technologies Autumn Forum 2022 to talk about the green challenge and L&D.

Do you feel like you’re living through a Netflix series? A big driver of the turbulence of our time is climate change - and it’s only going to get worse if we do nothing about it. Our planet - and home - is at a tipping point and business has a key role in putting things right.

With many organisations targeting carbon Net Zero by 2030, this is a pivotal moment. The actions we take now will determine whether we turn things around - or not. Organisations have a key role to play and we, in L&D, are ideally placed to facilitate awareness, action and behaviour change around sustainability. This is no longer a nice-to-have, but will be critical to the bottom line, as customers, viewers and voters make increasingly ethical choices. After all, without a planet, there is no business.

Tess Robinson’s and Rob Hubbard’s conference session at LTAF 2022 covers:

  • How green L&D really is
  • How we can lead the sustainability revolution as a sector
  • How you can lead green change in your organisation
  • What practical steps we can take to be more sustainable
  • Each other’s sustainability stories and best practice

The Learning Technologies Autumn Forum takes place at ExCeL London on 13 October. The full conference programme is available from the Learning Technologies Autumn Forum website, along with details about the co-located Learning Technologies Autumn Forum exhibition.

Learning Technologies Autumn Forum conference tickets are £495 and free-of-charge for Learning Technologies conference delegates and Learning and Skills Group members. Tickets are available via the LTAF website.

Other speakers include: 

  • Edward Gallier, Leonardo Hotels 
  • Lisa Johnson, NHS Blood and Transplant
  • Peter Manniche Riber, Novo Nordisk
  • Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, Health Education England
  • Mirjam Neelen, Novartis
  • Jodie Pritchard, Citizens Advice
  • Sarah Ratcliff Cegos UK
  • Ross Stevenson, Trainline
  • And many other well known learning and development speakers

 

Tess Robinson
Director, LAS

Tess has built her career in learning; first as a senior leader in universities and then as the co-owner of LAS, a multi-award winning digital learning innovation company and current LT Learning Organisation of the Year. Tess and her team specialise in helping organisations to achieve meaningful impact through human-centred learning design and consultancy. A regular blogger and award judge, Tess has a keen interest in psychology and the behaviours behind how people learn. She holds a Master’s degree in Organisational Behaviour from top-ranked Warwick Business School, is a strong advocate for digital sustainability and led LAS’ successful bid to become a B Corp in 2021.

Rob Hubbard
Creative Lead, LAS

Rob has spent 20 years combining an engineer’s problem-solving mindset with human-centred design in the field of digital learning. He sees the ability to learn, unlearn and relearn as critical to our survival as a species and a major force for empowering positive change. He was the elected Chair of the eLearning Network for two years, is a regular conference speaker across Europe, judges Learning Innovation Awards and was honoured with the ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Industry’ eLearning Award in 2015. He is the founder of LAS, which has grown to become a multi award-winning digital learning innovation company and also the editor and co-author of The Really Useful eLearning Instruction Manual, one of the leading books on the subject, published by Wiley and featuring contributions from the brightest and best elearning minds on both sides of the Atlantic.