Emerging Technologies
Breakthrough technologies impacting how people work, shop, entertain, and live that can ultimately affect how people learn.
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DevLearn Conference and Expo Launches the 2026 Program with Expanded Tracks, Hands-On Learning, and New Ways to Connect
The program for DevLearn Conference & Expo 2026 has been announced, introducing a range of new learning experiences designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s learning professionals. Returning to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas from November 4 – 6, 2026, this event brings together learning professionals from around the world for an engaging and forward-looking program focused on innovation, skills and real-world application. This year’s edition […]
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Transforming Content into a Strategic AI Growth Asset: Building a Unified Content Fabric
As organizations expand, their audiences diversify—employees, customers, partners, distributors, and now AI agents all rely on consistent, high quality content. The shift from an access focused world to an answer focused one means Learning & Development teams must ensure their content is not only accurate and up to date at scale, but also structured and […]
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Architecting What’s Next: How L&D Can Lead in the Age of AI
As AI reshapes how we work, learning has never been more essential to staying relevant — and L&D professionals are at the heart of it. In this keynote, Yulia Barnakova, Accenture’s AI Innovation and Learning Advisor, explores how L&D can turn AI disruption into new opportunities for learning. From AI coaches and knowledge assistants to […]
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Aha Moments from DevLearn 2025: Why Community Is Still L&D’s Competitive Advantage
For all the focus on AI at DevLearn 2025, some of the most meaningful “aha” moments had nothing to do with technology. Instead, they pointed to something more enduring: the importance of connection, conversation, and community in a time of rapid change. As we asked influencers what stood out most, and what they said pointed to the fact that […]
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Workplace Readiness: Can Higher Education Develop AI-Ready Students?
Internships, simulations, and cross-disciplinary projects can help students practice human-AI collaboration, resilience, and decision-making in environments that mirror the workplace’s ambiguity and complexity.
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The Thirty Under Program Returns in 2026…to DevLearn!
The Learning Guild’s Thirty Under 30 program is back for 2026, and this year it’ll be at DevLearn Conference & Expo (Nov 4-6). Designed to spotlight the next generation of emerging leaders, the program recognizes young professionals who are already making an impact in L&D, customer education, higher education, and other roles focused on adult learning, training, and performance enablement and development. Applications are […]
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Debunking L&D Myths: What DevLearn Attendees Want to Change in 2026
At DevLearn, we asked attendees what L&D myths they’re ready to leave behind in 2026. Their answers reveal an industry eager to challenge assumptions and rethink how learning really works. Learning isn’t easy to create One of the most direct misconceptions attendees called out is the idea that creating learning is simple. There’s often a perception that anyone can quickly put together a course or training and […]
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Learning Leaders as AI Change Agents
Michelle Lentz didn’t open her session with a demo or a prompt. Instead, she started with a question about emotion. At The Learning Guild’s 2026 Trends & Strategies Online Conference (Dec. 3–4, 2025), Lentz—founder of Innovate & Elevate Strategies—asked attendees to name the feeling AI most often triggers for them. The responses came fast and varied: “wow,” “hesitant,” […]
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AI As a Teammate
The future isn’t us versus the machine, it’s us with the machine. AI will be woven into every part of the learning journey, from design to facilitation to evaluation.
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Aha Moments from DevLearn 2025: How AI Is Reshaping the Future of L&D
We asked influential voices in the community to reflect on their biggest “aha” moments from DevLearn 2025, and the focus is no longer on just what technology can do. It’s about what is forcing organizations and L&D to rethink. Here’s a look at what stuck out the most to last year’s influencers. AI is a workforce shift, not just a tech trend […]