The free forum will provide senior learning professionals with insight into the latest trends and developments in the world of learning and will show how social networks and knowledge-based technologies can be used to support learning development. On the agenda are sessions on the different types of technology that can be used, a case study of how a national charity is using these technologies in its management and leadership development programme, and a review of how these programmes can be evaluated effectively.

QA-IQ's Director of Learning Development, Brian Sutton, explains; "Informal learning takes advantage of new technologies to provide a wider range of access points to knowledge and skills. Many people are familiar with using blogs, wikis and podcasts for entertainment, but may not have considered how they can be used to share knowledge in a business context. We will be looking at how to take advantage of Informal Learning in our organisations, and examine examples of how new technologies are fundamentally changing the way we relate to each other."

• What's New in Learning: Informal Learning - Defining the Learning Space of the Future
  
  Brian Sutton, Director of Learning Development, QA-IQ
  
  Darren Burford, Learning Consultant, QA-IQ
• Leveraging Informal Learning in Management and Leadership Development
  
  Richard Hordern, Managing Consultant, QA-IQ
  
  Juliet Adams, National Training Manager, Shaw Trust
• The Changing Face of Evaluating Learning Programmes
  
  Brian Sutton, Director of Learning Development, QA-IQ





Date: Thursday 15 February 2007

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (followed by networking lunch)

Location: The Institute of Engineering and Technology, Savoy Place, London