If you have recently become a Chief Learning Officer or are looking to expand your skills, attending a chief learning officer conference is a great way to master the latest industry trends. As you may know newer generations like millennials value learning higher than other company benefits. Plus, empowered employees with the necessary tools to do their jobs successfully are more willing to stay and grow with your organization than looking for a new job. So attending and strengthening your skill set as a Chief Learning Officer is key to your success and that of your employees and company.
To help, we’ve pulled together the best and most comprehensive learning and development conferences of 2019. Here is a snapshot of each so you can decide which conferences are the right ones for you to attend.
Yearly conferences
Chief Learning Officer Breakfast Club
Dates: May 8, 2019 Location: Chicago, IL Cost: $49.95

Conference highlights
The Chief Learning Officer Breakfast Club is a series that happens all year long in different cities across the U.S. When you attend, the format will be a mixture of discussions, lectures, and peer to peer networking time.
Attending this Chief Learning Officer conference will arm you with the skills to create faster and smarter employees. Since new innovations and technologies happen daily, this conference will get you up to speed on what these are. Plus, you will learn new ways to retool, reinvent, and improve your current learning and development program. And you’ll walk away with new techniques to transform employee development.
Notable conference speakers
Alison O’Malley, Betterup; Allen Partridge, Adobe; Ashley St. John, Human Capital Media; Jon Kaplan, Discover Financial Services, Mike Prokopeak, Chief Learning Officer Magazine; Nicole Hajdrowski, US Foods, and Skip Marshall, DXC Technologies
ATD International Conference and Expo
Dates: May 19-22 Location: Washington D.C. Cost: $2,200 for non-members

Conference highlights
The ATD International Conference & Exposition is the biggest yearly conference for talent development professionals worldwide. However, it is also a great Chief Learning Officer conference since you’ll learn the latest strategies, and solutions to effectively train and develop talent. Plus get insights into best practices and new solutions for designing, delivering, implementing, and measuring your learning programs and initiatives.
This year’s agenda will focus on pre conference learning as well. These will be workshops and certification programs for your individual development. During the conference there will be general sessions featuring keynote speakers to inspire, motive, and give you insight into the latest learning initiatives. If you are looking for specific workshops, this conference offers more than 300 on 12 different content tracks. Plus, there are plenty of opportunities to network with your peers and also see the latest in learning tools at the expo featuring more than 400 exhibitors.
Notable conference speakers
This year’s conference features three keynote speakers. Oprah Winfrey, Seth Godin, best selling author and speaker, and Eric Whitacre, Grammy-winning composer and conductor. There will also be several other notable speakers presenting throughout the conference.
Chief Learning Officers and Influencers Forum, Spring
Dates: June 11-13, 2019 Location: Phoenix, AZ Cost: $1,199

Conference highlights
The CLOI Forum is a yearly conference that focuses on learning and development for senior decision-makers in corporate learning. Join industry peers for three days of keynotes speakers, in-depth presentations, and discussion groups giving you real-life takeaways to apply at your company.
This conference will be a mixture of workshops like “learning and development’s role in digital transformation,” panel discussions like “time to transform: how is digital transformation affecting l&d,” keynote presentations, and networking time.
Notable conference speakers
Kevin M. Yates, Learning Technology Manager, McDonalds; Rupalli Thacker, Global Learning Products and Programs Leader, Amazon; Jeanne Tari, Global Head of Education Programs, Facebook, and many more.
Training Industry Conference & Expo
Dates: June 17-19, 2019 Location: Raleigh, NC Cost: $1,495

Conference highlights
Unlike other learning and development conferences, this one is focused solely on building effective leaders of corporate learning so it’s ideal for chief learning officers. The Training and Development Conference (TICE) is held annually and is a great chance to network and learn from industry experts. And if you are looking for credit hours, TICE will fulfill 14 PDCs for the SHRM-SCP and 24 CPTM recertification credit hours.The format for this year’s agenda kicks off with two pre-show workshops on internal consulting and strategic planning. Then the conference consists of keynote speakers, time to check out the exhibit hall, workshops, and networking with peers.
Notable conference speakers
Whitney Mortimer, IDEO; Scott Hartley, best-selling author and venture capitalist; and Erica Javellana, Zappos.com