Workplace Learning Unlocked
Brighton, UK, 3 & 4 Feb 2027
Where open-source technology meets the future of workplace learning.
Two days in Brighton. HR leaders, L&D professionals, open-source technology companies, and educators in the same room, at the same time, having the conversation that none of their individual worlds could have alone. This is where Europeans and Brits meet.
This is a mixer, not a conference. Not tracks and tribes where everyone goes home having only spoken to people exactly like them. A deliberately cross-disciplinary gathering where the HR director who decides the platform meets the developer who builds it, the educator who designs the learning, and the European companies already ahead of where the UK is heading. The format is built around real conversation, shorter talks that spark discussion rather than replace it, roundtables where seniority doesn't dominate, and two evenings that are as valuable as anything on the official agenda.
The timing couldn't be more urgent. The UK is in the middle of its most significant employment law overhaul in a generation. The Employment Rights Act 2025 is rolling out across 2026 and into 2027, and from January 2027 unfair dismissal rights kick in at just six months of service. For HR teams, auditability of training records is no longer a nice-to-have, it is a legal requirement. The learning platform your organisation uses is now a compliance asset, and most HR leaders haven't had that conversation yet.
At the same time a £23 billion annual digital skills gap is hollowing out UK productivity, AI tools are moving from experimental to essential across every sector, and the government is investing heavily in EdTech across education and the workplace. The pressure to make better, faster, more defensible decisions about learning technology has never been higher.
Europe is already ahead of this. The EU Tech Sovereignty Package, passed June 2026, mandates that public institutions across the continent use tools that are open, auditable, and free from non-European control. France is already migrating at scale. Open-source learning technology is rapidly becoming the standard — and the companies building it are looking for their next market. The UK, post-Brexit, is not bound by those mandates. But the pressure is coming anyway — through data residency requirements, GDPR enforcement, and multinational employers operating across both markets simultaneously. UK organisations have a window right now to learn from the European early movers and make smarter decisions before compliance forces the conversation.
Brighton in February is where that intelligence transfer happens. Easy to reach from Europe by train. A creative, internationally minded city that isn't London — which means the conversations are deeper and the relationships have room to form. Two days instead of one makes all the difference. People leave with more than a business card. They leave with a plan, a perspective, and a community that keeps going after the event ends.
If you are a company that wants to be part of this as a sponsor, a speaker, or a partner, we would love to hear from you.