International Conference: Action Learning
7th to 9th April 2025
Keynote Speakers:
When, where and how the magic happens
Professor Naomi Chambers Professor of Healthcare Management, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester Drawing on her 25 years of experience of facilitating, researching and evaluating action learning, Naomi identifies the critical ingredients. She will go on to explore both the difficulty and the importance of striking a good balance between the processes of learning, reflecting, and taking action.
Manchester & Action Learning
Mike Pedler
Mike will share his experiences of Action Learning over the years, highlighting the many links to Manchester.
Conference Theme:
The theme for the 2025 International Action Learning Conference is Creating the conditions for developing people and organizations with a focus on two areas in particular:
- Collective capability – action learning has a tradition of people interacting and working together to achieve ‘something’. Collective capability describes those ‘somethings’ as being delivered through a process of collective agency. Papers are welcomed on action learning and how it supports that focus of collective capability/agency/leadership.
- Action learning as an agent in leadership development – action learning is used throughout many industries as an agent for development of leaders. Please share papers on how action learning supports or is the key component of leadership development within programmes or as one-off activities.
The conference will be hosted by Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), University of Manchester https://www.manchester.ac.uk/
Please use this email address for any queries about the conference, and access this link to book your place: https://www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/events/international-conference-action-learning/
Conference Details:
- 7th April 2025 6 pm – 9th April 2025 4.30 pm
- Location: Oxford Road, University of Manchester
Cost: Conference rate
- Early bird booking £250 – closes 24th January 2025
- Full delegate rate £285 – closes 24th February 2025
- Day rate – £180 per day
The delegate fee & early bird rate offers:
- Admission to all sessions and plenaries
- Access to conference materials
- Tea, coffee and lunches throughout the conference
- Drinks reception on Monday
- Conference Dinner on Tuesday
- The day rate allows access to the conference for a specified day and refreshments during that day
Note: accommodation is not included in the fees and must be booked separately. There are many hotels within easy walking and public transport distance of the venue.
Last chance to submit an abstract and register for the Action Learning Research and Practice conference in Manchester, 7-9 April. Early bird registration closes 24 January. Attached are a short and more detailed flier to share with your networks.