2026 is almost here, and the L&D function is gearing up for another year of transformation. From AI-powered upskilling to skills-first workforce planning, learning and development events are becoming the spaces where our industry resets, rethinks, and realigns. 

Across India, several L&D events in India are lined up for 2026, bringing together practical case studies, future-skills frameworks, and discussions on talent transformation in GenAI era. Whether your focus is immersive learning or building employee learning programs at scale, these events offer high-value insights for every stage of growth.

Here are seven high-impact workplace learning conferences in India you should consider attending. Each one offers something unique, strategy playbooks, peer conversations, tech showcases, and fresh inspiration for your next phase of talent transformation. 

Key Learning and Development Events for 2026

1. 17th L&D & Talent Management India Summit & Awards 2026

Date: 28 January 2026
Venue: Radisson Blu Mumbai International Airport
Visit: https://lndleadershipsummit.com/

Synopsis:

A long-standing industry favorite, this summit brings together CHROs, CLOs, and talent leaders to decode what’s next for capability building. Expect conversations around leadership transformation, digital academies, skill mobility, and scaling training and development events across enterprise teams.

2. The 22nd Edition Future of Learning & Development Summit & Awards 2026

Date: 13 February 2026
Venue: Mumbai
Visit: https://futurelnd.com/ 

Synopsis:

With the theme of Engage – Empower – Elevate, this conference offers deep dives into immersive learning, hybrid architectures, and AI-enabled skilling. It’s a must-attend for teams redesigning employee learning programs for long-term impact and agility.

3. Asia L&D & Employer Branding Conference & Awards – 2nd Edition

Date: 13 February 2026
Venue: Hotel The Den, Bengaluru
Visit: https://www.ibcinfo.com/events-details/event/asia-ld-employer-branding-conference-awards-2nd-edition/

Synopsis:

This event combines L&D strategy with culture and communication. Expect discussions on learning experience design, reskilling frameworks, employee value propositions, and capability building. Emphasizing strong identity and talent transformation in GenAI era, this event recognizes a crucial theme across skill development conferences.

4. The Economic Times NexTech HR Summit 2026

Date:18–19 February 2026
Venue: The Leela Ambience, Gurugram
Visit: https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/nextech

Synopsis:

Themed Minds & Machines: Shaping Tomorrow, NexTech explores how India can advance as a global talent capital. With its strong focus on automation, workforce readiness, and scalable skilling, it’s a core event for organizations investing in future skills summits and digital transformation. 

5. The Best Firm Summit 2026

Theme: Reimagining the Future of Human Capital in the Era of AI
Date: 17 April 2026
Venue: Radisson Blu, Outer Ring Road, Bengaluru
Visit: https://summit.bestfirm.aim.media/

Synopsis:

Designed for leaders building AI-driven workplaces, this summit covers automation-integrated talent ecosystems, capability academies, and intelligence-driven workforce planning. Perfect for teams working at the intersection of AI and enterprise learning.

6. People Matters TechHR India 2026

Date: 6–7 August 2026
Venue: Yashobhoomi Convention Centre, New Delhi
Visit: https://india.techhrconference.com/

Synopsis:

Asia’s largest HR & work-tech conference, TechHR is one of the prestigious learning events where L&D meets the future of work. From behavioral analytics to next-gen platforms and capability intelligence systems, this is the place for organizations prioritizing upskilling and reskilling and talent transformation in GenAI.

7. SHRM India Annual Conference & Expo 2026

Date: 26–27 November 2026
Venue: Taj Palace, New Delhi
Visit: https://www.shrmconference.org/iac

Synopsis:

One of India’s most influential HR and L&D industry events, SHRMIAC brings global experts, masterclasses, and research-backed insights. Expect future-skills playbooks, capability frameworks, GenAI strategies, and case studies from high-performing enterprises.

Why These Learning Events Matter in 2026

Across all seven learning and development events, a few powerful themes consistently emerge:

1. AI-Accelerated L&D

GenAI is moving from pilots to enterprise-scale adoption. Learning teams are overhauling content operations, personalization engines, and taxonomies using AI.

2. Skills Over Roles

Organizations are shifting to agile skill architectures, prioritizing skills mapping, adjacent skills, skills-based career pathing, and internal mobility.

3. Experience-Led Learning

Simulations, microlearning, practice labs, and mentor interventions drive higher retention and provide real-world application-based learning.

4. Measurement & ROI

L&D is now directly tied to business outcomes. Leaders want clearer impacts such as faster deployment readiness, reduced cost of hiring, better build vs buy vs borrow talent decisions, skills insights to build proactive talent pipeline that helps in measurable ROI.

5. People-Centric Tech Adoption

As tool fatigue rises, L&D must re-design people-first systems that feel simple, intuitive, and human by default. A powerful theme that propagates talent transformation in the GenAI era. 

How Tekstac Engages in These Learning Events 

Throughout 2026, Tekstac will actively participate in these learning and development events, conducting roundtables, working on new research, unveiling capability frameworks, and hosting demos. These interactions help us stay deeply connected to the evolving challenges of learning teams, enabling us to co-create solutions with the industry.

Accelerating Talent Transformation in GenAI Through Learning and Development Events

Learning and Development Events are no longer passive industry gatherings; they’re catalysts for transformation, capability building, and meaningful collaboration. As 2026 brings a new wave of innovation, these seven conferences offer the insights, networks, and frameworks to help L&D teams stay ahead of rapid change. 

Whether you’re refining your skilling strategy, rethinking systems, or preparing your workforce for the future, these learning events offer everything you need to accelerate talent transformation in the GenAI era.