Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2027

Chateau Elan Winery & Resort, N. Atlanta, GA

Welcome to the People Development Executive Summit, hosted by Opal Group

We believe in creating a memorable, collaborative, and effective experience focused on continuous improvement for Human Resources, Learning & Development, and Talent Management senior executives.

Join us! Interested in attending or speaking? Contact Alexander Feoli at afeoli@opalgroup.net.

Interested in sponsorship? Contact Cherlene Willis at cwillis@opalgroup.net.

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Opal Group is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®.

The HR Experience

Who Should Attend

The People Development Executive Summit is an invitation-only, exclusive event for heads of learning, development, leadership development, talent management, and organizational effectiveness from Fortune 1000 and leading enterprise organizations.

Chief Learning Officers (CLOs)
Chief Talent Officers (CTOs)
SVP/VP/Head of Learning & Development
SVP/VP/Head of Talent Management
SVP/VP/Head of Leadership Development

Join us! Interested in attending or speaking?
Contact Alexander Feoli at afeoli@opalgroup.net.

Interested in sponsorship?
Contact Cherlene Willis at cwillis@opalgroup.net.

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Be the first to get the latest updates and discuss trending topics with other Human Resource and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion executives.

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Speaker Alumni

Examples of 2024 and 2025 Speaker Alumni

Chief Learning Officer, Phillips 66

Senior Vice President, Learning & Talent Solutions, The Walt Disney Company

Chief Learning Officer, Johnson & Johnson

AVP, Talent Development, Lockton

Director of Learning and Development, Humana

Vice President of Learning Technology, Cognizant

Director of People Development, Lyft

AVP Leadership & Executive Development, HCA Healthcare

Global Head of Talent & Learning, Senior Vice President, GXO Logistics

Director of Learning Design and Technology, McDonalds

Senior Director, Service Innovation & Performance, Coca-Cola

VP, Customer & Employee Learning, NA Tools, Stanley Black & Decker

Director, Learning & Development I Organizational Effectiveness, FedEx

Director Leadership Development, Walgreens

Head of Learning Operations & Enablement, Meta

Global Head of Learning & Development, Paypal

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Registration & Sponsorship

More networking, greater interactions, bigger ROI:

Benefit from an exclusive networking opportunity

Connect, benchmark, and network through the discussion of key strategies, practices, and ideas related to L&D.

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Develop new business relationships

Engage, interact, and build relationships with leading enterprise organizations that are actively seeking new business partners.

Be a Sponsor

Request more information about attending, speaking, and sponsorship opportunities at info@opalgroup.net.

Hotel Information

Chateau Elan Winery & Resort

100 Rue Charlemagne Dr., Braselton, GA 30517

For sponsorship, exhibition & speaking opportunities

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212-532-9898

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info@opalgroup.net

The Opal Team is the best in the business. Their attention to detail and care for all the attendees and sponsors are impeccable. The panel discussions, meetings, and experience made the conference feel like a home away from home.

Erick Dominguez, Account Director – General Assembly

If you would like to experience rich networking opportunities and getting to know others in the industry, this conference is where you can do that. Opal Group does a really good job of bringing together an amazing experience.

Alaina Doyle – VP, Learning and Development, Wells Fargo

Outstanding opportunity to network and learn with leaders doing the essential work in the L&D / DEI space. Unbelievable value-rich impact!

Tracy Salters – Director L&D, American Airlines

The Opal organization planned and executed one of the best conferences I have ever attended. The speakers were extremely knowledgeable and willing to share not only their stories but details that other practitioners can use to have an impact back at their organizations.

Duane J La Bom – Chief Learning & Inclusion Officer, Cornerstone OnDemand

The first time I participated in an in-person conference post pandemic, and it went above and beyond my expectations. Thought provoking agenda and great speakers.

Eli Bendet-Taicher – Head of Global Learning & Development, WIX

Opal Group's creation, planning and execution of the L&D and DEI Executive Summit in Atlanta was absolutely flawless. The sessions were extremely engaging and full of information, offering best practices from top experts in the field. These people know what they are doing and have raised the bar for all other event planning organizations. Kudos to the folks at Opal Group.

Bradie Speller – Director, Global Strategy Office, Change & Transformation, UPS

The Summit was inspirational, educational, and practical. The most valuable take-away for me was the network of leaders I had the opportunity to learn from and engage with across a myriad of industries. It was very comforting and reaffirming to hear from other leaders experiencing similar challenges and learning how handled, managed, and worked their way through them. The network I built at the Summit has already been a tremendous support system to me and others and for that, I am extremely grateful.

Sui Lang L. Panoke – Sr. Vice President, Diversity. Equity. Inclusion, Zions Bank

The event was well beyond my expectations. The presentations and learning opportunities were fantastic. I benchmarked what our organization was doing with the other attendees and developed concepts for scoping out projects and programming for our team. The networking was phenomenal! I met other colleagues in the same profession and enjoyed the camaraderie built during the conference networking events.

LynnAnn H – Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Texas State University

Opal Group does a great job of planning and orchestrating fun yet informative HR topics for Heads of HR to come together to share best practices and plans for the future of work.

Gianetta Jones – VP HR, Coca-Cola United

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