Presentation Panel
Scaling Learning Without Losing Impact: L&D Approaches That Work
Date Friday, Dec 5 Time – Room: Tiergarten
Caught between pressure to scale learning and demands to prove measurable business impact? The speakers tackle the challenge of designing learning that works for everyone while delivering results. Each speaker brings a different lens, from product thinking to instructional design and performance mapping, but together they address the core L&D challenge of building learning solutions that are simultaneously scalable, inclusive, and impactful rather than forcing you to choose between these priorities.
Ashley Cooks
Instructional Designer & Founder, EmpowerHER Strategies LLC
Ashley Cooks is an award-winning instructional designer and the founder of EmpowerHer Strategies LLC, a learning and development consulting firm focused on inclusive, scalable learning. She specializes in designing training experiences that blend technology, accessibility, and equity-centered design to support diverse learners in corporate and community settings.
Evgeniia Rashchupkina
Lead Project Manager, Group Moovs
Evgeniia Rashchupkina is a Lead Project & Content Manager at Group Moovs and Founder of LXD hero. She has over 15 years of experience in people development, including roles in corporate education management, learning experience design, and EdTech program management. She designed, launched, and evaluated learning products for the IT, banking, and education industries.
Evgeniia is an author of a blog about product management and learning experience design LX notes and the founder of the online school for learning experience designers LXD hero focusing on implementing product management approaches and new technologies in learning and development.
Training the Workforce of the Future: Leveraging Instructional Design for Scalable and Inclusive Learning, Ashley Cooks
This presentation explores how instructional design can future-proof workforce training through scalable, inclusive learning solutions. Attendees will gain actionable strategies for designing accessible, tech-forward programs that adapt to diverse learner needs across industries.
From Features to Futures: A Product Management Approach to Human-Centered Learning Design, Evgeniia Rashchupkina
This session explores how product management practices can transform learning design into a human-centered, outcome-driven discipline. Participants will discover practical methods to create learning experiences that prioritize people over features in the age of AI.