OCTOBER 2026 - VIRTUAL & GLOBAL

Learning

Rejects

Conference

Every speaker here submitted to a conference and heard no.

Their ideas deserved a room anyway.

A free, volunteer-run virtual conference for the L&D practitioners who still give a damn.

Three ways to join in on the fun!

Whether you've got a rejected proposal, time to give, or a brand that belongs in this room — there's a place for you here.

Submit a Proposal

Your proposal got rejected. That doesn't mean it wasn't good — it means the committee had other priorities. We don't. If your session was rejected from another conference, we'll find a way to get your story out there.

  • Proposal must have been rejected from at least one other conference (or fit one of the exception criteria on the form).
  • Any L&D, instructional design, or workplace learning topic
  • Multiple formats to choose from — including new, unique ones!
  • CFP open until July 15!
Submit Your Proposal

Volunteer

We need sharp, engaged people to keep sessions running smoothly... and to help with learning activities between sessions.

We're looking for help:

  • Planning the event
  • Producing/moderating live sessions
  • Moderating chat in live sessions and asynchronously
  • Creating learning activities for in between sessions
  • Communicating and marketing the event
  • and MORE!
Fill Out the Volunteer Form

Become a Sponsor

Learning Rejects is for practitioners who still give a damn about doing this work right. If your brand belongs in that room (and you're okay with letting the content speak for itself) we'd love to have you.

  • We want to be transparent: no presentations, no leads, no sponsored content (that said, we accept non-sales proposals from vendors!).
  • Alignment with an audience of serious L&D practitioners
  • Different sponsorship packages for ALL vendor budgets (not just "you know who" getting all the prime real estate).
Fill Out Our Sponsorship Form

WHY THIS EXISTS

The big conferences keep booking the same names. The committee picks what draws a crowd, not what moves the field forward.

Meanwhile, practitioners with real ideas, real experience, and real things to say keep getting form rejection emails.

Learning Rejects exists because the field deserves better than that.