Conference Day One

Wednesday 19th July 2023

7:30 am Conference Registration & Networking

8:30 am What it Takes to Make a Leap a Reality

8:40 am Chair’s Welcome, Opening Remarks & Connection Before Content

Champion a Standout Company Culture in Your Life Science Organization

8:50 am Opening Panel Discussion: Designing a Workplace Culture Which Empowers Your Life Science Employees to Thrive in Their Role

Synopsis

  • Building a sustainable positive culture to enable employees to feel connected to the mission of the organization
  • How to encourage your life science leaders to set clear objectives for their team members for increased accountability across the board
  • Hear the initiatives taken by leading life science organizations to develop an engaging and supportive culture for all employees

9:20 am Discover: Generating a Workplace Culture for Increased Employee Long-Term Satisfaction

Synopsis

  • Unpacking what goes into developing an outstanding culture in your life science organization to guarantee job satisfaction and reduced
  • attrition rates
  • How can you define and articulate your life science organization’s mission and values to ensure buy-in amongst employees
  • Bio-Techne’s unique approach to building an organizational culture that allows it to compete for and retain the best biotech talent

9:40 am Develop: What More Can We Learn from the HR Leaders Rethinking Their Organizational Culture?

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

10:00 am Action: What Are You Going to Change About Your Company Culture?

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

10:20 am Speed Networking Break

TRACK A – Talent Management

Talent Management Strategies for the Future-Focused Life Science Organization

11:00 am Panel Discussion: Streamlining Your Life Sciences TA Approach to Efficiently Match the Right Talent With the Right Positions

Synopsis

  • Novel approaches to talent acquisition that will enable you to reach and attract the market’s best life sciences talent
  • How can TA executives work with leadership to meet business objectives through effective talent acquisition
  • Hear about the approaches taken by these life sciences TA teams as they prioritize both quality and quantity to meet hiring quotas

11:30 am Discover: Evolving and Scaling Succession Management at Your Life Science Organization

Synopsis

  • Discover how to evolve your approach to both building and buying talent to strengthen your talent pipeline
  • Ways to measure the health and use of your life science organization’s succession plan
  • Learn how Takeda built a comprehensive approach to Succession Management and scaled it across the globe

11:50 am Develop: What Else Can We Learn About Impactful Talent Management in Life Sciences?

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

12:00 pm Action:How Are You Going to Rebuild your Approach to Talent Management?

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

TRACK B – Learning & Development

Novel Approaches to Life Science L&D Challenges

11:00 am Discover: Building Career Planning Competency in Your Life Science Employees

Synopsis

  • Equipping employees with the skills to take ownership over their careers for increased engagement and job fulfilment
  • How to provide your life science employees with the necessary tools to build a career roadmap to enable them to stay focused and motivated
  • AbbVie’s intentional strategy which trains their employees to understand what they want from their careers, leading to lower levels of attrition

11:20 am Discover: Implementing Cross-Functional L&D Training to Drive Employee Buy-In

  • Kate Soucise Sr. Director, HRBP & Talent Management & Org Development, Apellis Pharmaceuticals

Synopsis

  • How to drive engagement in your life sciences workforce through a comprehensive L&D program
  • Equipping employees with the tools they need to develop their learning
  • Apellis Pharmaceutical’s annual ‘Love What You Do’ week, featuring cross-functional training and career development profile workshops, empowering employees to take ownership of their careers

11:40 am Discover: Shaping Highly Capable Life Sciences Leaders Through Meaningful, Personalized L&D Experiences

Synopsis

  • Building a world-class learning and development ecosystem to connect life sciences employees with the skills needed to accelerate business outcomes and futureproof your organization
  • Developing an effective strategy to cultivate a global culture of ongoing learning and discovery
  • Uncovering how Johnson & Johnson offers its employees in offices, the field, labs, and manufacturing plants around the world equitable opportunities to grow and advance in their careers

12:00 pm Develop: What Are the Key Takeaways to Build a Robust L&D Strategy in your Life Science Organization?

  • Kate Soucise Sr. Director, HRBP & Talent Management & Org Development, Apellis Pharmaceuticals
  • Sandra Humbles Chief Learning Officer, Johnson & Johnson
  • Angela Lane Vice President - Global Talent, Abbvie

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

12:20 pm Action:What Are You Going to Change About Your L&D Strategy?

  • Kate Soucise Sr. Director, HRBP & Talent Management & Org Development, Apellis Pharmaceuticals

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

TRACK C – Total Rewards

Building a Robust Life Sciences Total Reward Strategy

11:00 am Discover: Unlocking the Power of Genomics as the future of Employee Benefit

Synopsis

  • Discover how the power of the genome can exponentially improve the human condition, and explore the EE Impact of building this into your employee wellbeing package
  • Hear how genomics benefits will both improve patient outcomes and drive down overall healthcare costs for your employees
  • Uncover how Illumina’s Genomics Program offered to employees has notably influenced employee health, and company engagement, commitment and intent to stay

11:20 am Develop: What Are the Key Takeaways to Consider When Building a Unique Total Rewards Package?

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

11:40 am Action:What Changes Are You Going to Make to Your Total Rewards Offering?

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

12:20 pm Networking Lunch

TRACK A – Talent Management

1:20 pm Discover: Understanding & Addressing Higher Attrition Rates Inter-Teams in Your Life Science Organization

  • Julie Mehta Senior Director - Human Resources Business Partner, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Synopsis

  • How can HR develop a strategy to work with leadership to help address higher rates of attrition in their team
  • Understanding the reasons behind attrition, using data to analyse employee experience and where improvements can be made
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ HRBP led multi-pronged approach to reduce attrition across the workforce

1:40 pm Develop:What Else Can HR Do To Work Cross- Functionally to Reduce Attrition?

  • Julie Mehta Senior Director - Human Resources Business Partner, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

2:00 pm Action:What Are You Going to Do Differently to Reduce Attrition?

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

TRACK B – Employee Experience

1:20 pm Discover: Generating a Workplace Culture for Increased Employee Long-Term Satisfaction

Synopsis

  • Unpacking what goes into developing an outstanding culture in your life science organization to guarantee job satisfaction and reduced attrition rates
  • How can you define and articulate your life science organization’s mission and values to ensure buy-in amongst employees
  • Bio-Techne’s unique approach to building an organizational culture that allows it to compete for and retain the best biotech talent

1:40 pm Develop:What More Can We Learn About Retaining a Positive Company Culture Through Organizational Change?

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

2:00 pm Action:What Change Are You Going to Make to Ensure You Prioritize a Positive Culture Through Organizational Change?

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

TRACK C – Total Rewards

1:20 pm Panel Discussion:Building Total Rewards Packages to Compete in a Fierce Life Science Talent Market

  • Richard Horlbeck Vice President - Total Rewards, Human Resource Information System, & Operations, EQRx Inc.
  • Serena Filson Vice President - Human Resources & Global Total Rewards, Certara
  • Kelley Gramolini Vice President - Total Rewards & Human Resources Operations, Agios Pharmaceuticals
  • James Musia Associate Director, Compensation & Human Resources Systems, Deciphera Pharmaceuticals

Synopsis

  • Uncover some of the most novel compensation and benefits packages in the life sciences industry
  • Understanding the difference between a nice perk vs a decision driver for prospective life science talent
  • Hear about unique total rewards package enabling biopharma to compete for in-demand talent

1:40 pm Action:How Are You Going to Enhance Your Field Recruitment Strategy?

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

2:20 pm Refreshments Break

Effective Change Management for the Future-Ready Life Science Organization

2:40 pm Panel Discussion:Sustaining Your Life Science Organization’s Workplace Culture Through Change

  • Bryan Gillespie Vice President, Human Resources, Dermavant
  • Maryellen McQuade Chief Talent & Sustainability Officer, Biohaven Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Michaela LEO Head of Compensation & Benefits, North America, Ipsen Pharma

Synopsis

  • Understanding how to maintain employee engagement during uncertainty and constant change in the industry
  • How can life science organizations maintain authentic and employee-centric messaging throughout the change process?
  • Hear how these biopharma organizations’ change management strategy as they navigated organizational restructuring enabled them to maintain high employee experience and satisfaction scores

3:00 pm Discover:Building Capability for Rapid and Successful Integration of M&A

  • Vinnie Garufi Vice President - Human Resources & Major Markets, Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Chantal Veillon-Berteloot Vice President - Human Resource, Research, Development, Global Drug Development, Mergers & Aquisition Capability, Bristol Myers Squibb

Synopsis

Understand how to deliver near-term deal value drivers while also building your company for the long-term

Build a sustained capability in your life sciences organization to rapidly integrate new M&A

Discover how Bristol Myers Squibb navigated the largest M&A deal in the pharma industry, including strategy, lessons learned and best practices for successful large-scale integration

3:20 pm Develop:What More Can We Learn from the Leaders Successfully Managing Change & Organization Integration?

  • Chantal Veillon-Berteloot Vice President - Human Resource, Research, Development, Global Drug Development, Mergers & Aquisition Capability, Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Maryellen McQuade Chief Talent & Sustainability Officer, Biohaven Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Bryan Gillespie Vice President, Human Resources, Dermavant
  • Vinnie Garufi Vice President - Human Resources & Major Markets, Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Michaela LEO Head of Compensation & Benefits, North America, Ipsen Pharma

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

3:40 pm Action:How Are You Going to Rethink Your Change Management Strategy?

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

4:00 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Conference Day One