8:30 am Registration & Networking Break

Curating an Engaging and Scalable Culture in Dynamic Life Sciences Organizations

9:30 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

  • Ann Tomlin Senior Vice President & Head of Human Resources, Lyell Immunopharma

9:40 am Discover: How HR Leaders are Aligning Culture, Competencies and People Goals and Galvanizing Life Sciences Employees Around This Purpose To Retain Key Life Sciences Talent

  • Tory Martinez Vice President of DEI and People Dev, BioMarin Pharmaceutical

Synopsis

  • How HR can equip leadership with the tools for success and subsequently measure and see progress in the impact their leaders are having in terms of engagement metrics.
  • An update on BioMarin’s success in establishing and delivering on long term people goals as part of its corporate, long term business objective.
  • Additional insights on BioMarin’s innovative new work aligning people goals, critical skills, competencies for success and culture to link all this together in one cohesive piece of work.

10:00 am Discover: Curating an Engaging and Scalable Culture to Reduce Turnover in Dynamic Life Sciences Organizations

  • Dena House Chief People Officer Human Resources, Adverum Biotechnologies

Synopsis

  • Best practices to create a scalable and engaging culture to reduce attrition of mission critical talent with in-demand skills – especially in times of scale (for example, after layoffs).
  • How HR leaders are aligning culture, company vision and values, talent development and people goals and galvanizing life sciences employees around this purpose to retain key life sciences talent.
  • How to inspire and engage employees so that cultural efforts are not something led top down or by HR, but employee-led and coming from within to ensure all your employees are both a definer and driver of your culture in life sciences organizations.

10:20 am Develop: What More Can We Learn About Curating an Engaging and Scalable Culture in Dynamic Life Sciences Organizations?

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

10:40 am Action: What Will you Now do to Ensure your Culture is Engaging and Scalable?

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

11:00 am Speed Networking Break

Track 1: Transforming Employee Engagement to Enhance Retention & Drive Productivity

Creative and Cost-Effective Employee Engagement Strategies to Enhance Retention

Track Chair: Ann Tomlin, Head of Human Resources, Lyell Immunopharma

11:40 am Panel Discussion: What Are The Creative and Cost-Effective Employee Engagement Strategies That Truly Work to Retain Business Critical Talent in Dynamic Life Sciences Organizations?

  • Sean Ristine Senior Vice President - Human Resources, Heron Therapeutics Inc.
  • Dan Iazzetti Vice President, Head of People, ORIC Pharmaceuticals
  • Ann Tomlin Senior Vice President & Head of Human Resources, Lyell Immunopharma

Synopsis

Discussion points/questions to be addressed:

  • What are the creative and cost-effective employee engagement strategies that truly work to retain business critical talent in dynamic life sciences organizations?
  • What to do in order to rebuild trust with employees after periods of layoffs, downsizing or poor clinical results to keep them engaged

Moderator: Ann Tomlin

12:00 pm Action: What Creative New approaches Will You Now Take To Enhance Retention Of Business-Critical Talent?

Track 2: Agile Talent Management & Attraction Strategies to Enhance Operational Efficiency

Rethinking Your EVP to Stay One Step Ahead in a Turbulent Life Sciences Talent Market

Track Chair: Stephanie Heinz, Head Of Human Resources, Neogene Therapeutics

11:40 am Panel Discussion: Ensuring Your EVP Is Fit For Purpose And Rethinking How To Acquire The Right Key Talent And In Demand Skills In A Turbulent Talent Market

  • Ken Boehm Senior Vice President - Human Resources, CymaBay Therapeutics
  • Amy Buono Senior Vice President - People & Culture, Genomatica
  • Stephanie Heintz Head of Human Resources, Neogene Therapeutics

Synopsis

Discussion points/questions to be addressed:

  • What can be done to ensure your EVP is human-centric and competitive compared to other biotech with similar missions and values?
  • How are successfully navigating current market conditions where talent is more selective about job opportunities
  • How will you prepare your life sciences organization for periods of fast paced scale or transitioning to a commercial organization in the near future?

Moderator: Stephanie Heinz

12:00 pm Action: What Will You Now Do To Ensure Your EVP Is Fit For Purpose In 2024?

12:20 pm Lunch

Agile New Approaches to Increase Retention During Periods of (Upward or Downward) Scale

1:20 pm Discover: Turbocharging Employee Engagement to Stop Business Critical Talent Walking Out the Door During Turbulent Periods in Dynamic Biotech Organizations

  • Amy Buono Senior Vice President - People & Culture, Genomatica

Synopsis

  • How can we build resilience and adaptability skills in employees during periods of ‘right sizing’
  • Spotlighting employee wellbeing as a tool for retention specifically addressing mental health wellness and ensuring that employees actually access and utilize these resources and platforms
  • How Genomatica deployed financial rewards and incentives in order to retain and engage business critical talent during periods of turbulence or layoffs

1:40 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn About How To Retain Business Critical Talent?

  • Amy Buono Senior Vice President - People & Culture, Genomatica

1:50 pm Action: What Will You Now Do To Retain Business Critical Talent?

Networking Break

Curating Connectedness in Life Sciences Working Environments and The Hybrid Working Debate

2:30 pm Discover: Adapt and Overcome: How HR Can Adapt and Pivot to Meet the Agile Needs of the Business in a Growing Biotech Organization and Lessons Leaned from a Story Of Successful CEO Collaboration

Synopsis

  • Adapting to meet the agile needs of the business as a whole and how to effectively collaborate with executive leadership and your CEO to make this a success
  • How to ‘ignore some of the noise’ and the strategic HR thinking behind taking a leap in a direction the market suggests might not be the right move and the successful outcomes in spite of this
  • What being fully back in person has done to turbocharge culture, onboarding, and development of life sciences employees in Arcellx and a story of successful CEO collaboration

2:50 pm Discover: A Remote Workplace Success Story: How to Curate a Connected Culture in a Fully Remote Biotech Organization to Attract and Retain Top Life Sciences Talent

  • Jeff Coon Chief Human Resources Officer, Dynavax Technologies

Synopsis

  • How embracing a fully remote operational model has enabled one life sciences company to attract and retain top talent
  • How to ensure culture thrives in a fully remote organization and employees are highly engaged
  • The transformative story from Dynavax Technologies who made the leap to remain a full virtual organization since the pandemic and for the past three years have kept employees engaged and productive while delivering impressive business results

3:10 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn About Curating Connectedness in Life Sciences Working Environments and the Hybrid Working Debate?

  • Kate Aiken Chief People Officer, Arcellx
  • Jeff Coon Chief Human Resources Officer, Dynavax Technologies

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

3:40 pm Action: Curate Connectedness in Life Sciences Working Environments and Tackle the Hybrid Working Debate?

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

3:50 pm
Networking Break

Driving DE&I in Life Sciences Organizations, Creating an Inclusive Culture & Acquiring Diverse Talent

1:20 pm Discover: Driving DEIR in Life Sciences Organizations, Creating an Inclusive and Engaging Culture and Acquiring Diverse Talent

Synopsis

  • Uncover Cytokinetics outstanding 4 years’ worth of progress in enhancing DIR and hear best practices and lessons learn on how to build and utilize employee driven committee groups to achieve this.How to truly make a difference and move the needle on DEIR (diversity, equity, inclusion and respect) at all levels in biotech companies by benchmarking data on diversity internally and externally
  • How dynamic life sciences organizations are undergoing scale in a way that is mindful of DEIR during periods of growth and building early talent pipeline by developing and leveraging long term partnerships with academic institutions and organizations
  • Uncover Cytokinetics outstanding 4 years’ worth of progress in enhancing DEIR and hear best practices and lessons learn on how to build and utilize employee driven committee groups to achieve this

1:40 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn About Truly Moving The Needle And Driving DE&I in life sciences organizations?

1:50 pm Action: What Will You Now Do To Truly Mmove The Needle And Driving DE&I In Life Sciences Organizations?

Networking Break

Creative and Cost-Effective Talent Management & Attraction Strategies to Secure Business-Critical Talent

2:30 pm Discover: A Successful Approach to Acquiring Mission-Critical Talent to Secure Productivity with Limited Budget and Resources in 2024

Synopsis

  • An approach to talent acquisition that favors quality and how to find the time to hire only the right talent with the right in demand skills for your specific biopharma organization
  • The impact being a fully in person operation has had on talent acquisition and engagement and the interesting hiring manager dynamics that have emerged
  • How Arcellx is successfully navigating a turbulent talent market and acquiring the right talent and in demand skills and talent in smaller biotech organizations

2:50 pm Develop: What more can we learn about Creative and Cost-Effective Talent Management and Attraction Strategies to Secure Business-Critical Talent?

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

3:10 pm Action: What Will You Now do to Secure Business-Critical Talent?

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

3:30 pm
Networking Break

Advancing Leadership Development & Supporting Employees Through Periods of Change

4:10 pm Discover: Cultural Evolution Powered By Leadership Development at Various Levels of Pharmaceutical Organizations

  • Dolores Smith Vice President - Human Resources, Pharm Development & Manufacturing, Gilead Sciences

Synopsis

  • Where the technical skills and experience of life sciences talent is key, how can HR go beyond this and find that leadership quality as well as technical acumen?
  • Better coaching leaders and managers to lead and engage their teams during periods of change management to enhance retention.
  • How Gilead have moved from the ‘what and why’ to the ‘how’ and launched two leadership programs for both executives and middle managers to drive productivity at all levels.

4:30 pm Discover: Advancing Leadership Development in Biotech Organizations with Limited Budgets and Resources to Ensure Leaders are Well Prepared For Navigating Through Change Management

Synopsis

  • How to develop and execute a truly effective leadership program in a small biotech organization with limited budget and resources.
  • Better coaching leaders and managers to lead and engage their teams during periods of change management to enhance retention.
  • Uncover the impressive tangible impacts and outcomes of Alumis’ new leadership development program and how it has taken this growing biotech organization to the next level.

4:50 pm Develop: What More Can we Learn About How to Advance Leadership Development and Supporting Employees Through Periods of Change?

  • Dolores Smith Vice President - Human Resources, Pharm Development & Manufacturing, Gilead Sciences
  • Derrick Richardson Senior Vice President - People & Culture, Alumis Inc.

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

5:10 pm Chairs Closing Remarks & End of Day One

  • Ann Tomlin Senior Vice President & Head of Human Resources, Lyell Immunopharma

5:15 pm Pre-Conference Day Drinks Reception Hosted by

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