DAY ONE
9:00 am Registration & Networking
9:20 am What it Takes to Make LEAP a Reality
9:30 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Evolving Culture & Engagement in Dynamic Biotech Organizations
9:40 am Discover: Acknowledging Employee Sentiment to Drive Engagement & Evolve Culture
Synopsis
- How can we as senior leaders ensure that we understand employee sentiment and evolve our culture both in periods of growth and turbulence?
- Managing expectations of the differing generations within our workforce to effectively achieve collective communication and drive engagement
- Maintaining a clear sense of company culture and boosting engagement following times of disruption or uncertainty
10:00 am Discover: : Advancing Culture & Boosting Employee Morale Following Times of Industry Disruption
Synopsis
- How can we ensure that our culture adapts and evolves when going through periods of industry disruption or downmarket?
- Transforming communication and engagement with clear communication and company values
- Culture initiatives from Longboard Pharmaceuticals to achieve collective collaboration and engagement
10:20 am Develop: What More Can We Learn from the Leaders Focusing on Communication & Culture to Engage their Employees?
Synopsis
Q&A Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:40 am Action: What More Can We Do to Ensure Effective Communication & Ensure We Are Understanding the Sentiment of our Employees Across Our Organization
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
Efficient New Strategies to Transform Employee Engagement & Enhance Retention
10:50 am Discover: Mitigating Risk With Strong Company Values & a Focus On Employee Retention
Synopsis
- What more can we do as senior leaders to keep morale high and focus on employee retention during times of risk within our organizations
- Establishing a positive company culture with concrete values that can withold industry turbulence and continue to evolve
- The strategy from Candel Therapeutics on employee retention following times of industry disruption
11:10 am Discover: Enhancing Retention & Reducing Turnover With Syndax Pharmaceuticals
Synopsis
- Best practice strategies and learnings from Syndax Pharmaceuticals to enhance engagement and keep turnover low through times of scale and industry disruption
11:30 am Develop: What More Can We Learn From the Leaders Leveraging Engagement Initiatives to Reduce Turnover & Enhance Retention?
Synopsis
Q&A Session Facilitated by the Chair
11:50 am Action: How Can We Adapt & Evolve Our Culture & Engagement Strategy to Enhance Retention Within Our Own Organizations?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:00 pm Speed Networking
12:40 pm Panel Discussion: Discussing Pay Transparency, Compensation & Benefits to Ensure We Stay Ahead of the Curve & Incentivize Our Biotech Workforce
Synopsis
- How can we as HR leaders ensure we are planning for pay transparency and are prepared to share and publish our philosophies?
- Leveraging competitive benefits and compensation plans to incentivise and retain our critical biotech workforce
1:20 pm Lunch
Change Management Strategies to Optimize HR Agility & Efficiency
2:20 pm Discover: Driving HR Agility With Change Management Strategies To Align Business & People Needs
Synopsis
- How can we keep on top of employee burnout and keep our people strategy a priority in times of growth and change for our organization?
- How do we manage cash and equity in this volatile market to retain our key talent?
- Designing organizational structures, building capabilities and staying agile as a HR leader to support the overall business need
2:40 pm Discover: Strategic Change Management & What This Means for People Operations
Synopsis
- How do you implement change management and translate what this means for people operations?
- Strategic prioritization as an agile leader to align people and business strategy
- The story of tactical change management and HR agility from Terray Therapeutics
3:00 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn From the Leaders Leveraging Engagement Initiatives to Reduce Turnover & Enhance Retention?
Synopsis
Q&A Session Facilitated by the Chair
3:20 pm Action: How Can We Adapt & Evolve Our Culture & Engagement Strategy to Enhance Retention Within Our Own Organizations?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
3:40 pm Refreshment Break
Effective Change Management for Enhanced HR Adaptability & Productivity
4:00 pm Discover: Prioritizing People Strategy When Re-Designing Organizational Structure to Optimize Engagement & Drive Efficiency
Synopsis
- What are the structural and operational things we can put into place to engage our people and leaders
- Organizational design for dynamic biotech leaders to stay one step ahead and prioritize people strategy
- Driving HR agility and balancing business needs with people strategy through times of change and growth
4:20 pm Discover: Innovative Approaches to Enhance HR Adaptability & Productivity through Effective Change Management
Synopsis
- What strategies can HR leaders implement to design organizational structures, develop capabilities, and maintain agility to support the evolving needs of the business?
- How can we prioritize employee well-being and maintain a focus on our people strategy during periods of organizational growth and change?
- The story from Senti Biosciences for effective change management
4:40 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn From the Leaders Successfully Implementing Change Management Strategies to Support the Evolving Needs of Their Organizations?
Synopsis
Q&A Session Facilitated by the Chair
5:00 pm Action: How Can We Do More to Stay One Step Ahead as Leaders & Be Ready to Restructure & Evolve Our Strategies?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
5:50 pm Interactive Roundtable Discussion: How Can We Leverage New AI Tools to Drive HR Efficiency?
Synopsis
- How can we as HR leaders educate ourselves and navigate the emergence of AI in order to implement it into our HR function successfully?
- What are some of the ways that HR leaders are utilizing AI tools in the pursuit of driving HR efficiency
- Determining how we can leverage AI whilst also being clear on the ethics, legalities and governance surrounding it