Conference Day One
Tuesday February 20th, 2024
7:30 am Check-in & Networking
8:15 am How to Make LEAP a Reality
8:20 am Chairs Opening Remarks
8:25 am Energising Ice Breaker
Closing Gaps in Capabilities and Managing Performance to Drive the Future of Innovation
8:35 am Discover: Leveraging Senior Expertise for Enhanced Knowledge Transfer in Life Sciences
Synopsis
- Are we covering all ground to address talent gaps and fill the most specialised roles?
- Exploring the broader industry trends related to labour shortages and how the utilisation of a senior workforce can serve as a valuable solution to address specific hiring pain points.
- Highlight the benefits of integrating senior professionals to alleviate workforce shortages and enhance knowledge transfer to younger generations, emphasizing how this strategy can address critical hiring challenges.
8:55 am Discover: Elevating People Manager Capability for Enhanced Employee Engagement
Synopsis
- How can we enhance retention by equipping managers with the people skills needed to understand their employees?
- Highlighting the crucial role of people managers in the post-COVID workplace and the significance of effective leadership when it comes to retention.
- What Thermo Fisher Scientific is doing to build strong, cohesive teams and reduce turnover.
9:15 am Discover: Solving the Pharma and Life Sciences talent deficit – How thinking differently about talent could create a pipeline of possibility for this crucial sector
Synopsis
- How to reimagine your approach to internal mobility
- How to adopt a skills-first mindset to external hiring
- How to think holistically about talent and make insight the bedrock of everything you do
9:35 am Develop: What More Can We Learn From These Forward-Thinking Leaders to Develop Leaders?
Synopsis
- Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
9:55 am Action: How Are We Going to Ensure the Leadership Capability of Our Decision Makers?
Synopsis
- Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:15 am Speed Networking Break
Spotlighting L&D as a Tool to Develop Sought-After Skills from Within Your Life Sciences Organisation to Enhance Business Success
11:15 am Discover: A Formula for Learning in Pharma R&D: A Modern Approach to Lifelong Skills Development
Synopsis
- How we can harness technology to create a ground-breaking learning programme that builds upon past frameworks
- Addressing the evolving demands of modern learners and shifting the emphasis from knowledge acquisition to application.
- How AstraZeneca is creating an environment where learners feel inspired and empowered to navigate their own development.
11:35 am Discover: Developing Leaders from Within to Address the Lack of Capable Skills in Life Science Management
Synopsis
- Growth Mindset, Values, or Competencies – their significance in the leader development process within an organisation and how to form development program groups.
- Implementing a collaborative way of learning to be flexible for employees and allow them to succeed in their career growth.
- How Ryvu Therapeutics has implemented group coaching to foster leadership development and cultivate empathetic leaders.
11:55 am Discover: The Rise of the ‘Agile Threat’
Synopsis
- You thought you were one and done with screening
- How to address these new emerging threats
- Pioneering a new model for Agile threat mitigation for the Life Sciences Industry
12:15 pm Develop: More Insights From the Ones Already Living in the Future of Learning
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:35 pm Action: How Will You Now Develop Sought After Skills in Your Life Sciences Organization?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:55 pm Networking Lunch
Acquiring the Hottest Talent by Investing in the Modern Day Workforce
1:55 pm Discover: Building a Pipeline of Leaders by Investing in Early Talent
Synopsis
- What is the strategy to build a strong pipeline of talent to strengthen the business?
- Answering the future needs of the business while leveraging talent from other geographies and industries, starting from Early Career to Director level.
- How AbbVie is investing in talent to prepare for the future.
2:15 pm Discover: Get with the Times or Get Left Behind: What Do We Need to Consider When Attracting Gen-Z?
Synopsis
- What makes Gen Z tick and how can we be more effective at utilising this to attract the best?
- Leveraging the needs of the next generation to stay relevant and attract and retain the top talent.
- How uniQure has homed in on the needs of Gen Z to not only attract talent but maintain a happier working environment for young people.
2:35 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn From Innovative TA Leaders to Win the War for Talent?
Synopsis
- Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair
2:55 pm Action: What Are You Going to Do to Leverage the Next Generation of Talent?
Synopsis
- Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
3:15 pm Networking Break
Streamlining Change Management in Times of Expansion & Growth for Biopharma
3:45 pm Discover: Empowering Succession Through Strategic Decision Making to Ensure Organisational Effectiveness
Synopsis
- How can we influence whether the right individuals are entrusted with key decisions to foster organisational growth?
- Discuss the mechanisms by which HR can cultivate a culture of accountability and responsiveness in decision-making, enhancing the readiness of potential successors and bridging the succession gap.
- Lessons learned from Tropic to manage risks involved in transitioning decision-making authority and facilitate long-term succession success.
4:05 pm Develop: Uncover Deeper Insights From Those Paving the Way for Growth in Biopharma Organisations
Synopsis
- Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
4:25 pm Action: What New Strategies Will We Now Implement to Drive Growth and Ensure Organisational Effectiveness?
Synopsis
- Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
4:45 pm Action: If the skill gap’s in a place where you can’t see it, is it really there?
Synopsis
- Skills Data in A Production Environment
- Should You Sue Your LMS Vendor?
- The Life Sciences Competency Framework: Step One