7:30 am Conference Registration & Networking
8:10 am Chair’s Welcome & Recap of Day One
Advancing the Diversity of Your Life Sciences Workforce to Increase Employee Belonging & Engagement
8:20 am Panel Discussion: Building a Successful Life Science DE&I Strategy
Synopsis
• Fostering an inclusive workplace culture to grow the diversity of your talent pool
• Uncover practical examples of DE&I initiatives that can be implemented in biopharma organizations of any type or size
• Learn what it took for these leading life science organizations to diversify their workforce, leading to demonstrable rise in employee satisfaction and attrition
9:00 am Discover: Developing a Diverse Biopharma Talent Pool with Lean Resources
Synopsis
• Increase diversity of thought, employee creativity and an inclusive culture by diversifying your talent pool
• Lean management approaches to optimizing available resources without compromising on talent diversity priorities
• The lean approach Atomwise took to create a diverse talent pool which significantly lowered attrition and improved employee satisfaction
9:20 am Discover: How to Partner with Your Life Science Organization’s ERGs to Support & Engage Diverse Talent From the Beginning of the Talent Acquisition Process
Synopsis
• How can biopharma organizations best attract and engage diverse talent?
• Discover the benefits of dedicating time to culture and diversity conversations as part of your life sciences interview strategy
• Learn how Boehringer-Ingelheim have implemented ‘culture chats’ as a non-evaluated part of the interview process, positively impacting the diversity of new talent and employee engagement of both new and existing talent
9:40 am Develop: What More Can We Learn from Life Sciences TA Leaders Successfully Advancing the Diversity of Their Talent Pools?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:00 am Action: What Changes Are You Going to Make to Increase the Diversity of Your Talent Pipeline?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:20 am Networking & Refreshments
Building an Effective TA Team to Advance Your Life Science Organization
10:40 am Discover: Building an Agile Recruitment Strategy for New and Scaling Life Science TA Functions
Synopsis
- The benefits of a unified hiring strategy across the board for the future-oriented life science organization
- Laying the foundations for a talent acquisition strategy to determine the most suitable functional structure to achieve business objectives
- Uncover the cohesive approach to TA which has enabled Sobi North America to cut its hiring agency spend in half in just one year
11:00 am Discover: Building a Sustainable Life Science Recruitment Team by Investing in Talent Advisors
Synopsis
- How investing in Talent Advisors and embedding them into the business leads to a sustainable, scalable, and high performing recruitment effort
- Building a culture of inclusive hiring, including a scalable training infrastructure, that Talent Advisors can leverage and re-enforce
- Seagen share best practices on how to hire, develop, support and manage strong Talent Advisors
11:20 am Discover: Thinking differently to create a lasting and impactful TA strategy
Synopsis
- How Jazz Pharmaceuticals redefined and implemented and enhanced TA & HR operating model to bring efficiencies and scalability to support future growth
- Uncover the benefits of a flexible, dedicated, and compartmentalized TA structure to help future-proof your business
- Learn about Jazz’s TA roadmap, future-forward strategies, and technology innovation to become a leading-edge life sciences organization
11:40 am Develop: What More Can We Learn About Building an Agile Recruitment Team?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:00 pm Action: What Can You Change to Enhance Your TA Team Efficiencies?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:20 pm Networking Lunch
Speed Learning
1:20 pm Speed Learning
Synopsis
In this quick fire session, each table will be hosted by a life sciences TA leader who will share the secrets of their most high-impact leap; you then get the opportunity to question the host before moving on to your next table.