MassBioEd Life Sciences Workforce 2020

June 2, 2020 1:00 PM - June 4, 2020 3:00 PM

Online Conference, Link will be sent in advance of the event.

Add to Calendar 6/2/2020 1:00:00 PM 6/4/2020 3:00:00 PM MassBioEd Life Sciences Workforce 2020 MassBioEd's Life Sciences Workforce Conference provides insights into the major trends affecting the industry in Massachusetts. This year, as the world adapts to conducting business remotely, topics will focus on the hiring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for industry operations. Attendees from academia and industry will convene remotely with expert panelists to address critical issues such as how the pandemic is affecting business, how to focus on recovery, including handling disrupted class schedules and the abrupt shutdown of graduate research projects, and how to build a flexible workforce. Breakout sessions will offer opportunities for networking and more in-depth discussion to share best practices. Influential leaders from universities, colleges, and industry will come together to work on building solutions to expand the workforce and create innovative pathways for candidates to develop skills and be better prepared for careers in the industry.  

Thank you to our Premier Sponsors: MilliporeSigma, Sanofi GenzymeThermo Fisher Scientific, and Third Rock Ventures!

Registration is free for MassBio Members and Non-Members.

Panels

Panel I: Best Practices in Current and Future Workforce Management - Hiring, Onboarding, Remote Work
Panel II: Adapting Biotechnology Higher Education for Remote Learning - Stop Gap Measures or Paradigm Shifts?
Panel III: Solving Issues in Managing Foreign-Born Talent During Pandemic

 
Online Conference, Link will be sent in advance of the event.
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer | Propel Careers
Lauren Celano is the co-founder and CEO of Propel Careers, a life science search and career development firm and is also the co-founder of the Propelling Careers podcast.  She has recruited for more than 60 innovative life sciences organizations and has coached thousands of students, postdocs, medical residents and professionals to advance their careers since co-founding Propel in 2009. Lauren presents often on career development topics to inspire the next generation of talent. Before Propel, she spent about 10 years in life sciences advancing drug molecules through SNBL USA, Aptuit, Quintiles, and Absorption Systems. She has a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Gettysburg College and an MBA (focused in the health sector and entrepreneurship) from Boston University.  She is on Boards including: MassBioEd (Chair), MassBio, National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association and Advisory Boards: the Professional Science Masters Program at Framingham State University and NE Graduate Women in Science.

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