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 Genzyme, Thermo 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.
Recruiting Director, Third Rock Ventures
Tracy Nicholson joined Third Rock Ventures in 2012 and focuses on cross-functional recruiting to build teams within our portfolio companies, as well as performing executive search for the firm. Tracy has 15 years of recruiting experience specializing in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry and has assisted with recruiting for several of the firm’s portfolio companies, including Jounce Therapeutics, Warp Drive Bio and Editas Medicine. Prior to joining Third Rock, she was the human resources manager and recruiter at Agios Pharmaceuticals. She also consulted at larger biotech and pharmaceutical companies like Novartis and Vertex, and at search firms before going in-house. Prior to launching her recruiting career, Tracy worked as a research scientist at Biogen, Genome Therapeutics and Avant Immunotherapies. Tracy received a BS in biology from Boston University.

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