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.
Chief Executive Officer, Burning Glass
Matt Sigelman is CEO of Burning Glass Technologies, a leading labor market analytics firm. For more than a decade, he has led Burning Glass in harnessing the power of data and artificial intelligence technologies that have cracked the genetic code of the job market. Powered by the world’s largest and most sophisticated database of jobs and talent, Burning Glass delivers real-time data and breakthrough planning tools that inform careers, define academic programs, and shape workforces. Burning Glass has helped to fill millions of jobs and its data drive initiatives for more than a dozen state and national governments. Matt is consulted frequently by national media, by researchers, and the White House. He served previously with McKinsey & Company and Capital One. He holds an A.B. from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard.

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