LEAP HR: Emerging Biopharma 2025

With continued financial uncertainty and waves of layoffs reshaping the pre-commercial biopharma landscape, it's never been more critical for HR leaders in this space to come together, share what's working, and reimagine how people strategy can keep pace with fast-changing business and workforce priorities.

LEAP HR: Emerging Biopharma is the only event dedicated to this community-your exclusive chance to uncover how fellow HR leaders are retaining high-performing R and D talent with limited resources, redefining career development amid ongoing layoffs, and rebuilding culture and engagement to keep their scientific teams focused, motivated, and resilient.

Join us this November in Boston and spend three impactful days with peers who truly understand the weight of the challenges you've faced. Walk away with practical solutions to the problems you're tackling right now, and the fresh, future-focused thinking you need to re-energize your strategy and reconnect with your profession - as you prepare for 2026 and beyond.

Speakers: Adam Thomas, Chief People and Experience Officer, MOMA Therapeutics, Alison Hardgrove, Chief People Officer, Abeona Therapeutics, Anna Goranson, Chief People Officer, Terray Therapeutics, Annah Litzenberger, Chief Human Resources Officer, Fosun Pharma USA, Caren Block, Chief People Officer, Clasp, Elizabeth Pool, Senior Director, Head of HR, CONTINUUS Pharmaceuticals, Erin Schellhammer, Chief People Officer, Cogent Biosciences, Jennifer Leonard, Chief People Officer and Senior Vice President - Information Technology, EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Jill Sincaglia, Vice President , Head of Human Resources, Triveni Bio, Jill Wilson, Senior Director, HRBP, Verve Therapeutics, Jo-Ellen Petrone, Head of Talent, Bicara Therapeutics, John Grossman, Head of Human Resources, Visterra, Karla MacDonald, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Entrada Therapeutics Inc., Katherine Mitchell, Vice President - Human Resources, Dyne Therapeutics, Kerry Robert, Senior Vice President and Head of People and Culture, Entrada Therapeutics Inc., Kim Hazen, Chief People Officer, Fulcrum Therapeutics, Kurt Landon, Chief Talent Officer and Executive Coach, Lead3R, Libbie Bridge, Senior Director - Learning and Organizational Development, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Corp., Lucia Celona, Chief Human Resources Officer, Dyne Therapeutics, Melanie Manning, Chief People Officer, Seismic Therapeutic, Michelle Gates, Chief People Officer, CAMP4 Therapeutics, Nicole Norris, Head of People and Culture, T-Knife, Stacey Verdino, Head of HR (US), Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Stephanie Fedak, Senior Vice President - People and Culture, Ensoma, Tanya Booke, Head of Talent Development and Culture, MannKind Corporation, Tricia McCall, Chief People Officer, Delix Therapeutics, Valorie Kimbrell, Head of Talent Management, Osteal Therapeutics