LEAP HR: Emerging Biopharma 2026

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Running a lean HR function inside a clinical-stage biopharma company is unlike anything else in the industry. HR leaders are making decisions that affect drug development timelines, culture in the face of clinical failure, talent acquisition in a market where everyone is hiring the same rare disease specialists, and workforce planning with a cash runway measured in months. The playbooks from big pharma don't apply and the strategies from other industries don't translate. What HR leaders in emerging biopharma need is a room full of people who are and have been exactly where they are. Join CHROs, Chief People Officers, Heads of HR, VPs of People, HR Directors, Talent Leaders and HR Business Partners from emerging and clinical-stage biopharma companies navigating growth, workforce transformation and market uncertainty. Benchmark your people strategy against peers facing the same funding pressures, talent challenges and commercialization milestones, while gaining practical insights you can implement immediately. Now in its 6th edition, LEAP HR: Emerging Biopharma returns to Boston this December as the only event dedicated exclusively to the strategic people challenges facing HR leaders at emerging biopharma companies. Through practical case studies, benchmarking discussions, interactive roundtables and candid peer-to-peer networking, you'll learn how fellow HR leaders are navigating commercialization, retention, AI adoption, workforce planning and organizational growth in an increasingly complex market. Leave with practical strategies, new peer connections and a clear action plan for building a resilient, future-ready workforce. URLs:Brochure: https://go.evvnt.com/3779079-2?pid=5569Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3779079-3?pid=5569 Prices:Life Sciences Organizations - Conference + Pre-Conference Day: USD 3197.00,Life Sciences Organizations - 2-Day Conference: USD 2399.00,Service and Solution Providers - 2-Day Conference: USD 3799.00 Speakers: Ann Hargraves, Chief Human Resources Officer, TScan Therapeutics, Kristen Stants, Chief People Officer, Parabilis, Megan Carpenter, Chief People Officer, Savara, Pauline Dufresne, Chief People Officer, Bicara Therapeutics, Anna O'Driscoll, Chief Human Resources Officer, City Therapeutics, Michael Marsh, Chief Human Resources Officer, Spero Therapeutics, Anna Goranson, Chief People Officer, Terray Therapeutics, Adam Thomas, Chief People and Experience Officer, MOMA Therapeutics, Tony Mullin, Chief People Officer, Remix Therapeutics, Caren Block, Chief People Officer, Clasp Therapeutics, Niamh Alix, Chief Human Resources Officer, Prime Medicine, Lucia Celona, Chief Human Resources Officer, Dyne Therapeutics, Michelle Gates, Chief People Officer, CAMP4 Therapeutics, Brian Wilson, Head of Human Resources, Ventus Therapeutics, Kerry Robert, Senior Vice President and Head of People and Culture, Entrada Therapeutics, Kate O'Brien, Vice President of Human Resources, Egetis Therapeutics, Jo-Ellen Petrone, Vice President Talent, Bicara Therapeutics, Caroline Sprague, Senior Director, People and Culture Business Partner, Wave Life Sciences, Jenny Busa, Senior Director, HR Operations and Total Rewards, Eyepoint, Kara Clarke, Senior Director, People Operations, Treeline Biosciences, Lori Escobedo, Consulting Chief People Officer, Dewpoint Therapeutics, Amy Akillian, Head of Talent Acquisition, Ardelyx, Tyler Andolina-Cabral, Director, People Sciences, Strand Therapeutics, Chris Taitague, Global People, Culture, Mergers and Acquisitions Lead, Roche, Heather Hamel, General Counsel and Head of Corporate Affairs, Dewpoint Therapeutics, Domenica Estrella, Senior Project, Change and Communications Manager for Mergers and Acquisitions, Roche, Tricia McCall, Chief People Officer, Delix Therapeutics, George Quinn, Partner, Slone Partners, Joe King, Benefits Consultant, OneDigital, Matt Krause, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Maze Therapeutics, Krissy Carroll, Vice President, HR Business Partner and People Operations, Prime Medicine Category: Conferences | Health Date and Time: 7th December 2026 at 10:00 am to 9th December 2026 at 3:00 pm Venue details: Hotel Commonwealth, 500 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States