Swiss biotech HR leaders meeting
‘Care & Dare: talent, transformation and leadership in Biotech’
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 09:30 - 17:00
Switzerland Innovation Park, Aarbergstrasse 46, 2503 Biel
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We are delighted to invite you to our next informal peer-to-peer Swiss biotech HR leaders meeting, hosted at the Switzerland Innovation Park.
This exclusive event brings together forward-thinking professionals from biotech HR, talent acquisition, people & culture, and academia for a full day of connection, innovation, and talent-focused inspiration.
We will exchange ideas, share best practices, and work together to shape the landscape of business culture, leadership, and talent management in the biotech industry.
Your input and presence will help make this event a success. We welcome you to share your ideas to help shape our final program as you register below.
How to get there
By train: Biel. 3 minutes walk
By car: Nearest parking garage: Parking train station Biel (3 min walk)
Program
9:30
Welcome coffee
10:00 – 12:45
Keynote, fireside chat, panel discussions
Explore evidence-based approaches to positive leadership and the ways business, AI, people, and culture are evolving, and what these changes mean for HR in biotech. Reflect on how we can best lead and support people through transformation.
Gain perspectives on what CEOs expect from HR and how the function can move beyond support to become a true leadership partner.
Speakers:
- Thomas Schwerzmann, Executive Board Member & Program Lead, Life Science Cares Switzerland, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, SPOT GmbH
- Caroline Daniere, Chief HR Officer, Oculis
- Gudrun Schumacher, Global Head of HR, Corden Pharma
- Melanie Rolli, Board Member, Santhera, Former CEO of Helsinn Group
- Amra Demirovic, Chief HR Officer, ARTBIO
12:45 – 13:45
Networking lunch
Meet like-minded peers from across the industry and academia, swap ideas, and make some great connections
14.00 – 14:30
Partnering with Swiss Biotech Association
14:30 – 15:10
Peer-to-peer best practice exchange
15:15 – 16:00
HR ideas in action
Interactive working sessions on key priorities and challenges facing HR leaders.
16:00 – 17:00
Networking apero
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