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    Swiss biotech HR leaders meeting

    'Care & Dare: talent, transformation and leadership in Biotech'

    Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 09:30 - 13:45

    Switzerland Innovation Park, Aarbergstrasse 46, 2503 Biel/Bienne

    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

    Welcome and Opening note

    • Natasha Konstantinova, Head of talent and academy, Swiss Biotech Association 
    • Michael Altorfer, CEO, Swiss Biotech Association


    Keynote
    ‘Positive Leadership: a science-based approach to care & dare, and sustainable results.’

    • Thomas Schwerzmann, Executive Board Member & Program Lead Life Science Cares Switzerland, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, SPOt Gmbh


    Panel discussion
    ‘Leading people and organizations through change’
    Two perspectives on organizational transformation: navigating change within the organization while keeping people informed, engaged, and supported, and evolving the organization to its next stage of growth, and what this means for the business, its people, culture, and capabilities.

    • Caroline Daniere, Chief HR Officer, Oculis
    • Gudrun Schumacher, Global Head of HR, Corden Pharma


    A fireside chat
    ‘CEO-HR Partnership: Care & Dare in shaping people, culture & performance’
    A candid conversation with a biotech CEO on what it takes to build and sustain the right culture in a talent-driven industry, and on the partnership between the CEO and HR.

    • 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

    Register