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5th Pharma Talent Acquisition & Development Forum

May 5-6, 2015 | Hyatt Regency Boston, MA

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5th Pharma Talent Acquisition & Development Forum

May 5-6, 2015 | Hyatt Regency, Boston, MA

5th Pharma Talent Acquisition & Development Forum

May 5-6, 2015 | Hyatt Regency, Boston, MA

Listed below are some administrative details for your consideration.

1. There have been a few changes to the program. You can find the updated version

enclosed in this packet.

2. Name tags have been provided to help you identify fellow delegates.

3. Please be on time after breaks as we have a very intensive program. Our chairperson

will do his best not to delay the beginning of each session.

4. Please silence your mobile phones during the sessions.

5. Please complete the evaluation forms and return them to the registration desk.

if you have any questions during the conference, we would be more than happy to assist

you.

Chairperson:

HARRy GRIENDLING DoubleStar, Inc. Founder and Ceo

Confirmed Speakers

CHAD THoMPSoN Taylor Strategy Partners vice President, Managing Director, Consulting & assessment

CANDy HIPPLE KellyOCG vice President, talent Management Consulting

JAMIE STACEy Kelly Services, Inc. vice President, americas Science Product leader

BETH KEELER Pfizer Inc vice President, Global talent acquisition and Career Mobility

KHAuDEJA BANo, AbbVie Inc. Senior Medical Director, Medical Device Safety Head

TRENT HAMILToN, Amgen Global talent acquisition leader

ToM CoNNoLLy Vertex Pharmaceuticals Former Senior vice President, Human Resources

JENNIFER BENNETT Novo Nordisk Inc. Senior Director, talent acquisition

DAvID HowE Merck associate vice President, Global talent Management

MICHELE ESPoSITo, Celgene Senior Director, recruitment Delivery Strategy

JoNATHAN RoSIN Ironwood Pharmaceuticals vice President, Human Resources

JuLIET AGRANoFF The Medicines Company Vice President, Human Strategy

SIMoN KELNER Merck & Co., Inc executive Director, Global talent Development

PAuL SHoRT Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director, Commercial training & Development

5th Pharma talent acquisition & Development ForumMay 5-6, 2015 | Hyatt Regency, Boston, MA

ConFerenCe DAY 1 May 5 | 2015

8:00 Registration & Coffee

8:45 opening remarks

Talent Acquisition as a Key Factor for Business Continuity

9:00 Session: Building a Transparent Talent Selection Approach• Creating a selection approach that supports transparency • Leveraging different communication vehicles to influence your

targeted audience • Measuring the results and outcomes through data and

subjective feedback

BETH KEELER | Pfizer Incvice President, Global talent acquisition and Career Mobility

9:45 Session: The New Normal for Optimizing Talent in Pharma & Life Sciences• Understanding the changed market for top talent• How TA functions can avoid losing market share• How to broaden TA’s mission and scope • How to assess and develop top recruiting talent• How to measure TA in real business terms

HARRy GRIENDLING | DoubleStar, Inc.Founder and Ceo

10:30 Networking Break

11:00 Session: Great Talent, Great Culture: using the Power of your People to Drive value• Identifying core strategic “How” goals that are unique,

compelling and define success within a our culture• Making the “How” real - developing a multi-year approach

with clear metrics and accountability• Instilling a mindset of collaboration, ownership and

accountability that drive value for our patients, shareholders and team

JoNATHAN RoSIN | Ironwood PharmaceuticalsVice President, Human Resources

The Next Generation of Leaders

11:45 Engaging and Developing Top Talent in the Rapidly Evolving Emerging Markets• Developing the next generation of leaders in the emerging

markets • Applying a blended learning curriculum to a geographically

dispersed, cross-divisional cohort of key talent• Utilizing leaders as teachers to drive engagement and

accelerate learning

DAvID HowE | Merck & Co., Incassociate vice President, Global talent Management

SIMoN KELNER | Merck & Co., Incexecutive Director, Global talent Development

12:30 Lunch

Talent Assessment

1:45 Session: Best Practices in Talent Assessment• How to legally use testing during selection• Supplementing your search process with testing• Benefits and risks in new testing methods• Demonstrating ROI on your assessment program

CHAD THoMPSoN | Taylor Strategy Partners vice President, Managing Director, Consulting & assessment

A Holistic view of Talent

2:30 Acquiring, Developing and Coaching the Leaders of your Commercial Team• Acquiring talent externally; when and from where• Developing talent internally; leveraging skills & enterprise

experience• Coaching the talent you have• Supporting a culture of high performance coaching &

leadership

PAuL SHoRT | vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director, Commercial training & Development

3:15 Session: Facing a rapidly changing global talent pool

Attracting top talent in today’s competitive market requires adopting a holistic view of talent.• Understanding how talent behaviors are driving buying

behaviors – the impact of changing candidate demographics and psychographics on talent acquisition.

• Leveraging an expanded talent pipeline – challenging the traditional work relationship model to achieve superior business results

• Developing the framework for the future – organizational opportunities and challenges to integrate the external workforce into the strategic workforce plan

CANDy HIPPLE | KellyoCGvice President, talent Management Consulting

JAMIE STACEy | Kelly Services, Inc.vice President, americas Science Product leader

4:00 Cocktail Reception

5:00 End of day one

ConFerenCe DAY 2 May 6 | 2015

8:00 Registration & Coffee

Grow your own Talent Pool

9:00 Session: The New Combination Product Paradigm “Grow your own Talent Pool”

• Discuss the new and changing pharma environment • Grow vs Hire the best fit • Discuss Attributes essential for the talent pool

KHAuDEJA BANo, Abbvie Inc.Senior Medical Director, Medical Device Safety Head

9:45 Session: Establishing the Framework for Learning & Development Through Succession Planning

• Developing, implementing and managing succession programs

• Increasing commitment by creating high potential development programs

• Creating a personalized career plan to encourage the growth of the employee

ToM CoNNoLLyvertex PharmaceuticalsSenior Vice President, Human Resources

10:30 Networking Break

Discover & Retain Internal Talent

11:00 Session: Engaging and Retaining Talent in Times of Change and Downsizing

• Building Amgen’s first ever cardiovascular franchise while undergoing a major restructuring

• Closing 4 sites and moving talent into more competitive (and more expensive) markets

• Preserving our employer brand throughout the process

TRENT HAMILToNAmgenGlobal talent acquisition leader

11:45 Session: A New way to Discover Internal Talent “My Career Profile”

• The MyCareer Profile is a simple solution that enables our employees to make their talents, preferences, and career goals known.

• This information will help us get to know our employees better so we can effectively match the right people with the right career opportunities as they arise

MICHELE ESPoSIToCelgeneSenior Director, recruitment Delivery Strategy

12:30 Lunch

Best Practices & New Paradigms of Talent Acquisition

1:45 Session: Building an Infectious Disease Franchise in 4 Months

• Rallying with urgency to a common purpose• Planning for success: Project Management Mastery (PMM)• Launching consistent hiring methodology (PbH)• Playing to our strengths: One team many parts• Lessons Learned: Shaping the future of talent acquisition at

the Medicines Company

JuLIET AGRANoFFThe Medicines CompanyVice President, Human Strategy

2:30 How Novo Nordisk built a unique, successful inside search firm model

• The business case that gained approval• Structure, people and financial resources to make it work• Measuring value

JENNIFER BENNETTSenior Director, talent acquisitionNovo Nordisk Inc.

3:15 Farewell Coffee

4:00 End of the Conference

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