Women in Biopharma Leadership Workshop
UCL East, London
3 December 2025: 9am-1pm
For women who are transitioning from academia to the biopharma industrial sector
This workshop has been organised to support women working in junior academic positions with the transition into Biopharma and with working towards leadership positions in this industry. The event will include talks from women working in entry-level, senior management-level, and C-suite positions in organisations variously looking to develop gene therapies, new biological technologies, and perform contract development and manufacturing for advanced medicines. Career reflection activities will involve exploring pathways to leadership roles for various biopharma careers through a writing exercise and a roundtable discussion.
Key take-aways:
Recognise distinct paths to biopharma leadership roles.
Explore ideas for personal journeys to leadership roles in biopharma.
Share ideas for navigating and developing skills.
Networking to form new collaborations in the biopharma sector.
EVENT AGENDA
09:00-09:30am Registration & coffee
09:30-09:40am CGT Circle & RESILIENCE
09:40-10:10am Entry level talk [Newcleic]
10:10-10:40am Journal activity - Rapid brain storm (with prompts) - Letter to self, Goal setting, Pathway to goals. Discussion
10:40-10:50am Break
10:50-11:20am Senior management level talk [Orchard Therapeutics]
11:20-11:50am Roundtable - Structured Q&A - Open questions
11:50-12:00am Break 1
2:00-12:30pm C-suite level talk [eXmoor Pharma]
12:30-1pm Networking lunch
ABOUT WORKSHOP LEADS
Dr Bernice Wright is a research scientist, a teaching lecturer on the Manufacture and Commercialisation of Stem Cell and Gene Therapies taught MSc programme, as well as RESILIENCE CoE co-investigator and lead for STEM outreach in the Department of Biochemical Engineering at University College London (UCL).