8:00 - 8:30 Registration and Networking Breakfast

8:30-8:45

Welcome by Hudson Valley Community College

8:45-9:30

Keynote: Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Workforce Development – A National Perspective

Given by: John Balchunas, Workforce Director at NIIMBL | The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals 

Introduced by: Michelle Lewis, PhD, Executive Director, Stack Family Center for Biopharmaceutical Education at Training at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

9:30-10:30

Panel Discussion: Human Resources Skills-Based Hiring

Moderated by: Win Thurlow, JD, Executive Director of LifeSciencesNY

  • Philip Bruce, Director, Center for Career and Professional Development, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Steve Festin, Ph.D., Site Director and Business Unit Manager- Rensselaer, NY, Eurofins Scientific, Inc., Professional Scientific Services, LLC

  • Adam Navis, Ph.D., Director of Molecular Diagnostics, Taconic Biosciences

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:45

Panel Discussion: Best Practices from the Field for Workforce Development

Moderated by: Win Thurlow JD, Executive Director, LifeSciencesNY

  • Robert Geer, Vice President for Education and Workforce Development, NY CREATES

  • Brian J. Williams, Executive Director, Capital Region Workforce Development Board

  • Karla Talanian, Founder, Long View Advising

  • Denise Zieske, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Workforce Development at State University of New York

11:45-12:15

Legislative Updates

Assemblymember John T. McDonald III, Assembly District 108

12:15-12:45

60 Second Company Quickfire

12:45 Lunch and Networking