Campfire conversations
Engage in candid conversations about life and work. Delve into the challenges that keep you up at night, and depart with actionable insights.
Examples of topics from previous years:
- Developing as a leader
- Life Changes: How to stay married and figure out kids while navigating work & aging parents
- Hiring and scaling a strong executive team
- How your organization is adopting AI
- LLMs for hard tech problems
- From Lab to IPO: Scaling bio companies
- Inspired leadership
- Leveraging AI in your personal life
- How to scale from tens to hundreds of millions
Campfire conversations
Engage in candid conversations about life and work. Delve into the challenges that keep you up at night, and depart with actionable insights.
Examples of topics from previous years:
- Developing as a leader
11:30am
1. GAIL GOODMAN - Developing as a leader Location: Wilder Room
2. YVONNE HAO - Life Changes: How to stay married and figure out kids while navigating work & aging parents Location: Garden Parlor
3. JOHN ANDREWS - Hiring and scaling a strong executive team Location: Woodstock A
4. TED GRAMER - Major transitions: Finding what's next Location: Woodstock B
5. MICAH REMLEY - How your organization is adopting AI Location: Woodstock C
6. MIHAILO ISAKOV - LLMs for hard tech problems Location: Library
7. MARK SMITH - From Lab to IPO: Scaling bio companies Location: Billings Parlor
8. YASH SHEVDE - The purpose of our species - 'Ready Player One' or 'The Expanse' Location: Conservatory
1:30pm Tuesday, June 17th
1. ARON AIN Inspired leadership Location: Wilder Room
2. STEVE FREDETTE & RAJ MUKHERJEE AI agents & GTM approaches Location: Garden Parlor
3. ED JENNINGS How to scale from tens to hundreds of millions Location: Woodstock A
4. SHARDA CARO DEL CASTILLO Risk & reward calculus for early stage regulated companies Woodstock B
5. MEGHAN JOYCE Leveraging AI in your personal life Location: Woodstock C
6. LEAH MORRIS How I got it wrong: lessons learned from failure Location: Library
7. EGAN PELTAN How administrative changes & geopolitical uncertainty will affect regulation for bio Location: Billings Parlor
2:30pm Tuesday, June 17th
1. SARAH MILBY Personal Performance Strategies: How we lead ourselves while we lead our teams Location: Wilder Room
2. RUSHIKA FERNANDOPULLE Take Two: Starting your second company Location: Garden Parlor
3. TOM ERICKSON Venture Zen & the Sizzle of Ambition: Are stillness & scale really frenemies? Location: Woodstock A
4. NEELA MONTGOMERY How to get the most from your board Location: Woodstock B
5. MATT ARBESFELD AI: Building external products & automating internal operations Location: Woodstock C
6. ARMON SHAREI Pharma licensing deals: pros & cons Location: Library
7. DAVE BALTER Navigating M&A Location: Billings Parlor
9am Wednesday, June 18th
1. RUSS WILCOX - AI & the future of humanity Location: Wilder Room
2. SARAH HODGES - Story Circle: A pivotal life moment that shaped your worldview Location: Garden Parlor
3. NAMITA BISARIA - China & the future of US biotech Location: Woodstock A
The retreat is a great way to bring people from the startup ecosystem together in a fun, relaxed atmosphere to build relationships, get inspiration, learn, and recharge — both personally and professionally.
Rushika Fernandopulle,
Co-Founder & CEO of Iora Health
It’s a wonderful experience where we can step away and have meaningful conversations.