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.
11:30am Tuesday, June 17th
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.