
Programme
Where life-science leaders meet
A year-round programme of sessions, guest speakers and formats for the CEO Community, nextGEN and the Directors’ Forum. Everything the communities do together, in one place.
At a glance
5+ years of sessions
From a handful of talks in 2021 to a full calendar across three communities.
Sessions since 2021
Guest speakers
Formats
Communities
Formats
Five ways to meet
From recorded talks to private reTREATs, each format suits a different kind of conversation.
What’s on
Coming up across the communities
Insight sessions, roundtables, dinners and reTREATs for members of the three communities.
From members
In their words
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What sets this community apart is the exceptional quality and diversity of speakers. They offer specific resources that are tailored to the needs of life science founders. One of the key advantages of being a part of this community is the access to a vast and highly relevant bank of resources. These resources are focused and geared towards helping life science founders succeed.
Adam Winnifrith
Evolvere BioSciences
nextGEN
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I like the LifeScience ORG CEO community because it brings together CEOs from all over Europe with experts who can address our questions and anticipate the strategic issues we'll be faced with as our companies progress. It is a unique network of experienced, pan-European CEOs who share the same questions and problems. As a life science CEO it helps me strategically to anticipate next steps with my European peers, thanks to the excellent job of the LifeScience ORG team which sets the agenda on highly relevant themes.
Alexandre Le Vert
OSIVAX
CEO Community
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What I love about nextGEN is that it's a truly unique space where European life science CEOs at the seed stage can connect with peers facing the same challenges. That means every conversation is relevant, the learning happens organically, and we can give and get real value from each other's experience.
Ana Montalban-Arques
Adularia Therapeutics / Wyss Zurich
nextGEN
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What differentiates nextGEN from other communities is that it is not just about networking, but about genuine leadership and company-building development.
The content feels highly practical and immediately applicable.
The session with Ankit Mahadevia was extremely insightful.
Anna Maria Gambetta
DNAswitch
nextGEN
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The nextGEN community provides me with invaluable opportunities to connect with peers across Europe and engage with CEOs, thought leaders, and industry experts who generously share their expertise and experiences. The greatest value for me lies in the combination of peer reflection, personal growth, and professional coaching—directly applicable to my role—that would otherwise be unattainable for many young biotech founders, making me more effective as a leader. Unlike other platforms or events, nextGEN is free from marketing noise - it's rare to find a space that is truly dedicated to personal and professional growth.
Benjamin Winkeljann
RNhale
nextGEN
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I like LifeScience ORG because it provides me with consistently high-quality, highly insightful sessions that are carefully curated to deliver maximum value to biotech leaders. It is unique and different from other networks in that it combines a trusted, CEO-only environment with a strong European community built on depth rather than transaction... As a leader, it has helped me better navigate the inherent complexity of biotech entrepreneurship.
Benoît Serive
BlueCare Discovery
nextGEN
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LifeScience ORG has been a tremendous resource for me as a life science CEO. It is rare to have a community of like-minded CEOs who are all on a journey to solve healthcare's biggest challenges, to support and inform each other about how best to succeed. The expert speakers are fantastic, and the learnings can be directly applied to what I do every day.
Brian Gladsden
Mosaic Tx
CEO Community
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I like LifeScience ORG CEO community because it allows me to discuss topics unique to start up biotech CEOs and often provides useful insight from more mature companies. Discussions and sessions are pitched brilliantly for our stage of company and for where we will be in the coming years.
Camilla Easter
Oxford Medical Products
CEO Community
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LifeScience ORG is a unique community of biotech CEOs, with valuable workshops hosted by life science industry leaders and unique networking opportunities amongst peers. I especially like the fact that the regular meetings are virtual and that you can chose when to engage and contribute - so the meetings are readily accessible and you can keep it light touch when your schedule is too full. Of course, the more you follow/contribute the more value you will get from it.
Cedric Ververken
Confo Therapeutics
CEO Community
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My scientific co-founder at AKIGAI states that I have started to speak a different language. It feels so comfortable to engage in the meetings with nextGEN and to listen to others with similar challenges and/or challenges I have not yet met or thought about, but that help me mature.
Christian Kersten
AKIGAI
nextGEN
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The LifeScience ORG CEO community is a truly unique peer-to-peer forum for CEOs to exchange and benefit from each other's leadership and other learnings. It is unique because every member is an active life science CEO in the process of scaling their company and members benefit from very high-quality content and access to industry leaders and other thought leaders. The range of topics is specific to life science and relevant for CEOs to be successful. As a life science CEO it really helps me to share with and learn from other people who face similar challenges.
Christian Leisner
CDR Life
CEO Community
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I like the LifeScience ORG CEO community because it provides me with a unique opportunity to be in the company of fellow CEOs who are experiencing the same challenges. Thanks to the great work by Nikolai and his team we are able to hear from a particular high calibre of salient and seasoned life science heavyweights, all of whom are able to very efficiently and effectively disseminate their wisdom. This experience is priceless for a busy and often lonely CEO.
Craig Marshall
OrganOx
CEO Community
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The virtue of a highly successful Founder CEO is the unique blend of their in-depth expertise and ability to grow faster than the business, and there is no better way to achieve that than learning through successes and mistakes of others and through bespoke workshops with a community of peers. LifeScience ORG provides that.
Danuta Jeziorska
Biotech NewCo Stealth
CEO Community
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The LifeSci ORG creates a unique environment where peers can exchange ideas openly, learn efficiently, and connect with leading biotech experts — naturally fostering meaningful networking and even new friendships, sharing the pains and gains.
Deana Mohr
Muvon Therapeutics
nextGEN
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I like LifeScience ORG because it provides me with a unique pool of experience, sparring-partners and simply amazing people. It is unique and different to other networks in that it offers a trusted and safe environment for life science CEOs to exchange thoughts and learn from each other. My favourite part is the Forum. As a leader, it has helped me to grow and take totally unique angles at problems that all CEOs are facing constantly.
Dominik Schumacher
Tubulis (former CEO)
CEO Community
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I like the LifeScience ORG CEO community because, it brings CEOs together to discuss relevant topics in small groups with high-profile experts. It is unique because of its focus on biotech CEOs and real-life topics.
Erik Van Den Berg
Memo Therapeutics AG
CEO Community
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What makes LifeScience ORG so unique is that it is a community of only life science CEOs. The regular discussions are tailored to the specific needs and challenges of life science CEOs and the confidential exchange of insights and experiences with a large and diverse peer group of CEOs has really contributed towards my own CEO role. The quality and relevance of the speakers and the discussion topics are best-in-class and deliver value not just to first-time CEOs but also experienced entrepreneurs. The community is also a tremendous platform to connect CEOs located in the smaller innovation centres with those in the much larger UK and Continental European ecosystems.
Francois Martelet
Scandion Oncology
CEO Community
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Life Science Org is a great place to fuel your personal growth as a biotech leader. It provides an unprecedented opportunity to learn from others, get challenged in your beliefs, and sharpen critical thinking skills. Biotech business is a long-term game filled with multiple unpredictable setbacks, and Life Science Org is the network where you can get all necessary support to navigate these challenges with resilience and confidence.
Gena Nikitin
Miphic
nextGEN
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nextGEN is not a superficial networking platform.
nextGEN helps us look beyond our local ecosystem, connect with high-level people across Europe and the US, and think with a much broader strategic perspective.
In my view, nextGEN is exactly the kind of community Europe needs: practical, ambitious, founder-oriented and deeply connected to the life science sector.
Germán Sánchez
Opportunity Health
nextGEN
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I love being part of LifeScience ORG because it truly feels like being among people who 'get it.'... LifeScience ORG often brings up topics I wouldn't even think about yet – but when I do, I realize how relevant they are to my work and leadership. Being part of LifeScience ORG has truly accelerated my growth as a leader. It has helped me evolve faster, think broader, and lead with more confidence.
Hana Cernecka
EB Research Institute
nextGEN
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I like LifeScience ORG CEO community because it is a very active community, translated in various virtual conferences (of the highest quality), peer discussions, physical gathering at conferences… with other biotech CEOs throughout Europe. It is unique because of the energy the team is giving to make it a success and the originality of the various formats of discussion. It gathers successful biotechs from Europe, beyond peers we can meet at local clusters for example. As a life science CEO it helps me learn from others biotech CEOs and experts. It gives me great perspective on where our industry is going and how to succeed in it. It is a safe haven in such a hectic job.
Hedi Ben Brahim
One Biosciences
CEO Community
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Forum @ LS-ORG has given me the opportunity to have a much more detailed working session with my fellow CEOs on real world problems and build stronger relationships with my fellow CEOs.
As a business leader it is helping me share the challenges in the role, get detailed support from the absolutely the right people and develop as a CEO.
It is unique in that it is moderated through a tried and tested methodology.
Iraj Ali
Achilles Therapeutics
CEO Community
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Joining the nextGEN @LifeScience ORG founder community has put me in contact with many medtech European start-ups that I would not have reached otherwise… this opens great opportunities in terms of synergies and development. Listening to other CEOs experiences is a great way to learn, there is no need to reinvent the wheel!
Irina Banzola
ONTRACK Biomedical
nextGEN
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I like the LifeScience ORG CEO community because it is a place where I can easily connect with CEOs outside my own ecosystem. It also offers me an opportunity to learn from world class thought leaders about topics that really matter when you are building a venture. It is unique in that it is a totally safe space, no one is trying to sell you anything, everyone just wants to help one another. As a CEO it has been very helpful to connect with experienced life science leaders who have been on this journey before me. Their program also nudges me to regularly reflect on how I am (or should be) addressing different leadership challenges – something all of us should do more of.
Jack O'Meara
Aerska
CEO Community
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