Empower your career - a female perspective
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21 May 2026 - Utrecht

In this session, each panelist will share a bit about their journey, from where they started to how they reached their current roles. After the introductions, we’ll dive deeper into their unique career paths. Our speakers will discuss the key lessons they've learned along the way and offer valuable advice for women looking to follow in their footsteps. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from and connect with women who are making waves in the Life Sciences!

Speakers

Junda Kel | Director Global Business Development | Pharming

Lineke Pelleboer | Head of Marketing and Sales | Batavia Biomanufacturing

Moderator

Anne Vogel | Sr. Manager, Technical Strategy | Kite

Alex is a scientist by training, but communicating science is her true passion. In all her work, Alex aims to connect her passion for science with her belief that science can only have a positive impact when it is well communicated.Alex holds a PhD in immunology from the University of Amsterdam, which focused on the role of autophagy in host-virus interactions. After her PhD she focussed fully on scientific communications and marketing. Her current role is Marketing & Communications Specialist at Oncode Accelerator, an initiative funded by the Dutch National Growth Fund with a mission to collaboratively optimize and accelerate the development of new cancer therapies for the benefit of patients of all ages. Alex is an award-winning science communicator, enthusiastic speaker and event moderator, and writer and creator of "Microbial Mondays", a project that aims to improve public understanding of microbiology. On the Microbial Mondays website, Alex has published over a hundred articles and short videos that explain biological concepts in jargon-free language. Alex is also a junior ambassador for TOPX, a network and training platform for ambitious women in Life Sciences.

About Kite

Kite, a Gilead Company, is a global biopharmaceutical company based in Santa Monica, California. We are focused on achieving cures with cell therapy. As the global cell therapy leader, Kite has served more patients with CAR T-cell therapy than any other company. Kite has the largest in-house cell therapy manufacturing network in the world, spanning process development, vector manufacturing, clinical trial supply and product manufacturing. Our European cell therapy manufacturing facility is located in the Amsterdam area. With over 50 nationalities, our local culture can best be described as innovative, inspiring and multicultural.

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