Your Path, Your Impact: Lessons from my biotech journey and how to shape your own

28 May 2025 - Utrecht

What does it take to build a meaningful career in life sciences? In this keynote, Annemiek Verkamman, Managing Director of Hollandbio, shares her personal journey through the biotech landscape. From discovering what truly motivates her to building teams and organizations with purpose, Annemiek reflects on the key choices, lessons, and mindset shifts that helped shape her path. Blending personal stories with practical insights, this talk invites you to reflect on your own career direction.
What makes work meaningful to you? Where do your talents shine? And how can you take ownership of your path, no matter where you are in your journey? Whether you're a student, postdoc, or seasoned professional, you'll leave inspired to connect your passion with impact, and to take the next step with confidence.

About Hollandbio

The mission of Hollandbio, the Dutch biotech industry association, is to maximize the contribution of biotech innovations to our society’s health and sustainability. We represent, support and connect an active, privately funded, and rapidly growing community of more than 280 member companies. Our members are a reflection of the biotech sector: from start-ups and SMEs to large companies and multinationals, active in fields ranging from healthcare and agri-food to biobased applications and cultured meat. By tackling the obstacles that hinder our frontrunners, Hollandbio aims for progress - even when that means challenging the status quo.

Annemiek Verkamman | Managing Director | Hollandbio

Annemiek Verkamman is managing director of Hollandbio, the Dutch biotechnology industry association. Hollandbio unites and supports more than 130 companies that create novel technology and products that makes the world a healthier, more sustainable place. Hollandbio is the leading voice with which biotech players speak to policy makers, the media and the general public. Hollandbio works to ensure that biotech companies in The Netherlands will be able to thrive in a competitive, global market place. Hollandbio is a result of the merger between Niaba and BioFarmind in 2013. Annemiek Verkamman served as managing director of BioFamind since 2012. Prior to working for industry associations, Annemiek was program director of the Life Sciences & Health (LSH) innovation program. She was accountable for the international representation of the Netherlands and projects with a focus on human capital, facilities for SMEs and gaining an understanding of the sector and the international position of the biotech.

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