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Arizona Events 2025
Tuesday, January 21st 11:00AM - 1:30PM ASU BioDesign Institute Networking Event and Vendor Showcase
This outdoor BVS event at the ASU BioDesign Institute will gather at least 150 researchers from ASU.
The BioDesign Institute is a hub for cutting-edge research and scientific discovery, making it the perfect setting to connect with the academic community.
Vendors will have the chance to showcase their products and technologies directly to ASU researchers, opening doors for collaboration and advancing innovation in biotech and life sciences.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, great food & drink. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
Venue: BioDesign Institute, 727 E Tyler St, Tempe, AZ 85281
Wednesday, January 22nd 4:30 - 7:00PM Phoenix Bioscience Core Networking Event and Vendor Showcase
The Phoenix Bioscience Core is a 30-acre life sciences innovation district in the heart of Downtown Phoenix. Home to the highest concentration of research scientists in the state, the PBC’s anchor institutions include Arizona’s three public research universities — Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University and the University of Arizona — leading genomics pioneers including the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of the City of Hope; the International Genomics Consortium; Exact Sciences; several of Phoenix’s major health care systems, such as Banner Health, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Dignity Health and Valleywise Health; and a growing number of emerging life science companies.
This exclusive event, expected to attract at 150+ attendees from the local biotech community, offers a unique opportunity to connect with industry leaders, showcase cutting-edge technologies, and foster collaborations in Arizona’s growing biotech ecosystem.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, great food & drink. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
Venue: 850 PBC, 850 N 5th St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
San Francisco Event 2025:
Wednesday, January 22nd 4:00 - 7:00PM BioMed Realty and BVS' Biotech Community Event, SSF
We are hosting a vendor fair at The Forum, in the same building as Amgen and next to Genentech and right in the heart of the large pharma/biotechs in South San Francisco.
The entire Bay Area Community will be invited to attend & this event will be heavily advertised to all.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, networking, appetizers & drinks.
We are expecting an excellent turnout.
Venue: The Forum, 750 Gateway Blvd, South San Francisco, CA 94080
⇒ REGISTER TO ATTEND (not exhibit)
San Diego Events 2025:
Registration Link to Exhibit: ⇒ REGISTER TO EXHIBIT: SD Events January to June 2025
Registration Link to Exhibit: ⇒ REGISTER TO EXHIBIT: SD Events July to December 2025
Registration Link to Attend (not exhibit) for SD Events January to June 2025 ⇒ REGISTER TO ATTEND
Tuesday, March 11th 4:00 - 6:30PM BVS’ Biotech Community Event at SOVA, San Diego
We are very excited to announce our outdoor Biotech Community Event at SOVA Science District (right next to New English Brewing).
Our last events were a HUGE success with 300 high-quality people registering from over 100+ companies/institutes & we will once again be inviting the entire So CA Life Science Community to attend.
As always, we are expecting a great turn-out and we are excited to say that our primary registrations are coming from scientists and lab end users.
The event is a special Biotech Community Event sponsored by some of the best scientific suppliers in the industry along with it being a wonderful way for scientists and science vendors to network in a relaxed evening venue.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, tacos and beer. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
Venue: SOVA Science District - Patio,11545 Sorrento Valley Rd, San Diego, CA 92121 - Next to New English Brewing
Wednesday, May 21st 4:00 - 6:30PM BVS’ Biotech Community Event at Biovista, San Diego
We are very excited to announce our outdoor Biotech Community Event at the Biovista Life Science Campus.
We are inviting all the tenants - Insulet, Insmed, Biolabs, Molecular Assemblies, Plexium, and all local life science researchers and entrepreneurs in the surrounding area to attend.
The event is a special Biotech Community Event sponsored by some of the best scientific suppliers in the industry along with it being a wonderful way for scientists and science vendors to network in a relaxed evening venue.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, drinks and appetizers provided by California English and lots of networking. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
Venue: 9276 Scranton Rd, San Diego, CA 92121
Tuesday, June 3rd 4:30 - 7:00PM BVS’ Biotech Community Event at SOVA, San Diego
We are very excited to announce our outdoor Biotech Community Event at SOVA Science District (right next to New English Brewing).
Our last events were a HUGE success with 300 high-quality people registering from over 100+ companies/institutes & we will once again be inviting the entire So CA Life Science Community to attend.
As always, we are expecting a great turn-out and we are excited to say that our primary registrations are coming from scientists and lab end users.
The event is a special Biotech Community Event sponsored by some of the best scientific suppliers in the industry along with it being a wonderful way for scientists and science vendors to network in a relaxed evening venue.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, tacos and beer. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
Venue: SOVA Science District - Patio,11545 Sorrento Valley Rd, San Diego, CA 92121 - Next to New English Brewing
Tuesday, August 5th 4:30 - 7:00PM BVS’ Biotech Community Event at SOVA, San Diego
We are very excited to announce our outdoor Biotech Community Event at SOVA Science District (right next to New English Brewing).
Our last events were a HUGE success with 300 high-quality people registering from over 100+ companies/institutes & we will once again be inviting the entire So CA Life Science Community to attend.
As always, we are expecting a great turn-out and we are excited to say that our primary registrations are coming from scientists and lab end users.
The event is a special Biotech Community Event sponsored by some of the best scientific suppliers in the industry along with it being a wonderful way for scientists and science vendors to network in a relaxed evening venue.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, tacos and beer. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
Venue: SOVA Science District - Patio,11545 Sorrento Valley Rd, San Diego, CA 92121 - Next to New English Brewing
Tuesday, October 21st 4:30 - 7:00PM BVS’ Biotech Community Event at SOVA, San Diego
We are very excited to announce our outdoor Biotech Community Event at SOVA Science District (right next to New English Brewing).
Our last events were a HUGE success with 300 high-quality people registering from over 100+ companies/institutes & we will once again be inviting the entire So CA Life Science Community to attend.
As always, we are expecting a great turn-out and we are excited to say that our primary registrations are coming from scientists and lab end users.
The event is a special Biotech Community Event sponsored by some of the best scientific suppliers in the industry along with it being a wonderful way for scientists and science vendors to network in a relaxed evening venue.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, tacos and beer. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
Venue: SOVA Science District - Patio,11545 Sorrento Valley Rd, San Diego, CA 92121 - Next to New English Brewing
Registration Link to Exhibit: ⇒ REGISTER TO EXHIBIT: MA Events January to June 2025
Registration Link to Exhibit: ⇒ REGISTER TO EXHIBIT: MA Events July to December 2025
Registration Link to Attend (not exhibit) for MA Events January to June 2025 ⇒ REGISTER TO ATTEND
Wednesday, February 5th 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM BVS' Biotech Community Celebration at Tech Square, Cambridge
We are very excited to announce our indoor Lunch Biotech Community Event. All the biotech tenants at 100-700 Technology Square and other companies in the Cambridge vicinity will be invited to attend this event.
The event is a special Biotech Community Event sponsored by some of the top scientific suppliers in the industry along with it being a wonderful way for scientists and science vendors to network.
Some of the companies located at and around Technology Square, Cambridge: MIT Lab, Novartis Vaccines & DGNSTCS, Magenta Therapeutics, Moderna, H3 Biomedicine, Disc Medicine, Caraway Therapeutics, Kymera Therapeutics, Arkuda Therapeutics, Warp Drive Bio, HotSpot Therapeutics, Ragon Institute, Codiak Biosciences, Cydan Development, Cerevel Therapeutics, Sanofi, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Amgen, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Illumina, Eli Lilly and Company, Merck & Co., bluebird bio.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, food & drinks. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
Contact: Pam Gardner
Venue: Atrium - 100 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139
Wednesday, February 12th 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM DivcoWest and BVS' Biotech Event at Cambridge Crossing
BVS in collaboration with DivcoWest are excited to announce this New Location at Cambridge Crossing!
We are hosting an indoor Biotech Event in the dynamic Cambridge Crossing area and all the DivcoWest tenants are invited to attend.
Cambridge Crossing is a hub of innovation, home to renowned companies like Philips, AbbVie, Sanofi, Bristol Myers Squibb, Exact Sciences, and Astellas. CX is conveniently located in East Cambridge, immediately adjacent to Kendall Square, the #1 life science cluster in the United States.
The building where the event will be held: 222 Jacobs Street is a 430,000 square-foot, 9-story life science and technology building located in the Cambridge Crossing. The building is 100% leased and is the home of the Philips North American Innovation Center, and is also occupied by AbbVie.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, great food & drinks. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
The event will be advertised by the property management company to the tenants in their buildings.
Contact: Kristie Barry
Venue: 222 Jacobs Street, Cambridge, MA 02141
*Date change from 2/13 to 2/20*
Thursday, February 20th 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM MIT Biology Building 68, Cambridge
The event will be held in Building 68 at MIT, and the researchers in this building along with the Koch Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Broad Institute have all been invited to attend.
Contact: Matt Potter
Venue: MIT Biology Building 68 - Lobby, 31 Ames Street Cambridge, MA 02139
Thursday, February 27th 4:00 - 8:00 PM Allston Labworks Networking & Innovation Biotech Community Event, Allston
BVS in partnership with King Street Properties, Inc. will be hosting this community event to showcase their state-of-the-art property located at 280 Western Avenue, Allston. https://allstonlabworks.com/
This location is a new building. The objective for this event is to showcase this property that is centrally located to many biotech/pharma/academic institutions in the area and invite researchers and other key personnel from all the companies/institutions (and others) noted on the graphic below.
Allston Labworks is a new life science campus along Lower Allston’s Western Avenue innovation corridor. Surrounded by Allston’s eclectic culture and thriving art scene, Allston Labworks will provide life science companies and the greater Allston community with new creative outlets for exploration and self-expression. This area is filled with many biotech/pharma accounts, all of whom will be invited to attend this exciting event that will include both life science exhibitors and a keynote presentation TBA soon! Accounts depicted in the graphic below will all be invited among others.
Come join us to exhibit/attend this unique event to network and meet scientists, researchers and company leaders from the surrounding geographic area.
In case of bad weather, the back-up date for the event is March 4, 4:00 - 8:00PM.
Contact: Matt Potter
Venue: 280 Western Avenue, Allston, MA 02134
Wednesday, March 12th 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM Lincoln Property Company and BVS' Biotech Event at 100 Chestnut, Somerville
BVS in collaboration with Lincoln Property Company are excited to announce this indoor event at this Brand-New Location at 100 Chestnut - a new, signature life science building located in Somerville’s vibrant Brickbottom District!
This state-of-the-art, 200,000 SF, LEED Platinum-certified laboratory and office space presents a unique opportunity to be part of Somerville’s next major life science hub. Just outside Cambridge—the #1 life science cluster in the U.S.—100 Chestnut is already home to renowned companies such as Ultragenyx, Hatch.bio Labs, and the ADA Forsyth Institute.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, great food & drinks. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
The event will be advertised by the property management company to all the tenants.
Contact: Kristie Barry
Venue: Lobby - 100 Chestnut Street, Somerville, MA 02143
Thursday, March 20th 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM BVS' Waltham/Winter Street Biotech Community Expo, Waltham
This exciting event will provide access to researchers at the many biotech/pharma accounts along Winter Street in Waltham, MA.
There are many companies located along the Cambridge Reservoir/Winter Street area that will be targeted such as AstraZeneca and associated companies within the (Boston BioHub) that include Morphic Therapeutics, Dragonfly Therapeutics, Entasis Therapeutics, Skyhawk Therapeutics and Syndax Therapeutics. Representative companies in the surrounding area also will include but not be limited to: Palleon Therapeutics, Arrakis Therapeutics, and Eloxx Pharmaceuticals.
Contact: Matt Potter
Venue: Embassy Suites - Drake Conference Room, 550 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451
Wednesday, March 26th 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM Nest.Bio, Hatch.Bio, and BVS' Collaborative Biotech Event at 100 Chestnut, Somerville
BVS in collaboration with Nest.Bio and Hatch.Bio are excited to announce this new location at Hatch.Bio Labs.
Hatch.Bio Labs, the premier destination for cutting-edge biotech startups and the resident companies from both Hatch.Bio and Nest.Bio will be attending, as there will be a mandatory meeting at Hatch.Bio’s 100 Chestnut location that day.
This provides an excellent opportunity to engage with a diverse group of emerging biotech ventures from both locations, including SanaHeal, Accurius Therapeutics, Geomali, Xtalpi, Cage Pharma, Florey Biosciences, Cambridge Pharmaceuticals and Feromics, IT Bio, Prisma, Triplet, Aliada, Innovac, Fount, CoFlo Medical, Nicoya Life, Vitakey.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, great food & drinks. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
The event will be advertised by Nest.Bio and Hatch.Bio to all their resident companies.
Contact: Kristie Barry
Venue: Hatch.Bio, 100 Chestnut Street, Somerville, MA 02143
Sustainability Expos in April 2025
We are excited to announce that in April 2025, we will be hosting 8 Sustainability Expos at Alexandria Real Estate Biotech Hubs in Massachusetts, including the new Eli Lilly building in Seaport. These events are scheduled from April 8th to 19th, with exact site dates to be confirmed soon. Our 2024 Sustainability Expos were a huge success, and we received outstanding feedback from our vendors, who gained valuable leads.
This year, we have expanded the initiative to include a total of 8 locations, with even more emphasis on sustainability. The success of this initiative was even recognized at the CEO level at Alexandria Real Estate, and we are committed to enhancing it further.
Due to high demand and limited space at several of these locations, we encourage you to pre-commit if you are interested in participating. If you commit to all 8 events, we are offering a 10% discount.
Exhibitor Guidelines for Sustainability Expos
If your company offers products or services related to sustainability, we invite you to exhibit at these events. Relevant categories include:
- Equipment that conserves energy or water (e.g., 96-well plates, liquid handling, freezers, microscopes, etc.)
- Products/services that use fewer chemicals
- Products/services that reduce consumption of materials
- Solutions that improve efficiency, save materials, water, or reduce waste
- Sustainable packaging solutions
- Recycling programs and recyclable products (e.g., plates, pipettes, etc.)
- Solutions that improve the carbon footprint or reduce environmental impact
Thursday, May 8th 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM EMD Serono Research & Development Institute Biotech Community Expo, Billerica
This event will provide direct access to researchers at the EMD Serono Research & Development Institute and the MilliporeSigma location just down the road. Both strategic procurement and product development sourcing are sponsoring this event. EMD has research centers focus in the areas of neurology & immunology, fertility, endocrinology and oncology.
Contact: Matt Potter
Venue: EMD Serono, 45 Middlesex Turnpike, Billerica, MA 01821
Thursday, May 15th 4:00 - 8:00 PM BVS’ Innovation Symposium & Vendor Expo, Cambridge
This biotech community event will bring together researchers from local biotech/pharma accounts in Cambridge/Boston and the surrounding areas to see the latest in tools, technologies and equipment to help advance life science research. In addition to many of the top life science companies attending there will be a four part technical speaker series highlighting the latest cutting edge technologies and advancements from participating exhibitors.
This event will feature numerous technical presentations, vendor exhibits, appetizers/buffet & drinks.
Contact: Matt Potter
Venue: Boston Marriott Cambridge, 50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142
Wednesday, June 11th 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM DivcoWest and BVS' Biotech Event at Cambridge Crossing
BVS in collaboration with DivcoWest are excited to announce this Location at Cambridge Crossing!
We are hosting an indoor Biotech Event in the dynamic Cambridge Crossing area and all the DivcoWest tenants are invited to attend.
Cambridge Crossing is a hub of innovation, home to renowned companies like Philips, AbbVie, Sanofi, Bristol Myers Squibb, Exact Sciences, and Astellas. CX is conveniently located in East Cambridge, immediately adjacent to Kendall Square, the #1 life science cluster in the United States.
The building where the event will be held: 222 Jacobs Street is a 430,000 square-foot, 9-story life science and technology building located in the Cambridge Crossing. The building is 100% leased and is the home of the Philips North American Innovation Center, and is also occupied by AbbVie.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, great food & drinks. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
The event will be advertised by the property management company to the tenants in their buildings.
Contact: Kristie Barry
Venue: 222 Jacobs Street, Cambridge, MA 02141
Thursday, June 12th 4:00 - 7:00 PM BVS' Biotech Community Innovation Night at 115 Munson, New Haven, CT
As part of our ongoing strategy to diversify our exhibit experience, BVS will co-host a community innovation night in New Haven, Connecticut. New Haven is home to many biotech accounts that include Celldex Therapeutics, Arvinas, Inc., Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Bioxcel Therapeutics and Trevi Therapeutics. Our strategy will be to target the local biotech, pharma's, academic institutes (Yale), VCs, & entrepreneurs.
Our goal is two-fold: To highlight 115 Munson property for potential occupants and provide the vendors access to scientists in the local New Haven area to visit with the participating companies in a community event driven by science, collaborations, and partnerships. Lab tours will be available.
Contact: Matt Potter
Venue: 115 Munson Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Registration Link to Exhibit: ⇒ REGISTER TO EXHIBIT: MA Events July to December 2025
Thursday, July 17th 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM MIT Biology Building 68, Cambridge
The event will be held in Building 68 at MIT, and the researchers in this building along with the Koch Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Broad Institute have all been invited to attend.
Contact: Matt Potter
Venue: MIT Biology Building 68 - Lobby, 31 Ames Street Cambridge, MA 02139
Wednesday, August 6th 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM BVS' Summer Biotech Community Celebration at Tech Square, Cambridge
We are very excited to announce our outdoor Biotech Community Event. All the biotech tenants at 100-700 Technology Square and other companies in the Cambridge vicinity will be invited to attend this event.
The event is a special Biotech Community Event sponsored by some of the top scientific suppliers in the industry along with it being a wonderful way for scientists and science vendors to network.
Some of the companies located at and around Technology Square, Cambridge: MIT Lab, Novartis Vaccines & DGNSTCS, Magenta Therapeutics, Moderna, H3 Biomedicine, Disc Medicine, Caraway Therapeutics, Kymera Therapeutics, Arkuda Therapeutics, Warp Drive Bio, HotSpot Therapeutics, Ragon Institute, Codiak Biosciences, Cydan Development, Cerevel Therapeutics, Sanofi, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Amgen, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Illumina, Eli Lilly and Company, Merck & Co., bluebird bio.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, food & drinks. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
Contact: Pam Gardner
Venue: Courtyard - 400 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139
Thursday, September 11th 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM BVS' Longwood Galleria Tech Vendor Expo, Celebration at the Inn at Longwood
BVS' Longwood Galleria Tech Vendor Expo at the Inn at Longwood is the perfect location to attract researchers from the world renown biomedical institutions in Boston, MA.
We are excited to announce that this premier exhibit will occur at the Inn at Longwood, Longwood Hall centrally located in the food court at the hotel. This premier event will attract researchers from the many institutions situated in the Longwood medical area that include the following: Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital. In addition, there are many companies both large and small nestled into this compact geographic area that will also be targeted such as Merck.
Contact: Matt Potter
Venue: Longwood Hall, Inn at Longwood, 342 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Thursday, October 23rd 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM BVS’ Vendor Biotech & Academic Expo at the Beechwood Hotel, Worcester
We are very excited to announce our indoor Biotech Vendor Expo & Biotech Community Event at the Beechwood Hotel on Plantation Street located directly across from UMass Medical Center in Worcester, MA.
Invitations for this event will be distributed to departments within the UMass Chan Medical School campus and all companies at the Worcester Biotech park located across the street. Additionally, we have made many new key contacts at AbbVie and other accounts to ensure that we connect with as many scientists as possible!
If your company is looking to gain a foothold in this account-rich environment, this will be time well spent! The Worcester Biotech Park located on Planation Street is home to many companies such as AbbVie Bioresearch, MustangBio, Microbiotix and Yurogen Biosystems.
These companies and all others located in the Biotech Park will be invited to attend. In addition, efforts will also be made to draw companies and local academic institutions from the surrounding Worcester region. Central Massachusetts is home to more than 58 early-stage companies and numerous world class universities all located in relatively close proximity to the venue site.
Contact: Matt Potter
Venue: Beechwood Hotel, 363 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605
Thursday, December 4th 4:00 - 6:30 PM BVS' Holiday Biotech Community Celebration at Tech Square, Cambridge
We are very excited to announce our indoor Biotech Community Event. All the biotech tenants at 100-700 Technology Square and other companies in the Cambridge vicinity will be invited to attend this event.
The event is a special Biotech Community Event sponsored by some of the top scientific suppliers in the industry along with it being a wonderful way for scientists and science vendors to network.
Some of the companies located at and around Technology Square, Cambridge: MIT Lab, Novartis Vaccines & DGNSTCS, Magenta Therapeutics, Moderna, H3 Biomedicine, Disc Medicine, Caraway Therapeutics, Kymera Therapeutics, Arkuda Therapeutics, Warp Drive Bio, HotSpot Therapeutics, Ragon Institute, Codiak Biosciences, Cydan Development, Cerevel Therapeutics, Sanofi, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Amgen, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Illumina, Eli Lilly and Company, Merck & Co., bluebird bio.
The event will be a combination of vendor exhibits, food & drinks. We will have extra special raffle prizes and expect an excellent turnout.
Contact: Pam Gardner
Venue: Atrium - 100 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139
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