GRO-Biotech Events — Week of 5/22
Here are the latest events and opportunities, in the life sciences and beyond!
(NEW!) Wednesday, 5/24 NewYorkBIO’s Exclusive Spring Networking Event. Join NewYorkBIO for a networking event at The Players Club NYC on May 24th, sponsored by TriNet. The Players Club is a private social club founded in New York City by the noted 19th-century Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth along with Mark Twain and others. An 1847 Gramercy Park mansion, its membership includes stars from the stage and screen as well as famous writers, artists, and journalists. Private tours of the club will be made available throughout the event. Please note, this event requires that registration be approved. The Players Club requires business casual attire.
(NEW!) Wednesday, 5/24 SOSV Deep Tech Happy Hour. Come join SOSV's biotech and hardware programs IndieBio and HAX in bringing together the scientists, engineers, climate folks and others for drinks and snacks! Founders, funders, and the startup-curious are all welcome to attend and mingle.
(NEW!) Wednesday, 5/24 Making Your Postdoc Stand Out for Industry. Does a postdoc hurt you or help you in a non-academic job search? You gain additional technical skills and increased research independence during a postdoc. These can help you in non-academic employment, if you know how to pitch your experience. This workshop by Scismic Job Seeker will help you identify the best qualifications you bring from your postdoc position to a new role, and how to effectively communicate these throughout the job search process.
Thursday, 5/25 Starta Accelerator Spring Pitch Contests. Join the Starta Accelerator program for their Spring 2023 pitch contests in NYC, as founders hone their startups' pitch in front of a panel of judges, consisting of VCs, angels and industry experts. After the presentations, there will be time for Q&A with the pitching startups followed by networking with other frontrunners, entrepreneurs and investors of the NYC startup scene.
(NEW!) Tuesday, 5/30 Cancer Startups: Surviving in Entrepreneurship While Fighting Tumors. Join the tri-institutional startup venture group for a panel featuring four representatives from three NYC startups on a mission to cure cancer. This panel will cover the technology being created by these companies, how scientists can become entrepreneurs, the rules and regulations needed to be followed to create a successful business, and many more topics!
(NEW!) Thursday, 6/1 Genspace Biannual Open Lab. Open Lab is a biannual gathering where Genspace members share their work with each other and the public. Meet other life science enthusiasts and hear about opportunities to get involved with individual and community projects. If you're considering joining the lab, or are just curious to see what they’re all about, this is a great time to get to know the Genspace team.
Monday - Thursday, 6/5-8 BIO International Convention. After a pandemic and several years on the west coast, the BIO International Convention is back on the east coast in Boston this year, bringing together one of the largest groups of professionals in the biotech, pharmaceutical, and overall life sciences industries. Students and trainees can register to attend for free on Student Day, so be sure to apply for this great opportunity.
Thursday, 6/15 A New York State of Mind. The growth of the New York life science innovation scene has been exponential in recent years and as they say, it takes a village or in this case a city to make it all possible. This panel at JLABS NYC offices will celebrate the NYC life science innovation, discuss how New York City continues to persevere, and highlight some of the unique benefits of innovating in the “city that never sleeps” as well as showcase how each group plays a vital role in helping entrepreneurs bring much needed solutions to patients.
Thursday, 7/13 New York I-Corps Annual Network Meeting & Innovation Showcase. The New York I-Corps Hub is excited to welcome the ecosystem in-person for their 11th Annual Network Meeting on Thursday, July 13th at the CUNY John Jay College! This year’s program promises to be another exciting event designed to foster information sharing, expand commercialization programming, and cultivate networking with economic development leaders, entrepreneurs, academic innovators, and startup advisors.