GRO-Biotech Events — Week of 8/5
Here are the latest events and opportunities, in the life sciences and beyond!
(NEW!) TODAY, 8/6 Longevity Biotech Fellowship Networking Event. Join Longevity Biotech Fellowship (LBF) NYC on the 38th floor Solarium at Rockefeller University for snacks, drinks, networking, beautiful views of the East River, and discussions about what we can do to radically extend healthy human lifespan!
(NEW!) Wednesday, 8/7 Open House at Fat Cat Fab Lab. One of the cornerstones of the New York City maker community is hosting their next open house at their West Village space. If you’re interested in connecting with the hardware/maker community, or have a project that might benefit from their (surprisingly extensive) prototyping and fabrication capabilities, you should definitely stop by.
Friday, 8/9 Harlem Biospace @ Mink Open House. Join the Harlem Biospace team for an Open House at their new, state-of-the-art life sciences incubator at the Mink Building in West Harlem’s Innovation Triangle. There’ll be tours of the new space, refereshments, and lots of opportunities for networking!
(NEW!) Thursday, 8/15 NY Hardware Happy Hour. As the New York hardware community continues to charge up for Meetup #100, head over to Makelab’s downtown Brooklyn HQ and wrap up the summer with a casual hardware happy hour! This will be a happy hour style mixer for everyone to meet others using, building, and probably occasionally fighting with hardware in the NYC area.
(NEW!) Thursday, 8/22 NY Robotics Meetup – Robots in Sport & Competition. Join the NY Robotics Meetup group for an exciting event at Newlab on August 22, where they'll delve into the fascinating world of robots designed for sports & competition. Robot competitions have showcased incredible innovations across multiple formats, and for all ages! Whether you're a seasoned robotics competitor or just curious about the field, this event offers a unique opportunity to learn, be inspired, and engage with experts in the field.
(NEW!) Thursday, 8/22 Shutting Down Your Startup Correctly. Sometimes, your startup doesn’t go the way you want it to. This workshop will cover the basics of winding down your startup, such as understanding your options, managing your obligations, communicating and negotiating with stakeholders. While no one ever wants to go through this, it’s good to be prepared so you can work from a place of rational planning rather than panic. This session will be led by Jaclyn Siu, founder and CEO of Starcycle (and NYU alumna). Having founded 3 companies, and having had to wind down 2 of them, she draws from her experience as a serial entrepreneur and investor to build tools to help founders shut down their companies, so they can let go faster and move forward to new adventures.
(NEW!) Wednesday, 8/28 Breaking Into Life Sciences Entrepreneurship in NYC. Join BIOTECH XYZ and FirstXFounder (FxF) for a panel discussion featuring alumni from FxF’s regional entrepreneurship programs. The panelists will be covering their journeys from bench to boardroom, and how the FxF programs helped them and other first time founders build emergent ventures.
Wednesday, 9/18 ELab Masterclass: Build a Fundable Commercial Plan. Join FirstXFounder’s next Masterclass: Build a Fundable Commercial Plan to gain invaluable insights and strategies for success. Understand what investors and corporate partners need to see in a fundable commercial strategy (even for early-stage ventures) and build your commercial tool kit including: Stakeholder Mapping • Market Research• Product Positioning• Segmentation and Targeting • Branding • Forecasting • Business Planning and More!
Use code TAKE20 for 20% off!
(NEW!) Friday & Saturday 11/1-11/2 The New York BCI Symposium. Join Mount Sinai BioDesign, the Mount Sinai Department of Neurosurgery, and some of the leading companies advancing brain-computer interface technology for the inaugural New York BCI Symposium. This two-day event will offer attendees a deep dive into the science, startups, and surgical techniques enabling one of the fastest growing and most cross-disciplinary fields in the life sciences and deep tech. The event will be hosted by a mix of leading startups (including Synchron and Precision Neuroscience) clinical institutional partners (including Mount Sinai, UPMC, CMU), federal regulatory organizations, and patient advocacy leaders. Keynotes, panels, and breakout sessions will be led by the world’s leading scientific, surgical, industry, and regulatory experts.
Early bird pricing will be available until the end of August, so be sure to register now!