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Bio Connections Australia is the annual flagship event for the biotech industry, offering a premier platform for networking, meaningful discussions, and groundbreaking thought leadership.
The conference centers on accelerating the translation of medical research into real-world applications, with a strong emphasis on commercialisation, drug discovery and development, early-phase clinical trials, and bringing Australia’s cutting-edge science to market.
Each year, the event brings together a diverse mix of senior decision-makers from across the sector, including pharmaceutical leaders, investors, local and international biotech companies, researchers, CROs, Phase 1 units, universities, government agencies, and regulators.
To stay informed of speaker announcements, early bird discounts and the official agenda release register your interest below.
2024 Speakers
Dr Nina Webster
CEO & MD, Dimerix Limited
The Hon Gabrielle Upton FAICD
former NSW Government Minister, Board Member, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience
Dr Steven Gourlay
CEO and Managing Director, Actinogen
James Graham
CEO, Recce Pharmaceuticals
A/Prof Tina Soulis
Founder & Director, Alithia Life Sciences
Associate Professor Tam C. Nguyen
Deputy Director Research, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, IC, H3Healthcare
Saurabh Jain
CEO, TrialKey
Dr Felicia Pradera
Head – Health Security Systems Australia, DMTC Limited
Nick Rich
Regional Director Business Development, Novotech
Dr Anand Gautam
Founder, G2OME Consulting
Dr Ingmar Wahlqvist
Senior Investment Manager, Brandon Capital
Sarah Meibusch
Partner, OneVentures
David Hoey
CEO, Vaxxas
Dr Craig Rayner
Director, Moderna's Regional Research Centre for Respiratory Medicines and Tropical Diseases
Dr Amanda Buttery
Director, Integrated Evidence, Medical Affairs, Moderna
Emerald Scofield
Associate, Main Sequence Ventures
Dr Kathy Nielsen
CEO, BioCurate
Dr Rita Choueiri
Partner, R&D Tax and Government Incentives National Director, Life Sciences, RSM Australia
Professor Evelin Tiralongo
Director Clinical Trial Unit, Griffith University
Dr Megan Baldwin
Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Opthea
Ben Constable
Managing Director Australia, Lumira Ventures
A/Professor Ben Tran
Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Andrew Stewart
CEO, Endpoints Capital
Damon Rasheed
CTO & Executive Director, TrialKey
Dr Craig Rogers
Director – SABRE Alliance, Defence Science & Technology Group, Department of Defence
Dr Amanda Caples
Victoria’s Lead Scientist
Dr Daniel Getts
CEO & Co-Founder, Myeloid Therapeutics
The Hon Jaala Pulford
Chair, MTPConnect, Victorian Minister for Medical Research and Innovation (2020-2022)
Dr Rebecca McQualter
Chief Operating Officer/Acting CEO, Chimeric Therapeutics Ltd
John Kurek
Investment Director, Uniseed
Dr Andrew Brockway
CEO, Doherty Clinical Trials
Professor Sharon Goldfeld AM
Director, The Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children’s Hospital, Theme Director, Population Health, Co-Group Leader Policy and Equity, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Stephen Thompson
CEO, Viral Vector Manufacturing Facility
Harpreet Johal-Meredith
Director of Business Development, Resolian Bioanalytics
Rima Darwiche
CEO, Central Pharmacy Logistics
Helen Poliviou
Helen Poliviou, Managing Director, PureCDM
2024 Sponsors, Exhibitors & Partners
exhibitors
Partners
Pricing
Breakfast Briefing
Getting the most out of your partnerships
What are you looking for in a partner? This session will include a series of short presentations followed by a breakout to more intimate roundtable discussions.
Each briefing will showcase a variety of specialist organizations enabling biotechs to equip themselves with the right information to make informed decisions and maximize the benefits of their partnerships with CROs and beyond.
The roundtables will be an opportunity to ask questions of the speakers about these services and explore opportunities for partnership.
Some of the areas we may cover in these briefings include:
- Recruitment – new and innovative models, how do you access them?
- Taking control of your clinical data
- What are some of the pre-clinical program considerations to support a successful clinical trial?
- Identifying clinical trial supply challenges in the early stage of trial design
- Product eligibility for international pathways, are we ready?
- Reducing start-up times, and how to position product/project to end customer.
- How do you develop an effective safety & and efficacy program through a rigorous nonclinical strategy?
Register your interest to join the discussion;
For more information, contact:
Danielle Newman
Senior Business Development Manager
E: danielle.newman@informa.com
T: +61 (2) 9080 4318
Annual Networking Dinner
Thursday 7th August – Venue and timing TBC
Don’t miss out on one of the event highlights which is a sell out each year!
Book early to avoid disappointment.
* Please note, only paying delegates, sponsors and speakers are eligible to attend the networking dinner.
Testimonials
Bio Connections is a great event to keep up to date about all things Biotech. It also presents as a great opportunity to network.
– 2024 Delegate
For a day-long event, I felt that it was a very worthwhile use of my time – better than many longer conferences.
– 2024 Delegate
It was a very interactive conference – and topics that were discussed were very current and relevant issues for Australia as a whole.
– 2024 Delegate
Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities
Reconnect and re-engage with your industry peers at the Annual Bio Connections Australia Conference.
There are many opportunities for networking including social events such as the annual Bio Connections Networking Dinner, networking drinks, refreshment breaks and lunches, making this not just a conference… but an all-encompassing industry “experience”.
Event sponsorship or exhibiting will allow your organisation to:
- Build relationships with potential and existing clients
- Generate leads from a high-level, targeted audience
- Close sales in a more personal manner than via phone
- Demonstrate your product in person
- Network with the industry
- Build brand awareness
To see what is on offer please contact:
Danielle Newman
Senior Business Development Manager
E: danielle.newman@informa.com
T: +61 (2) 9080 4318
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Insights
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Is Australia your next best destination for clinical trials?
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Clinical Trials Report Highlights Australia’s Competitive Advantages… And Weaknesses
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Australia’s Capability in Clinical Trials
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Status Quo or No? 2017 Completed Clinical Trials
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ConnectMe + Streamly
ConnectMe • Networking enhanced
All of our events utilise a bespoke dynamic smartphone app, ConnectMe – which guarantees attendees a premium event experience. Logins are sent prior to the conference commencement allowing you to check who’s attending, schedule in meetings and catch ups, participate in live Q+A and interactive polls, and much more. ConnectMe ensures you never miss a beat prior, during and post event.
Streamly • On-Demand video vault
Streamly is a new video platform from Informa Connect – hosting hours of session recordings from our events and more. Select the Streamly add-on at the checkout to receive year round access to exclusive On-Demand session recordings from all of our related healthcare events*. Login information will be sent post event.
* Note: In a minority of cases, speakers may request their sessions to be excluded from Streamly access.
Sustainability
Our Commitment to Sustainability
In Australia, we are committed to running our events in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Across Informa Connect we are focusing on the short and long-term sustainability impacts we have on customers and colleagues alongside the communities we work in.
We recognise that it’s not just about the way we produce our events and products but recognising that we have a role to play in providing a space to work in partnership together with our markets to inspire the sustainable development of the industries we serve.
To read more on our latest sustainability reports and Faster Forward initiatives – click here.
Event Code of Conduct
We want everyone who comes to our events to have a great experience. This code explains our expectations and rules, which includes general good practice behaviour, and how to report anything witnessed or experienced that goes against them. Read our Event Code of Conduct here.
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Still have a question?
General Information & Registration
Customer Service
+61 (0) 2 9080 4307
info@informa.com.au
Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities
Danielle Newman
+61 (2) 9080 4318
Danielle.Newman@informa.com
Speaking Enquiries
Katrina Bowns
+61 (2) 9080 4322
katrina.bowns@informa.com.au
Marketing & Media Enquiries
Chris Shorthouse
chris.shorthouse@informa.com