The conference had an opening keynote Q&A with Robert Langer, famed MIT professor and serial starter of biotechs. The audience took away a few lessons from the most cited engineer in history:
The week, as the name suggests, makes it a major attraction for a number of biotech companies to explore the latest developments in the industry, as well to discuss their own business potential. This year's conference saw the return of a startup pitch competition for fledgling biotechs looking to gain some momentum:
The conference’s first day concluded with an evening session discussion entitled 'Inclusion and Diversity' within the life science industry. The panel discussion brought together a number of leaders to highlight practical methods of leading the implementation of programmes encouraging inclusion and diversity throughout individual organisation and through wider action:
BioPharma-Reporter will be in attendance for the duration of the conference and will provide coverage of the latest breakout news, as it happens.
