Start-up Festival

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Chloe Hartley

Event Manager, BIA

Sam Cruickshank

Programme Manager, BIA

The BIA Start-up Festival will return in May 2025!

Now in its fifth year, the event will bring together the best of rising talent in the sector for a day of informative sessions designed to build on your existing knowledge and allow you to learn from peers and established industry experts alike.

Attendees will be able to meet with both peers and potential advisors during the day.

Please note: The Start-up Festival is intended for the leadership of early-stage companies* to learn from each other and from invited thought leaders in the sector. In order to ensure a critical mass of start-up entrepreneurs, we are limiting numbers of service providers, beyond those sponsoring and supporting the event.

*We define emerging companies as those in the early stages of developing therapeutics, diagnostics or biological platforms. We don't include consultants, trainers and other service providers in this category, even if they are at an early stage.

Innovation Map

This tool is designed to help navigate the life sciences space in the UK by collecting all incubators, accelerators, training programmes and other support in one place, allowing you to quickly compare like for like so that you know which to focus on for further investigation.
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Venue

Glaziers Hall
9 Montague Close
London Bridge
London
SE1 9DD

Supporter opportunities

For further details on available supporter opportunities please contact Chloe Hartley.

Chloe Hartley

Event Manager, BIA

What does your role at BIA involve?
Chloe's role involves planning and executing large-scale events involving conferences, dinners and exhibitions.

Previous experience
She has previously worked at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the events department, organising conferences and workshops for doctors.

If you could invite any scientist or entrepreneur to dinner, who would it be and why?
It would probably be Andrew Carnegie because he had a strong moral compass and built public libraries, theatres and child welfare centres to help better the community.

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