Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

No. The 2024 BIO CEO & Investor Conference will be held in person February 26-27 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

We’re glad you’ll be joining us for another great event! Please visit the registration page to see our offerings and be sure to subscribe to our email list to get BIO CEO & Investor Conference 2024 updates.

Yes, the government/academic rate is less than the non-member rates. Please go to our registration page for more information about pricing.

When registering, you can only pay by credit card (MasterCard, Visa, American Express). Wire transfers will be accepted upon request. 

We are only accepting credit card and wire transfer payments only.  

You must first register. Once you arrive at the checkout page, send your request to CustomerCare@bio.org, and a team member will send the invoice within 3 business days. Wire payments will not be accepted after January 31, 2024.

• Cancellation requests must be submitted in writing on or before Thursday, January 25, 2024, to receive a partial refund. Email cancellation requests to CustomerCare@bio.org. 
•  A $600 administrative fee will be deducted from all cancellation refunds. 
• Approved refunds will be processed after the conference. BIO regrets that refunds will not be given for no-shows/non-participants.
• Cancellation requests received after January 25, 2024, will not be honored.
• To transfer your registration to another individual, send an email to CustomerCare@bio.org on or before Thursday, January 25, 2024. 

Corrections to your name or title, etc., should be emailed to CustomerCare@bio.org.  Please allow up to 4 business days for a new confirmation to be sent. 

Yes, BIO members receive reduced rates at all BIO events. To learn more about member benefits and to join, please click here. 

You should contact the team at CustomerCare@bio.org, and after verification from the BIO Membership department, the proper adjustment will be made to your record and a credit card refund will be issued. 

For service providers to access BIO One-on-One Partnering, the organization must sponsor at a specific level. Our Sales and Sponsorship team is always ready to support your event engagement.  Please feel free to reach out to the team at +1.202.312.9264 or sponsor@bio.org.

Media registration is open to editors and reporters working full-time for print, broadcast, or web publications with valid press credentials. Please contact tbrady@bio.org for more information.

Corrections to your email address should be emailed to CustomerCare@bio.org, please allow up to 4 business days for a new confirmation to be sent. 

All confirmations are HTML (Web) pages at the conclusion of your registration and are printable. Additionally, an email confirmation is sent immediately following the completion of online registration, sent from our registration provider, Maritz. If you have not received a confirmation, please check your spam or junk mail folder.

Please email CustomerCare@bio.org to request your confirmation.

• Registration and General Questions: CustomerCare@bio.org  
• Partnering: Biopartnering@bio.org 
• Sponsorship: Sponsor@bio.org 
• Company Presentations: Present@bio.org 
• Educational Sessions: Program@bio.org  
• Media: Tbrady@bio.org 
• Membership: Biomember@bio.org

The BIO One-on-One Partnering™ system makes connections on a company-to-company basis. Delegates’ accounts will be placed under a company profile along with their colleagues as they register for the conference. After filling out their company and delegate profiles and setting their calendar availability for meetings, delegates search for and send meeting requests to other companies of interest and accept incoming meeting requests as appropriate. 

Partnering meetings are in-person on Monday, February 26 and Tuesday, February 27 at the New York Marriott Marquis during conference hours. We will not have virtual Partnering meetings.

The Partnering system will open in December 2023. After the system opens, your login credentials will come from biopartnering@bio.org within 1-2 business days of a completed registration that includes partnering access—please add this address to your safe senders' list. 

For security purposes, a delegate's email address must correlate to his or her identity and registered company in order to access the system. This means that the email you register with must match your name as well as your company. To further ensure security, the following Internet browsers are supported: Google Chrome (v. 42.0 and above), Internet Explorer (v. 11.0 and above), Mozilla Firefox (v. 37.0 and above), and Safari for Mac (v. 8.0 and above).  

Accepted meetings will be scheduled by BIO starting in mid-December and scheduling will continue in rounds up through the end of the conference to accommodate as many meetings as possible. Once scheduling begins, meetings will appear on the participants’ calendars with a date, time, and specific meeting location within the event venue.

You will be able to search for participating companies and investors starting in December.

Registered attendees can also use the Search function within the Partnering system to research the profiles of potential partners and sort by investor type, therapeutic area of interest, and other categories.

Each company profile is allowed 150 outstanding outgoing meeting requests. Once a meeting request is accepted, declined, or canceled, it no longer counts against that limit. There is no limit on the total number of requests a company can send, only a limit on how many can be outstanding at any one time. 

The partnering system will be open for one year following the end of the event. You will be able to send follow-up messages to companies with whom you’ve met or had previous correspondence via the partnering system. You will not be able to send any new meeting requests after partnering hours end on February 27, 2024.

Company Presentations at the BIO CEO & Investor Conference are 13-minute podium presentations given by senior-level executives. They showcase a company’s pipeline, R&D activities, business objectives, and investment goals.

Companies and organizations present at the BIO CEO & Investor Conference to get in front of an exclusive audience of public and private equity investors, plus other biotech executives.  Presenters also receive exclusive benefits not available to general attendees, including pre-conference marketing, designation in the BIO One-on-One Partnering™ System.

The BIO CEO & Investor Conference will feature presentations primarily by early and established private companies, as well as some emerging public companies. Those interested in presenting must have a clear R&D focus, with a pipeline involving biotechnology therapeutics, diagnostics, or platform technologies. This can include patient advocacy groups. All applications submitted will be reviewed and appropriate companies will be approved to present.

Service providers will not be considered, but should email our  Sponsorship Team to discuss alternative ways to highlight your initiatives with a dedicated team member.

Submit an application! All companies and organizations who are interested in presenting are encouraged to submit an application. Your application will be reviewed, and you will be notified shortly on its status. Should your application be accepted, registration and logistical details would then be provided.

The deadline to submit an application is January 30. However, space is limited, and applications should be submitted as soon as possible.  Once presentation spots are sold out, applications will be wait-listed, and companies will be notified if/when a presentation slot becomes available.

Yes.  Approved presenters must also be registered for the BIO CEO & Investor Conference in addition to paying the Company Presentation Fee.. For more information on registration pricing, please visit our registration page.

Yes. Presentation fees are different depending on company type. Please refer to the Company Type chart here.

All presentations are 13 minutes in length.

All registered attendees and investors have full access to the company presentations at this event. Please note, there are no day passes or special exceptions made for individuals or companies looking to attend a particular company's presentation.

The BIO CEO & Investor Conference is intended for established and emerging publicly traded and select private biotech companies, business development professionals from established biotech companies, investors and related companies. Learn about the different registration types here.