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Southern California Life Sciences & Biotech Summit

Tue Apr 28, 2026

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Southern California Life Sciences & Biotech Summit

Strengthening the Region’s Leadership in Research, Development, Innovation & Commercialization

TO BE HOSTED IN Mission Valley, SAN DIEGO

Tuesday April 28 2026 @ 8:00 AM PDT

$229.00

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Speakers and Panels

Building the Space Science Needs: Designing & Future-Proofing Tomorrow’s Lab, R&D & Biomanufacturing Facilities

Conversions, Tenant Improvements, Retrofits & AI Integration

Dan Krachon

Dan Krachon

VP, West Coast Facilities, BioMed Realty, A Blackstone Portfolio Company
Sarah Williams

Sarah Williams

VP, Design & Construction, Breakthrough Properties
Amanda Pritchett

Amanda Pritchett

Project Executive, DPR Construction

The Next Phase of Life Sciences in Southern California: Pivoting Through Market Uncertainty

Sector Evolution, Demand Shifts & The Rise of Flexible Lab Environments

Bob Nowak

Bob Nowak

SVP, BioMed Realty, A Blackstone Portfolio Company

Capital, Risk & Return

Navigating Capital Markets, Funding, Investment, Acquisitions & P3 Opportunities in a Constrained Market

Jenner Smith

Jenner Smith

Senior Director, Real Estate Acquisitions & P3, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Bill Hunter
Moderator

Bill Hunter

Managing Director, Perceptive Real Estate Equities, Inc.

Why You Won't Want To Miss This Conference:

What You'll Learn: 

  • Mapping the Next Frontier of Growth: How Southern California’s biotech, pharma, therapeutics and medtech industries are evolving, and which markets are maturing fastest.
  • Commercial Real Estate Outlook: How landlords, developers and owners are adapting to laboratory and biomanufacturing requirements in a rapidly advancing industry.
  • Funding & Investment Conditions: Who is investing, what types of science attract capital today, and how financing is shifting in 2026.
  • Commercialization & Scaling: How startups are moving from discovery to proof-of-concept, early manufacturing and commercial deployment—plus how real estate plays into that journey.
  • Technology & Infrastructure Innovation: How AI, data science, robotics and automation are influencing design requirements and operational decision-making.
  • Institutional Partnerships: How universities, research institutions and government are shaping growth through capital, workforce pipelines and innovation accelerators.

 

How You'll Do More Business From Attending This CRE Event: Southern California life sciences market is driven by an expanding biotech startup ecosystem, a surge in late-stage developments, a diversified talent pool, and accelerating commercialization of research coming from world-class institutions. San Diego, Orange County, and Greater Los Angeles are providing new territory for investors, developers, property owners, and operators to capture market share. Join leaders across biotech, R&D, real estate, investment, and government as we explore the forces shaping the next decade of SoCal’s life sciences sector, and identify where opportunities are emerging across development, investment and more.

 

Notable Projects, Assets & Deals: 

DPR Construction: Neurocrine Biosciences Campus, Buildings 1-4 TI ///// Aperture Del Mar Phase 2 ///// Chi-Huey Wong Laboratories for Biomedical Research

HDR: Cedars-Sinai Biomanufacturing Center //// Cedars-Sinai Innovation Center ///// The Los Angeles County Public Health Laboratory ///// Sam Farr United States Crop Improvement and Protection Research Center

 

Why You Should Attend This Session: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to identify opportunities, build your network and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us.

 

Who You'll Network With At This Discussion: Biotech & Life Sciences Leaders, Owners, Developers, Investors, Architects, Construction, Designers, Brokers, Lawyers, Financial Institutions & Government Officials.

 

GET EVEN MORE AT OUR PREMIER LIFE SCIENCES & BIOTECH EVENT THIS FALL:

Announcing our fourth annual Bisnow International Life Sciences & Biotech Conference, September 1st and 2nd in San Diego, CA. Learn more about our largest event of the year by clicking here.

 

For questions, recommendations, comments or press inquiries please email our event producer, Samantha D'Angelo at samantha.dangelo@bisnow.com

Venue

Hilton San Diego Mission Valley
901 Camino Del Rio South
San Diego, CA 92108

Ballroom Name/Floor: Cortez Ballroom


Parking Information:

Self parking at $7 per car

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Agenda

Time Activity
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Networking, Coffee & Breakfast
9:00 AM
9:45 AM
Capital, Risk & Return
Navigating Capital Markets, Funding, Investment, Acquisitions & P3 Opportunities in a Constrained Market
9:45 AM
10:30 AM
Networking Break
10:30 AM
11:25 AM
Building the Space Science Needs: Designing & Future-Proofing Tomorrow’s Lab, R&D & Biomanufacturing Facilities
Conversions, Tenant Improvements, Retrofits & AI Integration
11:25 AM
12:20 PM
The Next Phase of Life Sciences in Southern California: Pivoting Through Market Uncertainty
Sector Evolution, Demand Shifts & The Rise of Flexible Lab Environments
12:20 PM
1:00 PM
More Networking

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