Twenty-five years
In 2027 the Young European Biotech Network turns twenty-five. The anniversary edition of BioConnect will bring together senior figures from across European biotech and the young professionals coming up behind them — which is, more or less, what the network has been doing since a group of students met in Bertinoro in December 2002.
The dates are set: 6 to 8 September 2027, at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), co-organised with the Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRIB). The full programme is still being built, but that is enough to plan around.
What to expect
BioConnect is the flagship event of the network: talks, hands-on workshops, and the kind of unstructured time where people actually meet each other. Previous editions have run over three days and combined keynotes, career sessions, the YEBN General Assembly, and evenings built for conversation rather than programming.
The anniversary edition will be larger than usual. Details as they are fixed.
Help us build it
We are looking for volunteers to help organise the congress. Whether your thing is programme, partnerships, communications or making things run on the day, there is a role for you in the event that marks our first 25 years.
Volunteer for the 25th anniversary
Be told first
The call for participation and registration will be announced through the newsletter before anywhere else. If you are planning travel or funding around this, that is the list to be on.