Inaugural UTMB Innovations VentureX Summit
We are thrilled to announce our inaugural UTMB Innovation summit. This event will bring together a dynamic community of innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers, and investors. We plan to discuss the fast-growing Biotech economy in Texas, current investment themes and opportunities and market outlook.
Summit Title: UTMB Venture X Summit: Capital, Innovation, and Strategic Growth Powering Biotech in Texas.
This theme captures how Texas is positioning itself as a national leader in the evolving biotech landscape and how UTMB is perfectly suited for being part of this growth. We plan to focus on the following topics:
- Venture Capital & Pharma Investment: Where the money is flowing and why Texas is becoming a magnet for biotech funding.
- Strategic Transactions: M&A activity and how consolidation is shaping the Texas biotech scene.
- Government Backing: The role of federal support and powerful state programs like CPRIT in accelerating innovation.
- AI Meets Biotech: How Texas institutions and startups are pushing the frontier of tech-enabled life sciences.
- Public Market Outlook: Readiness and timing for Texas-based biotech companies to enter or re-enter the public markets.
Tentative Agenda:
- Opening Remarks
- Keynote Session: A Therapeutic Development Success Story
- Fireside Chat: Capital and Biotech Innovation in Texas
- UTMB Startup Pitch Competition
- Lunch + Networking
- Fireside Chat: Innovation and Financing new Ventures in Texas
- Keynote Session: TBD
- Closing Remarks
See also: Call for Abstracts
Event Information