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Top Satellite Events at JPM Week

If you're planning to attend JPM Week, here are the top satellite events that should be on your radar.

,   and  Dr. Adil Ali
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JPM Week isn’t just about the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference - over 42 years, a healthcare bonanza has grown up around the event. In fact, there are multiple full-day conferences happening from Sunday to Wednesday - so there’s a lot to do all around San Francisco. 

If you're planning to attend JPM Week, here are the top satellite events that should be on your radar.

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Sunday Jan 12

Daytime

  • 9am – 6pm CERSI Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit. A good way to spend Sunday as a warm-up to the actual conference. Lots of good speakers directly from the FDA, including the current commissioner of the FDA, Robert Califf. I always hear of young biotechs facing regulatory woes, so this is a good opportunity for learning.  
  • 10:30am – 1:30pm Healthcare Investor Brunch. Paid opportunity ($100) to have brunch in a nice steakhouse and meet investors. Officially sponsored by J.P. Morgan. 

Evening 

Monday Jan 13 

Morning

  • 6:15am - 7:15am Sweat Equity 5K. It’s a fun run starting from Union Square (where JPM Week is held) to the historic Ferry Building, overlooking the Bay! Hosted by CG Life. 
  • 8am - 10am Israeli Breakfast. Casual breakfast for Israelis to hang out before the conference day starts. Israeli start-ups might also be interested in signing up for the Israeli Start-up Showcase.  

Evening 

  • 6pm – 9pm STAT@JPM: Health Care’s New Era. STAT is one of the most important news outlets in healthcare, and this event is a big crowd pleaser. It’s put on in the beautiful Merchants Exchange Banking Hall.  
  • 6pm - 9pm Cocktail Reception Hosted by Biomed Realty and Biocom California at a nice cocktail lounge. Registration isn’t open yet.
  • 5:30pm-7:30pm French Reception by Business France for French execs and start-ups to get together. 
  • 6pm - 10pm Innovators Bar/Cocktail Reception. Hosted by several companies and free. It’s a bar night put on by a bunch of sponsors right around the corner from Union Square. The place has good reviews and a huge balcony for fresh air.

Tuesday Jan 14 

Daytime

  • 7am - 7pm RESI JPM 2025. The largest and most comprehensive healthcare investment symposium, attracting thousands of life science professionals globally.
  • 7:30am - 3:30pm McDermott Forum. A meeting of influential executives, innovators, and investors, hosted at the Ritz-Carlton and sponsored by EY. The event is paid, but there’s a free reception at SPIN in the evening.
  • 2pm - 5pm The 5th Global IR Pitching @ JPM 2025.  A unique platform for innovative companies to showcase their investment opportunities to big names including J.P Morgan, Pfizer and J&J. Hosted at the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center.
  • 4pm – 6pm UC Berkeley Bio Startup Showcase. A very popular event for VCs to get in early on Berkeley-based startups. It was very oversubscribed last year, so I recommend you sign-up early.
  • 5:30pm – 7:30pm University of Oxford Startup Showcase. Another event for early startups, this time coming out of Oxford, UK. Just under a 10 minute walk from Union Square, and 8 mins from the showcase above, if you want to hit them back-to-back. 

Evening 

  • 6pm – 9pm Sheppard Mullin Reception. Held at a contemporary art gallery around the corner from Union Square, hosted by law firm Sheppard Mullin. You have to email them to RSVP.
  • 6pm - 8pm Kearney Evening Reception with Healthcare Experts. Exclusive networking event with Kearney experts and other industry leaders and innovators, location sent upon RSVP.
  • 6pm - 8pm Trinity Cocktail Reception. A cocktail reception hosted by Trinity, a consultancy, at the Palace Hotel. 

Wednesday Jan 15

Daytime

Evening 

Multi-Day Events

Saturday Jan 11 - Sunday Jan 12 Longwood Healthcare Leaders. A paid, fairly prestigious event for healthcare execs to meet-up before the main conference. Usually has a great calibre of speakers and is hosted at the Four Seasons.   

Sunday Jan 12 – Thursday Jan 16 Bullpen. An invite-only club that gathers life sciences investors and senior executives, with a shared goal of helping each other. Hosted at the Golden Gate Yacht Club.

Monday Jan 13 – Wednesday Jan 15 Biotech Showcase. The biggest event that happens outside of JPM itself! A conference that provides a platform for private and micro-mid-cap biotechs to showcase their innovations and engage one-to-one with investors and executives.

Monday Jan 13 - Thursday Jan 16 CSSI LifeSciences Annual Partnering Forum. This free event is very useful thanks to the free meeting space at the Hilton on Union Square. It’s essentially a meet-up put on by CSSI which is a CRO/consultancy. 

Tuesday Jan 14 – Wednesday Jan 15 Fierce JPM Week. 65+ speakers across two days, with 500+ expected in-person attendees. Top speakers include Noubar Afeyan, co-founder and chairman of Moderna.

Tuesday Jan 14 – Thursday Jan 16 NEXUS JPM Week. Three days focussing on biopharma, medical devices and digital health, based in South San Francisco. Features a range of networking opportunities including startup showcases and demo tables.

Monday Jan 13 - Tuesday Jan 14 Endpoints at JPM25. A paid, 2-day conference put on by one of the leading healthcare news outlets, Endpoints news. Tickets come with free meeting space.   

Alumni Events

Catching up with some old friends from school? Several universities, including Harvard, Stanford and INSEAD have meet-ups at JPM Week. We also have a guide to those here.