Biotech partnering, lab automation & analytical conferences 2027Run the assay. Then take the meeting.

The BIO International Convention, with 21,600 registrants at BIO 2025 in Boston, per BIO. On the lab side, the ADLM meeting and Clinical Lab Expo drew nearly 17,000 in 2026, per ADLM, and ACS Fall 2025 had 11,786 registrants, per ACS. The Top 10 on this page lists every figure with its source.

June 7–10, 2027 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. BIO lists San Diego for June 12–15, 2028, Boston for June 18–21, 2029 and Chicago for June 17–20, 2030. Booth rates are not published on the convention site; exhibit questions go to BIO’s exhibit team.

66,308 BIO Partnering meetings at BIO 2025, per BIO. Meetings are booked in advance through the partnering system, so most booth visits at BIO are scheduled conversations. Around the floor BIO also runs the Start-Up Stadium, BioProcess Theater, Global Innovation Hubs and an AI Summit.

SLAS2027 runs January 30–February 3, 2027 at the San Diego Convention Center. Space is $47 per square foot plus $375 per corner, with islands at a 20×20 minimum; 50% was due at signing and full payment by September 9, 2026. Each 10×10 includes one full-conference and five booth personnel registrations, and Freeman is the official service contractor.

Through Innovation AveNEW, yes: a free kiosk plus travel and lodging for two, for start-ups 6 months to 8 years old with no more than $10 million in funding. Applications for 2027 closed September 14, 2026, so the next window is for SLAS2028. Accepted start-ups can also opt in to the Ignite Award.

Pittcon runs April 24–28, 2027 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, with the expo open April 26–28; it closes at 3 p.m. on April 28. A standard 10×10 is $4,000 and a standard 10×20 is $8,000, per Pittcon.

Boston on February 19–23, 2028, then San Antonio in 2029 (dates not confirmed yet), per Pittcon.

Only ASMS Corporate Members can exhibit ($650 annual dues per the exhibitor page), and each company gets one 10×10 booth at $3,200, rising to $3,700 on February 1, 2027. Under the 2026 policies instruments are displayed but not run, so companies add Hospitality Suites and Breakfast Seminars. ASMS 2027 runs June 6–10 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, and booth ordering opens November 10, 2026.

The expo runs July 27–29, 2027 at McCormick Place in Chicago, inside the ADLM meeting of July 25–29. ADLM lists 700+ exhibitors across 200+ product categories and a Disruptive Tech Zone for its Disruptive Technology Award finalists. ADLM was called the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo before its rename.

Inline space is $37.25 per sq ft, corners $40.25 and islands $43.25 (20×20 minimum), sold through Corcoran Expositions. February 12, 2027 is the last day to cancel or reduce space; requests before February 6 still owe 50% of canceled fees, and nothing is refunded after February 12. Exhibits open June 22–24, 2027 in the McCormick Place West Building.

Two partnering events run side by side in January 2027: BIO Partnering @ JPM Week (January 11–14, San Francisco Marriott Marquis), which has one-on-one partnering meetings and no exhibit floor, and Biotech Showcase (January 11–13, Hilton San Francisco Union Square), with company presentations and a small exhibition sold inside sponsorship packages. BIO states its partnering event is not affiliated with J.P. Morgan.

Through a presentation package rather than a booth; pricing is in the presenting company brochure. Biotech Showcase cites 3,200+ attendees, 1,200+ investors, 350+ presenting companies and 6,000+ one-on-one meetings. Companies developing therapeutics with under $2M in funding can apply to the Seed Showcase, and technology-driven companies to the DigiMed Showcase.

SLAS for automation and screening, Pittcon for analytical chemistry. SLAS2027 draws automation engineers and screening and discovery scientists and fills its floor with liquid handling, robotics, imaging and lab software; Pittcon draws bench chemists, QC scientists and lab directors to chromatography, mass spectrometry and spectroscopy. Companies selling across both often exhibit at SLAS in January and Pittcon in April.

Biotech Showcase if the goal is investors in January, BIO if the goal is partners in June. Biotech Showcase is built on presentations and investor meetings during J.P. Morgan week; BIO is a full convention with exhibits and tens of thousands of pre-booked partnering meetings, plus the Start-Up Stadium pitch for early companies.

Three: Advanced Therapies USA (Hynes Convention Center; the 2026 edition ran November 4–5), Festival of Biologics USA (April 13–14, 2027, Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center) and Bio-IT World Conference & Expo (May 18–20, 2027, Hynes Convention Center). Pittcon moves to Boston in February 2028.

May 3–7, 2027 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, with the exhibit hall open May 4–6 only. Booth space is by application through ASGCT, and rates are not shown on its public pages. ASGCT counted 400 industry partners in 2026, a record, per ASGCT.

March 8–11, 2027 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, with pre-congress workshops on March 8 and the main congress March 9–11. Terrapinn plans 3,000+ attendees, 200+ exhibitors and 2,500+ partnering meetings, and runs a Start-Up Zone and an Emerging Business Zone.

Yes. We design and build custom booths from 10×20 inline to islands, with fixed proposals, 30–45 day builds and your own project manager on the floor. We plan instrument power, crating and demo stations with you, build in Fishkill, NY and Las Vegas, and design hospitality suites and partnering tables that travel with the booth.