Networking & Events
SFCED serves as a linking point for life sciences business collaboration. In addition to providing comprehensive, confidential advice and information, we help businesses network and connect. If we can help put you in touch with someone, please contact SFCED.
Organizations that hold events on a regular basis
- BayBio
BayBio is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(6) trade association serving the life sciences industry in Northern California. Through advocacy, membership services, programs and more, BayBio brings the world's greatest life science community to your fingertips. With the support of more than 270 member organizations, BayBio is delivering the next-generation association to you today.
www.baybio.org - Licensing Executives Society (LES)
Established in 1965, the Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. (LES) is a professional society comprised of over 6,000 members engaged in the transfer, use, development, manufacture and marketing of intellectual property, with a worldwide membership of over 12,000 members in 30 national societies, representing over 80 countries.
www.usa-canada.les.org/chapters/sanfrancisco (San Francisco Chapter) www.les-svc.org (Silicon Valley) - California Healthcare Institute
California Healthcare Institute researches, develops and advocates policies and actions that promote biomedical science, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device innovation in California. More than 200 of California's leading biomedical firms, universities and private research institutions are members of the California Healthcare Institute (CHI).
www.chi.org - MIT/Stanford Venture Lab
The MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB) is the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the growth and success of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures by connecting ideas, technology and people. VLAB provides a forum for entrepreneurs, industry experts, venture capitalists, private investors and technologists to exchange insights about how to effectively grow high-tech ventures amidst dynamic market risks and challenges.
www.vlab.org - BioE2E
BioE2E (Biotech Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur) is the largest and most active network of biotech entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. For over five years, BIO E2E has addressed the "must know" issues facing today's life science entrepreneurs.
www.bioe2e.org - MIT of Northern California Club
MIT Club of Northern California (MITCNC) is the premier regional alumni club of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The club offers numerous resources in entrepreneurship, career development and professional networking in the San Francisco Bay Area. The club organizes hundreds of events every year, serving approximately 8,300 alumni in the Northern California area.
www.mitcnc.org - Cornell Alumni Association of Northern California
There are about 10,000 Cornell alumni in the Bay Area and hundreds participate every year in Cornell Alumni events. The Northern California chapter is one of the largest and most active Cornell Alumni organizations in the world, with programs that include admissions, networking, community service and fundraising groups.
www.cornellnorcal.com - Astia
Formally known as the Women's Technology Cluster, Astia is the pre-eminent business incubator dedicated to women leaders building technology-driven businesses. Through their dedicated community of proven CEOs, investors and industry experts, they provide extensive advisory services, coaching and access to business and capital networks.
www.astia.org - UCSF
UCSF has created and stationed at the Mission Bay campus a Bioentrepreneurship Center. It offers mentoring and training for faculty members whose discoveries might form the basis of a spin-off, as well as funding for translational drug development. The center is supported by the QB3 Institute.
www.ucsf.edu