Connecting Innovators, Investors and Industry
May 12, 2026 – Liberty Science Center, Jersey City
PRESENTING COMPANIES
BioNJ’s BioPartnering Conference is the premier partnering event in New Jersey, where innovative companies go to meet investors and industry representatives. As the Medicine Chest to the World, New Jersey is home to the world’s top biopharmaceutical companies and an ideal location for this conference for entrepreneurs to meet their next investor or partner. If you are interested in presentingyour company at the 2026 conference, please see details below, and be sure to submit your application no later than February 20, 2026.
Apply to Present Your Compay
Application Deadline: February 20, 2026
There are two different presentation tracks. When completing the application, you will be asked to answer some qualifying questions which will determine which presentation track you are eligible for. Eligibility requirements are listed below. Please note that a limited number of presentation slots are available per track.
Important Information for Applicants
- All applications must be submitted via the online application portal no later than February 20, 2026.
- Applicants will be notified by March 16, 2026 if they are selected to present at the conference.
- All presenters must be available to present in person on Tuesday, May 12 at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City.
- Accepted companies will be responsible for their Conference registration fees. There is no additional fee to apply or present.
- All presenters must attend a mandatory Information Session on March 23, 2026, from 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. EST.
- BioNJ offers free coaching sessions with representatives from BioNJ member companies for presenters to prepare for the conference. Coaching sessions will take place between April 6-17. All companies selected for Startup Pitch Presentations (2-minute presenters) are required to participate in a coaching session. Coaching sessions are optional but recommended for Company Presentations (8-minute presenters).
- Final presentation slide decks are due no later than April 24, 2026.
- All presenting companies are strongly encouraged to sign up on the BioPartnering Conference 1:1 Partnering Platform to schedule 1:1 meetings with other conference attendees. Partnering Platform will open in April.
Check Eligibility Requirements & Apply
There are two types of Company Presentations based on your organization’s stage:
Company Presentations (8 minutes) – Eligibility Requirements
- Company has completed Series-A funding before February 22, 2025 or company is in the process of raising $5 million or more in Series-A funding
- Pre-revenue to marketed product
- Private (minimum series A round) or public (micro-, small- and mid-cap) life sciences company or technology company directly impacting life sciences innovation in one of the following research and development-based categories:
- Devices
- Diagnostics
- Digital Medicine/Medtech Technologies
- Health IT (AI, Big Data, Bioinformatics, Machine
- Learning)
- R&D Discovery and Enabling Technologies
- Therapeutics
Startup Pitch Presentations (2 minutes) – Eligibility Requirements
- Company has not completed a Series-A round before February 22, 2025
- Has led for IP protection before February 22, 2025
- Actively working to secure a seed round up to $5M in investment
- Life sciences company or technology company directly impacting life sciences innovation in one of the following research and development-based categories:
- Devices
- Diagnostics
- Digital Medicine/Medtech Technologies
- Health IT (AI, Big Data, Bioinformatics, Machine Learning)
- R&D Discovery and Enabling Technologies
- Therapeutics
BioNJ BioPartnering Conference Pitch Workshop
Stay Tuned for the Pitch Workshop on March 23rd for Accepted Companies
Slide Templates and Format for Presentations
All company presentations should be saved and submitted as a PowerPoint widescreen (16:9) file. PDFs will not be accepted. All videos embedded within your slide deck must be an MP4 file. MP4 file should be encoded with H.264 video (MPEG-4 AVC) and AAC.
Download a slide template here:
