Midwest BioBuilders Summit 2026

The Midwest BioBuilders Summit, hosted by the Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC), comes to Willis Tower in Chicago on November 12, 2026. It used to be called the Chicago BioCapital Summit and is now the region’s premier biotech event. It brings academic founders, entrepreneurs and startups together with the investors, operators and industry leaders who can help turn their science into companies.

• Keynote from Alexis Borisy of Curie.Bio
• Panels with leaders from Takeda, Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer Ventures, Xaira Therapeutics, Biohub Chicago and more
• The Hall of Inventions, an exhibition of 100+ academic entrepreneurs and early-stage companies from research institutions across the Midwest