Who you'll meet at the Festival...

The Boston Festival is a senior level meeting, dominated by attendance from the pharma and research sectors.

67% of 2025 attendees are either the main decision-maker or directly influence purchasing decisions.

Vendor attendee numbers are restricted, which means - unlike so many events - you are not competing with as many other companies who are marketing or selling products or services.

  • Only 15% of 2025 attendees were from vendor companies, including all sponsors/exhibitors. This % is typically over 50% for similar focused events in the Boston area.

  • Only 6% of 2025 attendees were from vendor companies, not including sponsors/exhibitors.

  • 40% of attendees are from pharma companies and 42% of attendees are from the research sector. You can see the full 2026 demographic projection here.

Sponsors and delegate

2025 Attending Organizations

Here is a selection (fewer than half) of the companies represented among last year’s 2,500+ registrants:

AbbVie • Accent Therapeutics • Adams State University • Affini-T Therapeutics • Agios Pharmaceuticals • Air Force Research Laboratory • Albert Einstein College of Medicine • Alexion Pharmaceuticals • Alkeus Pharmaceuticals • Alnylam Pharmaceuticals • Altos Labs • Alvotech • Alzheon • Amgen • Ampersand Biomedicines • AnaptysBio • Apellis • Aquinnah Pharmaceuticals • Arbor Biotech • Arena Bioworks • Ariadne Labs • Ariel Precision Medicine • ArkeaBio • Arrakis Therapeutics • Arvinas Inc • Ascidian Therapeutics • Astellas • AstraZeneca • Athos Therapeutics • Augusta University • Avesthagen Ltd • Battelle • Baylor University • Baystate Medical Center • Beam Therapeutics • Belief Biomed • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center • Biogen • BioMarin Pharmaceutical • BioNTech US • Blueprint Medicines • Boehreinger Ingelheim • Boston University • Boston Children’s Hospital • Boston College • Brandeis University • BridgeBio Pharma • Brigham & Women’s Hospital • Bristol Myers Squibb • Broad Institute • Brown University • CAMP4 Therapeutics • Carnegie Mellon University • Cedars Sinai • Cellarity • Celldex Therapeutics • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia • Circle Pharma • City Therapeutics • Clark University • Codify Therapeutics • Cold Spring Harbor University • Columbia University • Compass Therapeutics • Cornell University • SCL Seqirus • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Lab • DeCapo Brainscience • Daiichi Sankyo • Dana Farber Cancer Institute • Dartmouth College • Dewpoint Therapeutics • Diagonal Therapeutics • Duality Biologics • Duke University • Dyne Therapeutics • Earli Inc • Editas Medicine • eGenesis • Eisai • ElevateBio • Eleven Therapeutics • Eli Lilly • EMD Serono • Emory University • Empress Therapeutics • Energesis Pharmaceuticals • Entrada Therapeutics • Flare Therapeutics • Foresite Labs • Foundation Medicine • Fox Chase Cancer Center • Frontier Medicines • Genentech • Generate Biomedicines • Genmab • Genomics England • GentiBio • George Washington University • Georgetown University • Georgia Institute of Technology • George Public Health Laboratory • Gritstone Bio • GSK • Harbinger Health • Harvard Medical School • Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health • Healthspan Capital • HiFiBiO Therapeutics • Howard Hughes Medical Institute • Human Cell Atlas • Icahn School of Medicine • Indiana University • Insitro • Intellia Therapeutics • Invaio Sciences • Ionis Pharmaceuticals • Iovance Biotherapeutics • J Craig Venter Institute • Johnson & Johnson • Johns Hopkins University • KBI Biopharma • Koch Institute • Korro Bio • KSQ Therapeutics • Kymera Therapeutics • Lantern Pharma • Lexicon Pharma • LifeMine Therapeutics • Lux Capital • Mariana Oncology • Mass Eye and Ear • Massachusetts General Hospital • Mayo Clinic • McGill University • McLean Hospital • MelliCell Inc • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center • Merck • Meridiem Capital Partners • Mersana Therapeutics • Metaphore Biotechnologies • Michigan State Univiersity • Mindlance-Sanofi • MIT • Modalis Therapeutics • Moderna • Mount Sinai • National Cancer Institute • NHGRI • NIH • All of Us • Neoclase • Nested • New York Genome Center • Nimbus Therapeutics • Northeastern University • North Carolina State University • Novartis • Novo Nordisk • Obsidian Therapeutics • Ohio State University • Omega Therapeutics • Oncology Ventures • Partner Therapeutics • Penn State University • Peter Biotherapeutics • Pfizer • PharmaEssentia Innovation Research Center • Portland State University • Prevail Therapeutics • Prime Medicine • Profound Therapeutics • Protagonist Therapeutics • Providence Health • Purdue University • Range Biotechnologies • Raven • Regeneron • Repare Therapeutics • Reticular • Rice University • Roche • Rockefeller University • ROME Therapeutics • RS Technology Ventures • Rutgers Cancer Institute • Rutgers University • Saitama Medical University • Saliogen Therapeutics • Sana Biotechnology • Sanofi • Sarepta Therapeutics • Seres Therapeutics • Sick Kids Hospital Toronto • Solarea Bio • Sonoma Biotherapeutics • Stanford University • Stoke Therapeutics • Stony Brook University • Stylus Medicine • Takeda • Temple University • Tenza • Tessera Therapeutics • Tevard Biosciences • The Ohio State University • Travin Bio • Trillium Advisors • TScan Therapeutics • Tufts Medical Center • Tufts University • UC Berkeley • UC Davis • UCB • UCSF • Ultragenyx • University at Buffalo • University of Alabama • University of Arkansas • University of Calgary • University of Cambridge • University of Chicago • University of Colorado Boulder • University of Connecticut • University of Exeter • University of Georgia • University of Glasgow • University of Hawaii • University of Iowa • University of Kansas • University of Kentucky • University of Leeds • University of Maine • University of Maryland • University of Massachusetts • University of Memphis • University of Michigan • University of Minnesota • University of New Haven • University of North Carolina • University of Notre Dame • University of Ottawa • University of Pennsylvania • University of Pittsburgh • University of Rhode Island • University of Rochester • University of South Florida • University of Southern California • University of Texas at Austin • University of Texas at San Antonio • University of Totonto • University of Utah • University of Vermont • University of Virginia • University of Valencia • University of Illinois at Chicago • Uppsala University • Upstart Science • VA Boston Healthcare System • Vanderbilt University • Verb Biotics • Vertex Pharmaceuticals • Verve Therapeutics • Violet Therapeutics • ViVerita Therapeutics • Voloridge Health • Vor Bio • Voyager Therapeutics • Washington State University • Washington University • Wave Life Sciences • Wayne State University • Weill Cornell Medicine • Wesleyan University • Whitehead Institute • Worcester Polytechnic Institute • Wright State University • Wyss Institute • Xbiome Inc • Yale University • Yiviva Inc • Zalgen Labs •