Monday, May 18, 2026 - to - Thursday, May 21, 2026

University of California, Los Angeles Campus

LABest Week 2026

LABest Week 2026 is the premier gathering for founders, innovators, and investors shaping the future of bioscience, therapies, MedTech, medical devices, and biotech.

You’ll hear inspiring keynotes, riveting panels, and real‑world case studies from industry leaders, researchers, academics, clinicians, and investors who are actively building and scaling breakthrough technologies.

LABest is filled with events that spotlight our future workforce, startups and research from across the Los Angeles ecosystem. It is the largest event in SoCal that draws a local, regional, national and international audience.

Beyond the stage, LABest Week is engineered for high‑value networking. Connect with:

• Entrepreneurs ready to partner, co‑develop, or spin out.

• Investors looking for opportunities in therapeutics, MedTech, devices, AI, software and biotech.

• Industry leaders scouting technologies and teams.

• Academic innovators across UCLA and the broader LA ecosystem seeking commercialization paths.

At LABEST you can source deals, find your next strategic partner, pressure‑test your roadmap, or discover the next generation of platform technologies emerging from greater Los Angeles.

Confirmed Panels and Speakers

• KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Daniel Skovronsky MD, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Eli Lilly

• Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center: A Bridge to the UCLA Research Park

• From Labs to Lives: Faster Access to Innovative Rare Disease Therapies

• Arie Belldegrun, MD, Chairman, Bellco Capital

• Abla Creasey, Cell & Gene Therapy Strategy Advisor

• Julio Frenk, Chancellor, UCLA

• Amir Naiberg, Associate Vice Chancellor, CEO & President, UCLA TDG

More to be announced!

Thanks to UCLA Technology Development Group for the listing and graphics for this startup event.

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