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.

Thank you to all those that joined us this year. See you next year!

Details

What: LABest Week 2026

 
When: Monday, May 18 – Thursday, May 21

Where: UCLA Campus

Hotel: Luskin Conference Center and Hotel

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Schedule-at-a-Glance

Monday - May 18
Partner Event: 11th Annual Bioscience Talent Connection at UCLA James West Alumni Center

Tuesday - May 19
LABest PRIMER Founders and Funder Mixer

Wednesday - May 20
LABest MedTech Day at Luskin Conference Center  

Thursday - May 21
LABest Bioscience Day at Luskin Conference Center 

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