Lab Ops and Facility Management for Biopharma West Summit on August 11-13, 2026 in San Diego, United States

The external landscape for biopharma continues to shift as organizations navigate workforce restructuring, evolving therapeutic priorities, and increasing pressure to operate more efficiently. As the backbone of scientific support, lab operations and facilities professionals are being asked to do more with less, managing complex R and D environments, maintaining compliant and safe laboratories, and optimizing resources to ensure research continues without disruption. 

The 3rd Lab Ops and Facility Management for Biopharma West Summit will unite 70+ senior lab operations and facilities professionals from leading biotech and pharma organizations to discuss how to run smarter, more resilient laboratories. Across three days, attendees will explore strategies to integrate automation into the R and D lab, manage assets and vendors more effectively, and maintain operational excellence while navigating tighter budgets and evolving workforce structures. 

The summit currently stands as the only industry meeting that: 

- Is crafted specifically for lab operations professionals who "wear many hats," while still incorporating the facilities management perspective required to run modern scientific environments 

- Connects fast-growing biotechs and established pharma leaders across the West Coast, enabling meaningful benchmarking and networking with peers navigating similar operational challenges 

- Focuses on practical strategies to run labs more efficiently, from implementing automation and AI tools to optimizing vendor strategy and asset management to support scientists 

Join your community to uncover creative approaches to resource optimization, share best practices with peers, and discover how to support your scientists while maintaining operational excellence in an increasingly volatile biopharma landscape. 

URLs:

Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3550791-2?pid=10008

Brochure: https://go.evvnt.com/3550791-3?pid=10008

Prices:
Drug Developers and CROS/CDMOs - Conference + Workshop Day: USD 3197.00,
Drug Developers, CDMO, CRO and Diagnostics - Conference Only: USD 2399.00,
Service Provider Pricing - Conference Only: USD 3799.00,
Service Provider Pricing - Conference + Workshop Day: USD 5197.00

Speakers: Giuseppe Mirra, Director, Facilities and Engineering, AbbVie, Megan Lehrkamp, Director, Site Operations, Bristol Myers Squibb, Sharon Huang, Laboratory Operations Manager, Bristol Myers Squibb, Ed Markey, Lab Manager, Merck, Zahrah Mogri, Research Laboratory Manager, Cytokinetics, Marta Verby, Senior Director, Laboratory Operations, Deep Genomics, Jaime O'Keefe, Associate Director, GREW Lab Services Americas, dsm-firmenich, Frank Veliz, Laboratory Operations Manager, Kite Pharma, Brittany Schumacher, Senior Operations Manager, Neomorph, Megan McMaster, Senior Manager, Laboratory Operations, New Limit, Karen Duong-Polk, Senior Lab Manager and Preclinical Scientist, Sanford Burnham Prebys, Nikita Tripuraneni, Senior Facilities and Lab Ops Manager, Surrozen, Margaux McBirney, Senior Manager, Lab Operations, Talus Bio, Justin Provchy, Senior Director, Automation, Terray Therapeutics, Linda Ferrari Esias, Senior Manager, Lab Operations, Tr1X Bio, John Jackson, EHS and Facility Specialist, Unnatural Products, Jack Barger, Senior Director, Research Operations, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, David Adams, Laboratory Operations Manager, Xaira Therapeutics, Jim Steel, Senior Director, Operations and Site Optimization, Inotiv, Stephanie Matyas, Site Head and Director, Lab Operations, IQVIA Laboratories

Time: 08:15 to 17:00