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Mentoring booths
The mentoring booths offer personalized guidance by specializing in topics relevant to biotech CEOs across the entire value chain.
About the format
The mentoring booths at the Swiss Biotech Day are a dedicated space for entrepreneurs, researchers and executives to connect with experienced biotech leaders, investors and expert advisors. They complement the conference’s networking and exhibition activities with focused one-on-one or small-group consultations designed to accelerate learning, collaboration and professional growth across the biotech lifecycle.
Book or drop in. Attendees pre-book short 20-minute one-on-one sessions in the partnering system, or drop by to arrange a spontaneous discussion. Topics range from company creation, financing, partnering and IP strategy to regulatory pathways, manufacturing and market access.
Types of mentors. Mentors include investors, pharma partners, legal and regulatory specialists, and manufacturing, marketing and communication executives. Each booth typically focuses on a distinct topic addressing some aspects of the eight main industry topics:
- Financing and partnering
- Talent
- Translational R&D
- Manufacturing, CMC and quality control
- Regulatory and patient advocacy
- Digitalization
- Marketing and communication
- Legal, tax and accounting
Why take part
What mentoring booths offer
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Why it matters
The mentoring booths strengthen Switzerland’s collaborative biotech ecosystem: expertise is shared between generations of innovators, new partnerships take shape, young ventures avoid common pitfalls, and the Swiss biotech community shows its spirit of collaboration and support.
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Benefits for mentors
Increase your visibility and position yourself as an industry leader. Connect with start-ups and SMEs, your potential future clients, contribute to the community through knowledge sharing, and identify new business opportunities early through meaningful face-to-face exchanges.
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Benefits for visitors
Gain quick, practical insights and advice from experts at no extra cost. Build valuable connections and visibility, accelerate your learning and professional growth, and take away inspiration and guidance for your next steps.
Last edition
Mentoring booths in 2026
Nine booths, each on one topic along the value chain.
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Going global: international business and export
Switzerland Global Enterprise
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Non-dilutive funding, including European funding
Innosuisse and Euresearch
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Access to international R&D funding
Eureka
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Successful innovation: entrepreneurship, collaborations, team building and IP strategy
Viopas Venture Consulting, Strategic Transactions Advisory, Coulter Partners and JFIPS
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Legal, tax and accounting, and non-dilutive financing Q&A
Swiss Biotech Association chapter with EY, Vischer, Homburger and Walder Wyss
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From science to deal: optimizing enterprise value
CRA International
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Turning compliance into a competitive advantage
Heidelberger & Partners
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From local biotech innovators to global champions: financing, M&A and IPOs
Stifel
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Accelerating healthcare through microgravity
Exobiosphere
Share your expertise in 2027
Mentoring booths are allocated on request. Members of the Swiss Biotech Association benefit from the reduced rate.
Program
Every other part of the program
- Program finder & overview The shape of the two days, and the three formats that fit your organization best.
- Company presentations Fifteen-minute presentations in three parallel tracks on both conference days.
- Exhibition More than 140 exhibitors, mentoring booths and Swiss cluster booths on three levels.
- Global Village International delegations present their ecosystems and meet the Swiss biotech hub.
- Moderated networking tables Thirty-minute open discussions on one focused topic, hosted by an expert moderator.
- Panel discussions Moderated debates with investors, regulators and industry leaders.
- Pitching sessions Start-ups pitch to investors and pharma; investors pitch back in reverse sessions.
- Plenary sessions Keynotes, fireside sessions, the Swiss Biotech Report and the Success Stories Award.
- Poster exhibitions Swiss R&D biotech companies showcase their research and value proposition.
- Welcome reception The opening evening in the Markthalle Basel, the first of seven networking receptions.
- Side events Investor pre-event, executive breakfasts, the general assembly and guided city tours.
- All formats Every part of the program explained, from the plenary sessions to the welcome reception.