Description:
The 20th Bioshares Biotech Summit will be held in Queenstown New Zealand, QT Hotel, on 6 & 7 August. Attendees are recommended to arrive the day before, with a number of optional pre-Summit events arranged (see below).
Registration is now open. To register, please access the registration form here.
Speaker List
Brian Ward, CEO of Aroa Biosurgery
Jon Pilcher, CEO of Neuren Pharmaceuticals
Mike Wheatcrof, Director of R&D at Telix Pharmaceuticals
David Williams, Chairman of Kidder Williams
Alan Taylor, Executive Chair of Clarity Pharmaceuticals
Nina Webster, CEO of Dimerix
Brad O’Connor, CEO of Cogstate
Aaron Gray, CEO of Mayne Pharma
Cheryl Maley, CEO of Starpharma
Henk-Jan Boele, CEO of Blinklab
Philippa Lewis, Exec. Chair & CEO of Imunexus
Peter Smith, Exec. Chair of Racura Oncology
Mary-Ann Rennie, CEO of Emyria
Jason Carroll, CEO of Entropy Neurodynamics
Samantha South, CEO of Patrys
Paul Anderson, CEO of Orthocell
Steven Gourlay, CEO of Actinogen Medical
Brent Barnes, CEO of Clever Culture Systems
Gary Phillips, CEO of Syntara
James Graham, CEO of Recce Pharmaceuticals
Leearne Hinch, CEO of Inoviq
David Atkins, CEO of Rhythm Biosciences
Adrian Wing, CEO of Cleo Diagnostics
David Morris, CEO of Proteomics International
Rebecca McQualter, CEO of Chimeric Therapeutics
David Foster, MD of Island Pharmaceuticals
John Warmbrunn, CEO of Acrux
Chris Baldwin, CEO of HaemaLogiX (private)
Christian Toouli, CEO FivepHusion (private)
New this year will be a CEO Forum, which will be held on the day before the commencement of formal sessions, on Wednesday 5 August, starting at 4.00pm and finishing 6.30pm (Ascend Room 1, QT Hotel). It will be followed by the CEO Dinner (at Hotel St Moritz).
Also new this year will be an Investor Meeting Portal. This will allow investors to more easily secure meetings with biotech CEOs attending the event. This will be facilitated by Bioshares & InvestorHub.
For those not CEOs, remaining attendees will be warmly welcomed at the Peasants Dinner on the Wednesday evening, an event coordinated by Stuart Roberts at Pitt Street Research. A link to book will be provided here shortly.
The Summit Sessions will be held on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 August at the QT Hotel. There will be a Cocktail Reception on the evening of Thursday 6 August, held at Roof Top in the QT Hotel (level 6). (Sponsored by FB Rice) And the Closing Dinner on Friday 7 August, will involve a cruise on the TSS Earnslaw. (Sponsored by ASX)
Accommodation
There is very limited accommodation at the QT Hotel. There are multiple accommodation options that are within walking distance to the conference venue.
Thank-you to the growing list of sponsors of this event: Investment banks E&P and Bell Potter Securities, CFO services group Bio101, the ASX, the sector insurer Liberty Specialty Markets, Avatar Brokers, the global CRO IQVIA Biotech, Australian R&D finance group Endpoints Capital, At-the-Market finance group Acuity Capital, the leading sector IP firm FB Rice, investor engagement firm InvestorHub, and long standing supporter of the Summit, law firm Piper Alderman.
Golf Day
The second Endpoints Capital Cup will be held this year at the stunning Millbrook Resort, home of the New Zealand Open. An alpine links course, surrounded by towering mountains of the Wakatipu Basin, Summit attendees can enjoy a world class golfing experience with an excellent opportunity for networking at the same time. Prizes will be presented at the Summit closing dinner.
Date: Wednesday 5 August 2026
Start time: 11am (first tee off) – 12pm
Clubs and carts are available for hire.
Limit: 24 people
Location: Millbrook Resort, 20 mins from Queenstown
Contact: Brian Leedman (brian@blinklab.org )
Players will likely need to make plans to arrive in Queenstown on the Tuesday (4 August) before the Summit.
We hope you can join us for this milestone 20th Bioshares Biotech Summit!
Mark Pachacz
Bioshares
bioshares1[at]gmail.com
0403-850-425
