Registration is open for the 12th Annual BioHealth Capital Region Week, taking place September 15–17, 2026, at US Pharmacopeia (USP) in Rockville, Maryland.
BioHealth Capital Region Week brings together leaders from industry, academia, government, investment, economic development, research institutions, emerging companies, and regional partners for three days of programming focused on the future of the region’s biohealth ecosystem.
This year’s theme, “Growing the BioHealth Capital Region of Tomorrow,” reflects the need for stronger collaboration, commercialization, investment, infrastructure, and innovation as the region continues to build on its position as one of the nation’s leading biohealth clusters.
Attendees can register now for the BioHealth Capital Region Forum and the BioHealth Capital Region Investment Conference, and emerging companies can also apply for the Crab Trap Competition, all through the event site:
Register and apply here: https://eventmobi.com/website/BHCR2026
BioHealth Capital Region Forum: September 15–16
The BioHealth Capital Region Forum will feature two days of panels, keynote conversations, regional updates, networking, and ecosystem-building discussions.
The agenda is coming together with conversations focused on the issues shaping the next stage of growth for the region, including:
- The BioHealth Capital Region’s national ranking and competitiveness
- Regional standards, quality, regulatory science, and life sciences measurement leadership
- Onshoring, domestic medicine production, and supply chain resiliency
- Biotech company growth across the BioHealth Capital Region
- Computational health, AI, data, and decision-making
- Infrastructure, facilities, financing, construction, and demand
- Quantum in biohealth and future computational capabilities
- Universities and innovation districts as drivers of regional growth
- Commercialization talent, fractional leadership, and company-building support
- Market opportunities for breakthrough medical innovation
- Public-private partnerships and investment funding to grow the biohealth economy
The Forum will also include networking breaks, receptions, and opportunities to connect with leaders from across Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and beyond.
Crab Trap Competition: September 16
The Crab Trap Competition returns as part of BioHealth Capital Region Week, giving emerging biohealth companies the opportunity to pitch live in front of investors, judges, industry leaders, and regional partners.
Crab Trap is designed for companies developing promising technologies across biotech, medtech, diagnostics, digital health, AI-enabled health, and other areas of life sciences innovation. Selected finalists will gain visibility, feedback, and connections that can help support their next stage of growth.
Companies interested in competing should apply now through the BHCR Week event site.
BioHealth Capital Region Investment Conference: September 17
The BioHealth Capital Region Investment Conference will take place on September 17 and is designed to connect companies with investors, strategic partners, economic development leaders, and regional resources.
Companies seeking capital, visibility, and strategic connections should register early and complete as much of their profile as possible. Strong profiles help support better engagement, better visibility, and more productive company-investor connections before and during the event.
Investors are also encouraged to register now to identify promising companies, review profiles, and participate in conversations around the next generation of biohealth opportunities.
Registration for the Investment Conference is separate from Forum registration.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
BioHealth Capital Region Week remains free to attend thanks to the support of our sponsors. That is one of the things that makes this event different from many other industry conferences. Sponsor support helps ensure entrepreneurs, researchers, students, companies, investors, public-sector partners, and regional leaders can participate without cost barriers.
Every dollar raised goes toward producing the event and supporting the programming, visibility, logistics, and convening power that make BHCR Week possible.
Thank you to this year’s current sponsors and partners:
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
BioHealth Innovation, Inc.
BlackBird Labs
BrainBox, Inc.
Emmes
FNIH
George Mason University
George Washington University
Henry Jackson Foundation
Johns Hopkins University
Maryland Department of Commerce
Mirecule
Kelly Services
KPMG
Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC)
NIH Federal Credit Union (NIHFCU)
The NIH Office of Technology Transfer (OTT)
Noble Life Sciences
PIC MC
Precigen
PWC
Rose Li Associates
Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
Scheer Partners
TEDCO
United Therapeutics
University of Maryland BioPark
University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC)
US Pharmacopeia (USP)
Venable
VIPC
Virginia Bio
WellDoc
Women in Bio
Organizations interested in joining this group as sponsors are encouraged to contact BioHealth Innovation.
Sponsorship provides visibility across BioHealth Capital Region Week, including recognition through event materials, signage, the registration site, BHI communications, and onsite programming. Sponsors also gain access to the invite-only VIP Leadership Dinner, a smaller and more focused setting that brings together senior executives, investors, speakers, public-sector leaders, university partners, and key opinion leaders for high-value relationship building.
If you’re interested in joining your peers as a sponsor, email Rich Bendis at rbendis@biohealthinnovation.org AND Andy Eckert at aeckert@biohealthinnovation.org.
Register Now
BioHealth Capital Region Week is one of the region’s most important annual gatherings for biohealth leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, and ecosystem partners.
Register now for the Forum and Investment Conference, and apply for the Crab Trap Competition here: