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Boston CEO 2026

Boston CEO brings BioPharma executives together for discussions and networking.

Mandarin Oriental, Boston

Date
November 2, 2026
Venue
Mandarin Oriental, Boston

Who you'll find in the room

BioPharma CEOs

BioPharma CEOs are among the audience groups identified by the organizer.

Research and development leaders

The organizer identifies heads of research and development as an audience group.

Life science investors

Life science investors are identified as an audience group.

Academics

The organizer identifies leading academics as an audience group.

Featured speakers

76 listed

Maura Healey

Governor Massachusetts

Michelle Wu

Boston Mayor

George Yancopoulos

CSO, Regeneron

Fiona Marshall

President, NIBR

Sally Kornbluth

President, MIT

Robert Plenge

Chief Research Officer, BMS

Marc Casper

CEO Thermo Fisher Scientific

Anne Klibanski

CEO Mass General Brigham

Bob Langer

Scientific Founder Moderna

Mathai Mammen

CEO, Parabilis Medicines former Head, R&D, J&J

Thomas Schinecker

CEO Roche

Phil Sharp

Scientific Founder Alnylam/Biogen

Priya Singhal

EVP, Head, Development Biogen

Christoph Westphal

General Partner Longwood Fund

Laurent Levy

CEO Nanobiotix

Mathai Mammen

CEO, Parabilis Medicines

Bill Meury

CEO Incyte

Stefan Oelrich

CEO Bayer Pharmaceuticals

Tarek Rabah

CEO Otsuka North America

Jake Auchincloss

Congressman Massachusetts

Susan Hockfield

President Emerita MIT

Bob Langer

Koch Professor, MIT

Co-Founder, Moderna

Phil Sharp

Nobelist

Koch, MIT

Co-Founder, Alnylam/Biogen

Jane Grogan

EVP, Head, Research Biogen

Jeff Legos

Chief Oncology Officer Pfizer

Fiona Marshall

President, BioMedical Research Novartis

Robert Plenge

Chief Research Officer Bristol Myers Squibb

David Weinreich

Global Head, R&D EMD Serono

Julian Adams

CEO Stand Up To Cancer

Annette Bakker

CEO Children's Tumor Foundation

Julie Gerberding

CEO, Foundation for the NIH former Director, CDC

Anne Klibanski

President & CEO Mass General Brigham

John O'Brien

CEO National Pharmaceutical Council

Bruno Gomes

Head, Early Clinical Development Oncology Roche

Matt Hefner

Global Head, BD Kyowa Kirin

Jean-Frédéric Paulsen

CEO Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Sarah Sheikh

Head, Global Development & SVP, Neuroscience Takeda

Issei Tsukamoto

SVP, Head, BD Astellas

Ari Brettman

Senior Managing Director Blackstone Life Science

Jeanne Cunicelli

President UPMC Enterprises

Ansbert Gadicke

Managing Partner MPM BioImpact

Rob Perez

Operating Partner, General Atlantic

Chair, Life Science Cares

Christoph Westphal

General Partner Longwood Fund

Kyle Lefkoff

General Partner Boulder Ventures

Ferran Prat

CCO, BostonGene

Gilmore O'Neill

CEO Editas Medicine

Shinji Okitsu

Head, Research Strategic Collaborations & Partnerships Sanofi

Stef van Grieken

CEO Cradle

Brad Margus

Chair, Cerevance

Chair, A-T Children’s Project

Bharat Tewarie

CEO Helio Genomics

Rehan Verjee

CEO Precede Bio

Judy Chou

CEO AltruBio

Ruxandra Draghia-Akli

Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, INTREPID Alliance

Kenneth Moch

CEO Regerna Therapeutics

Ming Wang

CEO Phanes Therapeutics

Raj Prasad

CFO, Crispr Therapeutics

Tim Noyes

CEO Newleos

Mike Rosenblatt

Senior Advisor, Flagship Pioneering

former CMO, Merck

Bill Heiden

Chair, Macrogenics

Manuel Aivado

CEO Stelexis

Rachel Humphrey

CEO Normunity

Samir Khleif

CEO Georgiamune

Yiannis Kiachopoulos

CEO Causaly

Andrew Baum

Senior Strategic Advisor Pfizer

John Butler

CEO Akebia Therapeutics

Chandra Ramanathan

EVP, Commercialization & Strategy, BRC Therapeutics

Reza Afkhami

CBO, Kamau Therapeutics

Jeff Aronin

CEO Paragon Biosciences

Sean McCarthy

CEO CytomX

Tim Ehrlich

Partner, Gunderson Dettmer

Partners on record

50 listed
Longwood FundThermo Fisher ScientificMass General BrighamModernaParabilis MedicinesRocheAlnylam/BiogenBiogenNanobiotixIncyteBayer PharmaceuticalsOtsuka North AmericaUPMC EnterprisesMPM BioImpactGeneral AtlanticBoulder VenturesBostonGeneEditas MedicineSanofiCradleCerevanceA-T Children’s ProjectHelio GenomicsPrecede BioAltruBioINTREPID AllianceRegerna TherapeuticsPhanes TherapeuticsCrispr TherapeuticsNewleosFlagship PioneeringMerckMacrogenicsStelexisNormunityGeorgiamuneCausalyAkebia TherapeuticsBRC TherapeuticsKamau TherapeuticsParagon BiosciencesCytomXGunderson DettmerMITAstellasAstraZenecaEMD SeronoBlackstone Life ScienceUPMC EnterprisesBlackstone Life Science

Venue & travel

Venue

Mandarin Oriental, Boston

Questions people ask

5 answered

Boston CEO 2026 starts on November 2, 2026.

Boston CEO 2026 takes place at Mandarin Oriental, Boston, in Boston, Massachusetts.

The organizer identifies BioPharma CEOs, research and development heads, life science investors, and leading academics as audience groups.

It is most useful for biopharma executives and life science investors who value closed-door conversation with peers, since the attendee base is CEOs, heads of R&D, investors and academics and the speakers include Thomas Schinecker of Roche, Marc Casper of Thermo Fisher Scientific and Bob Langer. The off-the-record format and the presence of Governor Maura Healey and Mayor Michelle Wu point to a policy and deal-making audience at the senior level. Early-career scientists, service vendors and anyone seeking technical or hands-on content would get less from it, as the attendee pool is senior and the focus is leadership conversation.

Executives and investors at a luxury-hotel biopharma gathering in Boston in November usually wear business formal or sharp business attire, such as suits or tailored separates, with a coat for the weather.

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