Sponsor's guide · London 2027

Pharma Conferences London: A Sponsor's Guide for 2027

Big exhibitions, partnering events, medical congresses and focused summits each buy you something different. Here is how to plan the mix, and where oncology fits.

3–4 March 2027
London, UK
400+ target attendees
  • Five London event types compared from the sponsor's side
  • Score any event on cost per qualified meeting
  • Oncology slot: 3–4 March 2027, 400+ target attendees

Trusted by sponsors from our London 2026 launch edition

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London 2027 planning

Pharma conferences London: what each type of event delivers for a sponsor

The pharma conferences London hosts in a year are not one market. They are five or six different products sold under the same word, and each one buys your team a different outcome. If you are building a 2027 event plan for a pharma-services business, start by deciding which outcome you need from each line in the budget.

Below is the London calendar broken down by event type from the sponsor’s side of the table. The right mix depends on your service, your sales cycle and the buyer roles you need to reach.

Event typeWho is in the roomWhat a sponsor typically getsWatch-outs
Large multi-therapy industry exhibitionsThousands of visitors across functions, therapy areas and supplier categoriesBrand presence, a high volume of badge scans, a place to launchYour oncology buyer is one visitor among thousands; meetings depend on your own outreach, and lead quality varies widely
Partnering and investor eventsBD, licensing and corporate development teams, investors, asset ownersScheduled deal conversations through a partnering systemBuilt around licensing assets; service vendors often sit at the edge of the main conversation
Clinical and medical congressesClinicians, nurses, researchers, medical affairsVisibility with prescribers and medical teamsPromotion to UK health professionals is tightly regulated, and the person who buys outsourced services is rarely there
Functional pharma events (marketing, market access, procurement, digital)One function across many companies and therapy areasA peer audience for a single disciplineStrong if you sell to that function; weak if your buyer is a scientific or programme lead
Focused therapy-area summitsA few hundred senior people from one field, mostly industryA speaking slot, a small exhibition and pre-arranged meetings with people you choseSmaller reach; only worth it if the therapy area matches your pipeline

Most London plans need more than one type. Large exhibitions and medical conferences London hosts give you awareness and market presence. Partnering events suit asset deals. Focused summits are where a services business tends to find the most qualified conversations per day out of the office, because the audience has been filtered for you before you arrive.

Before you sign

How to score pharma events London before they go in the budget

Commercial teams that get value from London events tend to apply the same five tests before committing, whatever the size of the event.

  1. Name the buyer roles firstWrite down the three or four job titles that sign off on your service. A CRO might need heads of translational medicine and clinical operations; a regulatory consultancy needs CDx and regulatory leads. Then check whether the event’s audience data actually shows those roles.
  2. Ask for the audience split, not the headcountA total attendance figure tells you little. Ask for the split by sector and seniority, and the share of the room that is industry rather than academic or clinical.
  3. Ask how meetings are arranged“Networking opportunities” can mean a coffee queue. Ask whether meetings are pre-scheduled, who chooses the counterpart, how long each meeting runs and when you receive the delegate list.
  4. Check what arrives before the eventLists, profiles and email reach shape your pre-event outreach. If nothing arrives until the doors open, your team is selling cold for two days.
  5. Work out cost per qualified meetingDivide the full cost (package, travel, staff time) by the meetings you can realistically hold with named buyers. That is the number to compare across your pharma conferences London 2027 shortlist, and it usually ranks events differently from cost per visitor.

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Where ImmunoMark fits

The oncology slot in your London plan

ImmunoMark Summit London is a focused therapy-area summit: the 2nd annual edition runs on 3–4 March 2027, organised by Convolign Business Consulting, with two parallel streams, Next-Gen Immuno-Oncology and Biomarkers & Companion Diagnostics.

400+target attendees for London 2027
55–60%of the audience from biotech and pharma
45–50%senior leadership: executives, directors, heads
15–25meetings per sponsor at London 2026

Delegate geography is 60% UK & Ireland and 40% rest of Europe, so a London booking also covers continental buyers without a second trip. At the 2026 edition, 300+ attendees from 100+ companies took part, 70% of them senior decision-makers, and more than 200 meetings were conducted. Companies in the room included GSK, Roche, Merck, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb, Incyte and Pierre Fabre.

Among the healthcare conferences London 2027 will host, this one matters to a services vendor because the programme is built around the decisions your buyers are making. These sessions from the London 2027 agenda show which functions will be in the room:

  • Day 1 · Stream 2Keynote: Clinical Utility of Biomarkers (Espen Walker, Head of Global Medical Diagnostics, AstraZeneca)
  • Day 1 · Stream 1Panel: Scaling Immunotherapies from Discovery to Commercialisation
  • Day 1 · Stream 1Clinical Trial Design in Immunotherapy: Adaptive & Biomarker-Driven Models
  • Day 2 · Stream 2Real-World Evidence Integration into Biomarker Strategy
  • Day 2 · Stream 1Investment & Partnership Models in Immunotherapy
  • Day 2 · Stream 2Companion Diagnostics Commercialisation & Reimbursement Strategy

Speakers on the 2027 agenda come from companies including Roche, Novartis, Ipsen, Sanofi, GSK, UCB and Merck KGaA, alongside UK biotechs and university groups. For a CRO, regulatory consultancy, lab services provider or market-access agency, that is a concentrated set of oncology programme owners you would otherwise chase one by one.

Packages

Which package fits a services sponsor in London

For a team that is placing ImmunoMark alongside larger London events, the job of this line in the budget is qualified meetings plus enough visibility to be remembered. That points to the middle of the range.

Best fit

Gold

The balanced anchor for a services business: a talk, a stand and a meeting schedule in one package, in the stream your buyers follow.

  • 6 pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings with delegates you choose
  • 30-minute talk on Day 2, pre-lunch, plus Q&A
  • 10 x 6 ft booth
  • 6 team passes and 6 client passes
  • Final attendee list a week before the event
Meetings only

Exclusive 1:1 Meetings

For a first year in oncology, or a team already stretched across a heavy London calendar.

  • 3, 5, 7 or 10 pre-arranged 20-minute meetings
  • Chosen from the full delegate list and profiles sent 10 days before
  • 2–4 passes plus drinks reception passes
Visibility

Drinks reception branding

Exclusive to one company, at the point in Day 1 when the whole room is in one place.

  • 5-minute welcome speech
  • Logo on every invitation and roll-up banners in the networking area
  • 2 passes included

Every tier includes the delegate list with contact details and post-event branding. If you need a Day 1 talk and more meetings, Platinum adds both. The full tier detail is on the London sponsorship opportunities page.

We are always interested in sponsoring interesting conference, based on this years’ experience, I guess I will manage to get some budget for the next edition.

Rudi Schlaefli, BD Manager Europe, Secretech
Rest of your plan

Fitting ImmunoMark around the rest of your London calendar

If your service sells across therapy areas, keep your broader presence at the large exhibitions and medical conferences London 2027 offers, and treat ImmunoMark as the oncology line. If oncology is your core market, give it more weight: a March date sits early in most budget years, so London meetings can become contracts within the year.

Selling oncology services

Our page for oncology service providers in London covers CRO, clinical-trial and med comms buyers in more depth.

Selling to European diagnostics teams

See sponsoring a biomarker congress in Europe for the continental angle on the 40% of delegates from outside the UK.

Planning the whole year

Building a 2027 biotech event portfolio shows where focused summits sit next to partnering events and big congresses.

Booth-first budget

The exhibitor guide covers the 10 x 6 ft stand and meeting add-ons. For a wider framework, read how to choose biotech conferences to sponsor.

Tell us which roles you need to meet and we will show you how the London audience matches up.

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Sponsorship ROI calculator

What could London 2027 be worth to your team?

Pick a package, add your own numbers and see the pipeline it creates. London 2026 sponsors averaged 15 to 25 meetings each, with 70% senior decision-makers in the room.

1. Choose a package

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2. Your numbers

Year-one value of a new pharma or biotech customer

Booth visits, networking and questions after your talk

Share of conversations worth a proposal

Your typical close rate

Sponsorship plus travel and team costs

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Estimated return

expected first-year revenue for every £1 of your event budget

Pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings
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Expected revenue won

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Estimates only, based on the numbers you enter. Meetings and inclusions from the London 2027 sponsorship prospectus. 1:1 meetings are pre-scheduled with delegates you choose from the attendee list.

What sponsors said

Feedback from London 2026 sponsors

Here is what sponsors told us at our London 2026 launch edition.

We really liked the focus of the event, the topics, the talks, really good opportunity to engage with people, the support we get from you is really great and we appreciate that very much. Based on our experience we would be very interested in also sponsoring the next annual event.
PromoCell GmbH logo
Project Manager
PromoCell GmbH · Sponsor, London 2026
We are always interested in sponsoring interesting conference, based on this years experience, I guess I will manage to get some budget for the next edition.
Secretech logo
BD Manager Europe
Secretech · Sponsor, London 2026
Conversations I have had are very high level, the footfalls been great and the kind of research going on around is really life changing. We will be very interested in sponsoring the second annual.
Miltenyi Biotec logo
Research Account Manager
Miltenyi Biotec · Sponsor, London 2026
My experience here at Immunomark 2026 has been really great. We benefit from very good logistical organisation. Networking sessions were excellent and we consider Immunomark a strategic conference for the coming years.
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Senior Business Development Director Europe
Rouken Bio · Sponsor, London 2026
We got the occasion to discuss customer projects and understand their needs better and how we can help them.
Hologic Diagenode logo
Epigenomics Applications Specialist
Hologic Diagenode · Sponsor, London 2026
The conference has been great so far with strong interactions at the booth and excellent attendance at our talk. We will definitely think about the next edition.
Hologic Diagenode logo
Biopharma Business Development Manager EMEA
Hologic Diagenode · Sponsor, London 2026
Quality of the talks were really nice and the attendee list had experts from biotech pharma field. It was great meeting everyone and we look forward to positive outcomes.
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Business Development Executive
HistologiX · Sponsor, London 2026
The talks have been really interesting so far with a great combination of researchers and clinicians. Moderators encouraged excellent discussions.
HAWK Biosystems logo
Product Specialist
HAWK Biosystems · Sponsor, London 2026

Frequently asked questions

Is ImmunoMark a general pharma conference?

No. It is a focused oncology summit with two parallel streams: Next-Gen Immuno-Oncology, and Biomarkers & Companion Diagnostics. 55–60% of the audience comes from biotech and pharma, and 45–50% is senior leadership. Sponsors use it as the oncology line in a wider London plan rather than as a replacement for large multi-therapy events.

How does it compare with a large London exhibition for a services business?

A large exhibition gives you reach and volume. ImmunoMark gives you a smaller, filtered room and pre-scheduled 20-minute 1:1 meetings with delegates you pick from the full list and profiles, sent 10 days before the event. At London 2026, sponsors held 15–25 meetings each. The fairest comparison is cost per qualified meeting, which you can test in the ROI calculator on this page.

Where are London delegates based?

The London delegate geography is 60% UK & Ireland and 40% rest of Europe, so the edition also reaches continental pharma and biotech teams.

Can my team bring clients?

Yes. Most packages include client passes alongside team passes: Gold includes 6 + 6, Platinum 8 + 8, Silver 4 + 4 and Exhibitor 2 + 2. Branding packages include 2 passes.

How many speaking slots are there for sponsors in London?

The London 2027 agenda reserves Platinum slots on Day 1 and three Gold slots per stream on Day 2 before lunch, with one Silver slot per stream after lunch on Day 2. Slots are limited, so ask the sponsorship team which remain open in your preferred stream.

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