Biomarker Conference San Diego 2027

Home-turf launch edition

Your home market, for two days in February

ImmunoMark Summit’s West Coast edition is a biomarker conference in San Diego built for the companies that make the city a genomics, proteomics and diagnostics hub. On 10–11 February 2027, the launch edition brings 300+ senior delegates from pharma, biotech, diagnostics and academia to your doorstep, with a full Stream 2 program on Biomarkers & Companion Diagnostics.

For an assay developer or biomarker platform company based here, that changes the sponsorship math. You are not paying to fly a booth team across the country. You are deciding how much of your own commercial and scientific staff to put in front of buyers who have traveled to you, and how to use your client passes to bring local customers into the same room.

The format is the one proven in London: two parallel streams, keynotes, panels and case studies, a drinks reception at the end of Day 1, and pre-scheduled 20-minute 1:1 meetings chosen from the full delegate list and profiles, which arrive 10 days before the event.

300+senior delegates expected at the San Diego launch edition

55–60%biotech and pharma professionals in the audience profile

45–50%senior leadership: executives, directors and heads

15–25meetings per sponsor at London 2026

First-mover visibility

Why a launch-edition biomarker summit in San Diego rewards early sponsors

Launch editions are where category positions get set. The names on the first program, the first brochure and the first post-event report are the names delegates connect with the event in later years.

Position before the category fills

Platinum, Gold and Silver are each bought per stream, and the Headline package is exclusive to one company. At a launch edition, the Stream 2 slots for proteomics, multiplex and genomics platforms are still open, and your competitors have not claimed them yet.

Visibility that outlasts two days

Every tier includes post-event branding on social media, the event website and the post-event report, plus the delegate list with contact details. For the first US edition, that report becomes the reference document buyers and future sponsors read.

A format with a track record

London 2026 delivered 200+ meetings, 15–25 meetings per sponsor and 55+ pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings for title sponsors, with 70% senior decision-makers in the room. San Diego runs the same meeting model.

If you are weighing a larger biomarker congress in San Diego against a focused summit, ask a simple question: how many of the people walking past your booth could you actually book for 20 minutes? Here, the meeting count is written into the package. For a side-by-side view of San Diego, London and Boston, see our biomarker conference sponsorship guide.

The local advantage

What a San Diego team can do at a biomarker event in San Diego

Being local is worth more than a saved hotel bill. Here is how it changes the plan, item by item.

Planning item	Typical fly-in sponsor	San Diego-based team
Booth staffing	Two or three people cover both days	Rotate sales, applications and R&D staff by session across your delegate passes
Client passes	Often unused, because clients would also need to travel	Invite local customers and prospects: 2 client passes with Exhibitor, 6 with Gold, 8 with Platinum, 10 with Headline
1:1 meetings	The sales lead takes every meeting	Bring the scientist who built the assay into the 20-minute meeting when the questions get technical
Follow-up	A call several weeks later	Offer a visit to your lab or demo site while the conversation is still fresh
Day 1 drinks reception	Networking with people you have just met	Bring your local customers and the prospects you met that day into one conversation

Lower travel costs change the return on a sponsorship. Put your own numbers into the calculator further down this page.

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Real Stream 2 sessions

Biomarker conference San Diego 2027: the sessions that match a platform pitch

Stream 2 is built around turning biomarker data into clinical and commercial adoption. These sessions draw the buyers an assay or platform company needs to meet.

Day 1 · Stream 2Leveraging Multi-Omics Technologies to Identify Predictive Biomarkers for Precision Oncology
Day 1 · Stream 2Advancing Next-Generation Precision Diagnostics Through Genomics and Molecular Technologies (Merlinda-Loriane Sewavi, Syntheia Labs)
Day 1 · Stream 2From Biomarker Discovery to Commercial Success: Translating Innovation into Clinical Practice
Day 1 · Stream 2Building Successful Pharma–Biotech–Diagnostic Partnerships to Accelerate Precision Medicine
Day 2 · Stream 2Demonstrating Clinical and Economic Value in Precision Oncology
Day 2 · Stream 2Commercial Success Stories in Biomarkers, Companion Diagnostics and Precision Medicine

Unlike a single-topic biomarker symposium in San Diego, the program runs from discovery through validation to commercialization, so your buyers arrive with an adoption problem to solve rather than a literature question. The Stream 2 speaker faculty includes Santosh A. Misal, Staff Scientist and Manager of the Mass Spectrometry Facility at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and Joel Mathews, Director, Biomarkers at Ionis Pharmaceuticals: useful openings for proteomics and biomarker-strategy vendors.

If your tools sit earlier in the pipeline (spatial, single-cell, liquid biopsy), read the oncology biomarker sponsor page for discovery tools. If you sell into companion diagnostic programs, the companion diagnostics page covers that partnering audience.

Package fit

Which packages fit a San Diego assay or platform company

For a local company, the cost of a bigger presence is mostly the package itself, not travel. That makes the higher tiers easier to justify than they would be for a visiting team.

Best fit

Headline

The one first-mover position that cannot be repeated: exclusive “Powered by” branding on the launch edition, and the most client passes for a local customer program.

15 pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings
Welcome speech plus a 30-minute Day 1 keynote slot across both streams
20 x 12 ft exhibition space for demos and client conversations
10 delegate + 10 client passes
Email campaign to the full pre-qualified database

Platinum

Own Stream 2 on Day 1, the day the multi-omics, genomics and partnership sessions run.

10 pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings
30-minute Day 1 talk in your chosen stream
10 x 6 ft booth and a 1-minute video promotion
8 delegate + 8 client passes
Final delegate list a week before the event

Gold

A lighter entry point that still books meetings and a talk, on the day the value and commercial-success sessions run.

6 pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings
30-minute talk on Day 2, pre-lunch
10 x 6 ft booth
6 delegate + 6 client passes
Half-page brochure advertisement

Every tier includes the delegate list with contact details and post-event branding. Full package details are on the San Diego sponsorship opportunities page.

Headline is exclusive to one company and stream slots are limited. Ask which positions are still open.

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Sponsorship ROI calculator

What could San Diego 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

Sponsorship packages

Exclusive 1:1 meeting packages

2. Your numbers

Average first-year deal value

Year-one value of a new pharma or biotech customer

Extra conversations at the event

Booth visits, networking and questions after your talk

Become a real opportunity

Share of conversations worth a proposal

Opportunities you usually win

Your typical close rate

Your total event budget

Sponsorship plus travel and team costs

Estimated return

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

Pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings

Qualified conversations

New opportunities

Cost per conversation

Pipeline created

Expected revenue won

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Estimates only, based on the numbers you enter. Meetings and inclusions from the San Diego 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Product Specialist

HAWK Biosystems · Sponsor, London 2026

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Frequently asked questions

We are based in San Diego and already know local buyers. Why sponsor an event in our own city?

Because the delegates are not only local. The summit brings senior pharma, biotech and diagnostics people to San Diego, and the audience profile is 55–60% biotech and pharma with 45–50% senior leadership. The 1:1 meeting list lets you book people you have not met yet, while your client passes bring in the local accounts you want to deepen.

What does being a launch-edition sponsor mean in practice?

San Diego on 10–11 February 2027 is the first West Coast edition. Sponsors appear on the first program, brochure, website and post-event report for the US series, and the Headline position (exclusive to one company) carries "Powered by" branding across the event.

Can our application scientists join the 1:1 meetings?

Yes. Meetings are 20 minutes with delegates you choose from the full list and profiles sent 10 days before the event, and your team members on delegate passes can take them. Local companies often rotate scientists in for the technical meetings.

Which Stream 2 sessions matter most for an assay or proteomics platform company?

On Day 1: Leveraging Multi-Omics Technologies to Identify Predictive Biomarkers for Precision Oncology, Advancing Next-Generation Precision Diagnostics Through Genomics and Molecular Technologies, and Building Successful Pharma–Biotech–Diagnostic Partnerships. On Day 2: Demonstrating Clinical and Economic Value in Precision Oncology and Commercial Success Stories in Biomarkers, Companion Diagnostics and Precision Medicine.

How many client passes can we use to invite local customers?

Each main tier pairs delegate passes for your team with the same number of client passes: 10 + 10 with Headline, 8 + 8 with Platinum, 6 + 6 with Gold, 4 + 4 with Silver and 2 + 2 with Exhibitor.

Biomarker Conference San Diego: Sponsor the Launch Edition

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