Oncology Biomarker Conference San Diego

For discovery and translational tools

An oncology biomarker conference in San Diego for tools that sit early in the pipeline

ImmunoMark is an oncology biomarker conference in San Diego for the teams that find and test biomarkers before anyone writes a companion diagnostic plan. If you sell spatial biology, single-cell, liquid biopsy or AI discovery tools, those teams are your buyers, and the Stream 2 program on 10–11 February 2027 is built around their work.

Discovery-stage tools have a specific sales problem. The scientist who runs the pilot is rarely the person who signs off on a platform decision, and the person who signs off rarely shows up at a methods meeting. ImmunoMark puts both in the same room: the audience profile is 20–30% scientists, PIs and technologists and 45–50% senior leadership, with 55–60% from biotech and pharma.

That mix matters for a cancer biomarker conference in San Diego. You can run a technical conversation with a principal scientist in the morning and a budget conversation with their head of translational medicine at the Day 1 drinks reception.

300+senior delegates expected at the launch edition

20–30%scientists, PIs and technologists

45–50%senior leadership who approve platform spend

20 minper pre-scheduled 1:1 meeting

Real Stream 2 sessions

Biomarker discovery conference San Diego: the sessions that match your tool

Day 1 of Stream 2 reads like a discovery-tools roadmap. These are real sessions from the San Diego agenda.

Day 1 · Stream 2Leveraging Multi-Omics Technologies to Identify Predictive Biomarkers for Precision Oncology
Day 1 · Stream 2Decoding Response and Resistance to Immunotherapy in NSCLC Through Integrative Multi-Omic and AI Approaches (Ariel (Yung-Chia) Chen, Johnson & Johnson)
Day 1 · Stream 2The Growing Role of Liquid Biopsy and Minimal Residual Disease Monitoring in Personalized Cancer Care (Hadly Clark, FasterCures, Milken Institute)
Day 1 · Stream 2Beyond Spatial Omics: Multimodal Measurement as Infrastructure for Precision Medicine (Ivan Lebedev, Verdant Center for Spatial Biology)
Day 1 · Stream 2Panel Discussion: How AI-Driven Digital Pathology is Transforming Biomarker Discovery and Precision Medicine (Sripad Ram, Pfizer)
Day 2 · Stream 2Single-Cell Technologies and Functional Biomarkers Driving the Future of Precision Oncology

The sponsor talk slots sit inside this sequence. Stream 2 Platinum slots run on Day 1 at 11:00, 12:30 and 14:30, so a Platinum talk lands either side of the liquid biopsy and spatial sessions. Gold slots run on Day 2 before lunch, starting at 10:00, straight after the single-cell session. For a cross-edition view of how these technologies show up in San Diego and London, see the biomarker technology sponsor page, and for background on choosing between spatial methods, our article on spatial proteomics vs spatial transcriptomics.

Statewide reach

A biomarker conference California teams can reach in one trip

San Diego sits within reach of the state’s other biotech clusters, and the speaker faculty reflects that.

The San Diego agenda lists speakers from companies with California R&D bases, including Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Amgen, Xencor, Janux Therapeutics, Nkarta and ArsenalBio. Their titles tell you who is in the discovery and translational conversation: Director, Pathobiology at Gilead Sciences; Senior Director, Translational Biology at Xencor; Head of Translational Medicine at Janux Therapeutics; Senior Principal Scientist at Genentech.

Spatial and multiplex imaging

Pathobiology and translational biology leads who need tissue context for immunotherapy response, and who will sit in the spatial session and the digital pathology panel.

Single-cell and functional assays

Translational scientists characterizing immune cells and resistance, the core audience for the Day 2 single-cell session.

Liquid biopsy and AI discovery

Teams building longitudinal monitoring and multi-omic models, drawn by the MRD session and the J&J NSCLC resistance talk.

One sponsorship covers buyers from San Diego, the Bay Area and Los Angeles without three separate regional events. If your company is based in San Diego itself, the home-turf sponsor page covers how local teams get more from the same package.

Timing and planning

A biomarker conference in February 2027: plan it into the new budget year

A February date puts your sponsorship near the start of most 2027 budget years, before pipeline targets for the year are set in stone. If you are shortlisting biomarker conferences for 2027 in the USA, that timing is the reason to decide early.

Fourth quarter 2026: choose your package and streamStream tiers are sold per stream. Committing early secures your preferred talk slot and puts your logo on the event website and marketing as the delegate list builds.
January: prepare your talk and booth storyBuild the talk around one oncology use case, such as resistance biology or MRD, rather than a product overview. Discovery buyers respond to data from programs like theirs.
10 days before: pick your meetingsThe full delegate list and profiles arrive. Shortlist translational and biomarker leads by therapy area and use the wishlist to flag the people you most want to see.
A week before: confirm your listPlatinum and Gold sponsors receive the final delegate list with contact details a week before the event, so you can send personal invitations to your talk and booth.
10–11 February: run the planTake your 20-minute 1:1 meetings, sit in the sessions your buyers sit in, and use the Day 1 drinks reception for the senior conversations.

See what a February sponsorship returns against your 2027 targets.

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Package fit

Which packages fit a discovery or translational tool vendor

Discovery tools sell on data and conversations, so the best packages combine a talk in the right session block with enough 1:1 meetings to follow it up.

Best fit

Platinum (Stream 2)

Puts your talk on Day 1, in the block where the multi-omics, liquid biopsy and spatial sessions run, with the meeting volume to convert it.

30-minute Day 1 talk in Stream 2
10 pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings
10 x 6 ft booth and a 1-minute video promotion
8 delegate + 8 client passes
Email campaign to the confirmed delegate list

Gold (Stream 2)

A strong fit for single-cell and functional assay vendors: Day 2 pre-lunch slots follow the single-cell session.

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

Exclusive 1:1 Meetings

For early-stage tool companies that want pilot conversations without a booth or talk.

3, 5, 7 or 10 pre-arranged 20-minute meetings
2–4 delegate passes
Drinks reception passes
Wishlist and delegate list with contact details

Every tier includes the delegate list with contact details and post-event branding. Full details are on the San Diego sponsorship opportunities page. If you also sell into the UK, the London oncology biomarker page covers the same discovery-tools angle for March.

Stream 2 Platinum and Gold slots are limited. Ask which 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

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Pipeline created

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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

Our tools are used in discovery, years before a companion diagnostic. Is this audience too late-stage for us?

No. Stream 2 in San Diego opens with discovery and translational content: multi-omics for predictive biomarkers, multi-omic and AI approaches to immunotherapy resistance in NSCLC, liquid biopsy and MRD, spatial omics, AI-driven digital pathology and single-cell technologies. CDx and commercial sessions come later in the program, so you meet the same teams at both ends.

Which sponsor talk slot sits closest to the spatial and liquid biopsy sessions?

Platinum. Stream 2 Platinum slots are on Day 1 at 11:00, 12:30 and 14:30. The liquid biopsy and MRD session runs at 11:30 and the spatial omics session at 12:00, so a Platinum talk sits directly before or after them.

Will we reach teams from the Bay Area and Los Angeles, not only San Diego?

The speaker faculty includes companies with California R&D bases such as Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Amgen, Xencor, Nkarta and ArsenalBio. You choose your 1:1 meetings from the full delegate list and profiles, so you can target the organizations that matter to you wherever they are based.

When do we choose our 1:1 meetings?

Ten days before the event you receive the full delegate list with profiles and choose who you want to meet. Each meeting is 20 minutes and pre-scheduled. The wishlist feature helps you flag priority contacts.

Does a February event work for a 2027 marketing budget?

For most vendors it falls early in the budget year, which is why committing in the fourth quarter of 2026 helps: you secure your stream and talk slot, and your logo is on the event website while the delegate list is still building.

Oncology Biomarker Conference San Diego: California Discovery Buyers

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