The 20th Bioshares Biotech Summit is a two-day biotech-investment conference held 6–7 August 2026 at the QT Hotel in Queenstown, organised by the Bioshares newsletter and featuring 38 speakers plus an investor–CEO meeting portal.
The 20th Bioshares Biotech Summit convenes at the QT Hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand on 6 and 7 August 2026, marking a milestone edition and the summit's return to Queenstown after pandemic-era relocations to Australia.
The summit is run by Bioshares, published by Blake Industry and Market Analysis Pty Ltd, with summit contact Mark Pachacz. Bioshares is a long-running Australian biotech stock report delivering independent investment research on Australian biotech, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, and its annual summit is a fixture of the Australasian biotech-investment calendar. Per Bioshares, the event ran in Queenstown from 2011 to 2019 before moving to Albury, NSW in 2022 due to travel restrictions, and now returns to Queenstown for its 20th edition.
The summit is built for biotech investors and the listed and emerging companies they follow. According to Bioshares, the final programme features 38 speakers across the two days. New this year is a CEO Forum on Wednesday 5 August followed by a CEO Dinner at Hotel St Moritz, plus an Investor Meeting Portal run with InvestorHub that lets investors book meetings with attending biotech CEOs. The formal summit sessions run Thursday 6 and Friday 7 August at the QT Hotel, framed by a cocktail reception on the QT rooftop and a closing dinner aboard a TSS Earnslaw cruise. Sponsors span investment banks, the ASX, and IP, CRO and finance groups including E&P, Bell Potter Securities, IQVIA Biotech, FB Rice and Piper Alderman.
QT Queenstown (the QT Hotel) is a five-star, 222-room lakeside property at 38–54 Lake Esplanade, offering a rooftop restaurant and bar and a free shuttle service. Queenstown Airport sits roughly 8 to 9 km from the hotel, giving trans-Tasman and domestic delegates a short transfer, and Bioshares notes on-site accommodation is limited with multiple alternatives within walking distance of the venue. A pre-summit golf day, the Endpoints Capital Cup, is staged at Millbrook Resort about 20 minutes from Queenstown.
The summit anchors Queenstown as a business-events draw for the biotech-investment community, pairing a serious two-day capital-markets programme with the resort town's alpine appeal. Its 20-year history and its return to New Zealand underline Queenstown's standing as a magnet for high-value, sector-specialist congresses.
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