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2026
2026 DATE COMING SOON!
APPLY NOW
Do you have an innovative idea in med-tech, biotech, health-tech, or engineering?
The Biocatalyst Pitch Competition, coupled with one of Canada’s leading student-led conference on biotechnology and bioengineering, is your chance to bring your vision to life.
Open to undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students—or recent alumni (within one year)—this competition welcomes individuals and teams from all backgrounds. Startups are not required to be university-affiliated to be eligible. Applicants must be in the early-stage startup phase.
Applicants will deliver a pitch of approximately 5 minutes, followed by a 3-minute Q&A session with judges. Please submit one interest form per team and include the information of all team members!
If you have any questions, please feel free to address your questions to our Pitch Competition Director, Elakshi Jain at elakshi.jain@uwbiotec.ca!
AT A GLANCE
2017
We began our journey
290
Attendees in 2019
1000+
Online attendees in 2020 and 2021
8th
Annual Conference this year
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Nikhil Thatte, Principal at Lumira Ventures
“Lumira is proud to have participated in the inaugural BioTEC conference which showcased exciting innovation at the intersection of biopharma and technology. Great opportunity to connect with students, researchers, entrepreneurs, start-up hubs, mature companies and investors alike both within and outside the KW region.”
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