The Ignite bioDiversity Summit is poised to bring the biotech ecosystem of industry, STEM nonprofits, higher ed/secondary education (including Historically Black Colleges & Universities and Minority Serving Institutions), early-stage founders, workforce development nonprofits, and the life sciences VC community together in Cambridge, MA, uniquely around actionable areas of DEI critical to innovation expansion – enhanced community engagement, inclusive career opportunities, STEM education equity and inclusive workplace best practices.

LabCentral Ignite is a first-and-only-of-its-kind platform that’s addressing systemic racial, gender and other underrepresentation in talent across the life sciences and the biotech industry – from labs to leadership, and from the STEM student pipeline to the entrepreneurs advancing life-changing innovations.

Through a range of equity-driven programs and a powerful member network of industry partners, startups, higher education, and nonprofits, Ignite connects underrepresented students and innovators to academic, technical skills-building, mentoring, job placement, and board and leadership preparation opportunities that fuel biotech diversity and transform careers.