Events
Health tech conferences, meetups, and programs happening in the Charlotte region.
Featured events
Inaugural Women's Health Meet-Up by CBC & Guests
The Charlotte Biotech Club's first women's health meet-up, with Women In Bio – RTP, KIND Health Innovation CLT, the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association Charlotte Chapter, H3Pelvic Therapy Systems, Pump For Joy, and Advisory5. An afternoon for the founders, clinicians, and operators building in women's health. Hosted by Connect Labs by Wexford at The Pearl.
Organized by Charlotte Biotech Club + Legal Drugs Agency
Connect Labs Member Showcase
Connect Labs by Wexford marks its first year at The Pearl with a showcase of the companies growing inside it: a keynote from futurist Rebecca Ryan, member booths, and Demo Day Exchange, where guests invest simulated capital in the companies they like most. Advisory5 has a booth. RSVP on Luma by October 26.
Organized by Connect Labs by Wexford
More upcoming events
Duke Medical Robotics Symposium
A free day of clinical and engineering talks, panels, and student posters on medical robotics. A medtech-focused room spanning surgeons, engineers, and device developers.
Organized by Duke University
2026 State of Diabetes Decision-Maker Summit – Charlotte
Employers, payers, health systems, pharma, and clinicians on turning diabetes and obesity guidelines into measurable outcomes — a keynote, panel, and networking. Free. A direct room with the buyers behind employer and payer health programs.
Organized by American Diabetes Association
NCCHCA Annual Clinical Conference on Quality and Chronic Disease
The North Carolina Community Health Center Association's clinical and quality conference, with tracks including AI-powered healthcare and value-based care. Brings together FQHC clinical and operations leaders from across the state.
Organized by NC Community Health Center Association
2026 North Carolina State of Reform Health Policy Conference
A statewide health policy convening on Medicaid, workforce, primary care, and life-sciences innovation, drawing health-system, payer, and state government leaders.
Organized by State of Reform
SESHSMD 2026 Fall Conference
"Strategic Connections: From Insight to Impact" — the Southeast Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development's one-and-a-half-day conference for the strategy, planning, and market-development leaders inside health systems: the people who own growth strategy, market intelligence, and service-line decisions. A direct room for founders selling into hospitals. Tickets from $50 via Eventbrite; sponsorship available.
Organized by SESHSMD
SCbio Founders Workshop – Upstate
Expert-led roundtables where life-science founders get direct feedback on their pitch and plan, followed by networking. Free and open to non-members (subject to approval). Presented with Labcorp and SC Commerce.
Organized by SCbio
NC IDEA Ecosystem Summit 2026
NC IDEA's annual two-day gathering of the people building North Carolina's entrepreneurial ecosystem — support organizations, funders, and founders — with national speakers.
Organized by NC IDEA
Venture135 2026
Charlotte's flagship venture conference, showcasing 40+ seed-to-Series B startups to VCs and corporate investors over two days. Mostly invitation-only with limited general admission; skews fintech and insurtech.
Organized by Venture135
First Flight Venture Center 2026 High Flyer Awards Luncheon
First Flight Venture Center's annual awards honoring deep-tech and high-science founders and ecosystem contributors in the Research Triangle. Online registration is currently closed — contact FFVC to attend.
Organized by First Flight Venture Center
2027 HIMSS North Carolina Winter Dinner: Healthcare AI in 2027
"From Experimentation to Trusted, Measurable Impact": an evening panel on scaling health-AI pilots into production, with speakers from Armis/ServiceNow and CVS Health. Held in Charlotte; registration not yet open.
Organized by HIMSS North Carolina Chapter
SCbio Life + Science Annual Conference 2027
South Carolina's flagship statewide life-sciences conference — roughly 500 founders, executives, investors, and policymakers on scaling and funding the sector. Registration opens October 2026; venue to be announced.
Organized by SCbio
CED Venture Connect 2027
The Southeast's largest conference for scaling startups — 1,200+ attendees and 200+ venture investors — with a "Human Health: Biotech & Medtech" spotlight sector. The best single room in the Carolinas for founders raising capital.
Organized by CED
Past Events
Bisnow: Charlotte Healthcare Conference
Health Innovation Day 2026
gBETA Charlotte Health Spring 2026
Skills Lab (AHS 2026 Annual Meeting)
ARTSPEAK: Visual Conversations Opening Reception
BReCON 2026 — Bionic Reconstruction Conference
Charlotte Biotech Club Coffee Meet-Up
Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) South Conference
UNC Charlotte Invention of the Year Awards
2026 BPD Cell and Gene Therapy Symposium & Vendor Show
Black Health Connect | Bridging Healthcare Communities: CLT - Q2 Mixer
2026 North Carolina Microbiome Symposium
NCBiotech Life Sciences Intelligence Workshop at Connect Labs Charlotte
Charlotte Biotech Club 1-Year Anniversary Celebration & Coffee Meet-up
Triangle CERSI: Advancing Novel Surrogate Endpoints for Rare Disease Drug Development
Charlotte Health Tech Mixer
Triad BioNight
gBETA Charlotte Health Showcase
Charlotte Fintech Week
Community Access to Capital
Art Opening at Connect Labs
Cellular Therapy Conference
AI & Health Innovation Evening at Connect Labs
Charlotte Biomedical Sciences Symposium 2026
RAPS Convergence 2026
Young Health Leader Summit 2026
Child and Family Health Research Symposium
IHFDA 11th Annual Conference
Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo
NCBiotech Grant Funding Presentation at UNC Charlotte
Third Annual Duke Summit on AI for Health Innovation
Carolinas MGMA 2026 Fall Conference
Biotech Means Business: The Growth Shaping North Carolina's Future
Black Health Matters Fall 2026 Health Summit & Expo
2026 HIMSS North Carolina Annual Conference
OneWe Reach 10th Annual Conference
CED Smart Money: Angel & Startup Investing
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