Welcome to the Greater Boston Life Sciences Corridor, home to the World’s Largest Cluster of Life Science and Biotech Companies, with more than 730 companies spanning five thriving communities all connected by the region's transit system. We warmly invite BIO 2018 guests from around the world to join us in exploring opportunities in life sciences and biotech across the Life Sciences Corridor and learn why this region is well positioned in offering a great location to live, work, and discover.
 
Join us on a tour of Cambridge and learn more about preeminent life sciences sites with a stop at LabCentral, a first-of-its-kind shared laboratory space designed as a launchpad for high-potential life-sciences and biotech startups. Learn how LabCentral, a co-working launch-pad builds successful environments for biotech startups and has become the international model for co-working in the life sciences. Discover how public-private partnerships fuel these destinations and build the base for economic development as a part of this system, and how universities and large institutions play a critical role.
 
Tours will pick up and drop off at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Tour cost: $35.00.
 
Check-in opens at 9:00am in Room 210A. Tour attendees must pick up their BIO Convention Badge before seeking tour check-in. Please arrive at least 30 minutes before your tour's scheduled depature. The cancellation date to receive a full refund of payment for tours is April 27. After this point, refunds will not be issued. All name changes or substitutions for tour attendees must be requested by May 18.
 
Tour contact – Lisa Hemmerle, Cambridge Community Development Department lhemmerle@cambridgema.gov