Events Calendar

This year, Octane will host a series of six small sessions featuring prominent leaders in Orange County. Each session will allow you to hear about the leader and ask them questions in an intimate digital or in-person session (when applicable). Join us for this exciting opportunity. All sessions have limited capacity. Join Bobak Azamian, MD,... Continue Reading »

Join SoCalBio virtually for this CFO Roundtable About this event The SoCalBio CFO Roundtable provides you an opportunity to connect with other CFOs and senior finance leaders to discuss and overcome the fund-raising challenges of your institution.

This meeting is one of many screening forums organized by SoCalBio to select the best device, biotech, and digital health company candidates to make presentations during: The 23rd Annual SoCalBio Conference on October 20-22, 2021 5th SoCalBio Digital Health Conference on March 23-25, 2022

The start-up scene in Los Angeles is flourishing, especially in the realm of biotech, life science, medical device, and pharma. Among incubators and networking organizations, LA is primed to be one of the next premier bioscience destinations. Join us as we hear female leaders in the LA start-up space share their perspective on the growing... Continue Reading »

A 2021 report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that US Armed Forces Veterans are significantly more likely to develop multiple chronic health conditions in their lifetime like hypertension, arthritis, and cancer compared to non-Veterans. To help treat wounded warriors and keep the military community healthy, the healthcare community must seek... Continue Reading »

Speakers: Gail Gasior, CCRA, RAC, RQAP-GCP, Director, Clinical Compliance, Diagnostic Solutions Division, Hologic, Inc. Terrance (TJ) Thiel, RAC, Director and Principal Consultant / Consulting Operations Brandwood CKC Program Manager: Luis Jimenez, MBA, OCRA Past President, 2020   Synopsis: As the IVDR implementation looms closer this program will provide valuable feedback and lessons learned from two... Continue Reading »

You’ve got a great idea for a medical device!  Now what? Most errors in clinical trials are a result of poor planning. Fancy statistical methods cannot rescue design flaws. Thus careful planning with clear foresight is absolutely crucial for clinical trial success.   With the explosion of Medtech opportunities for startups, what are the current best standards... Continue Reading »

What does it take to fight a pandemic? Proactive measures around the world--and swift action from big pharma. Pfizer came first with its life-saving vaccine for COVID-19. At an unprecedented pace, the vaccine was developed, studied and approved for public use. All in less than a year’s time. In this fireside chat with Barbara Sosnowski,... Continue Reading »

Do you have a novel biotech idea but need help bringing it to market? What regulations may impact your product development? How much money will you need and where to raise it? Which ideas investors fund and why? And finally, how do you convince healthcare providers and patients to use your invention? 1.5 Hours Towards... Continue Reading »

About this event The Covid pandemic and the digital revolution have led to a qualitative change in thinking about how bioscience research should be done, and what the "smart lab of the future" should look like. Join us to interact with, and learn from innovators who are reimagining bioscience research to Make labs safer for... Continue Reading »

Octane’s annual Summer Social is back! Join us for a summer evening of hors d’oeuvres, drinks, networking, and fun! Register here.

Join your peers in San Diego, August 31 - September 3 as the musculoskeletal community safely reunites in person for the first time in nearly two years for four powerful days of EDUCATION, INNOVATION, and COLLABORATION. AAOS remains committed to protecting your health, safety and peace of mind as we cautiously return to live events.