MTPConnect is bringing you premier activities at this year’s BIO international Convention in San Diego from 18-25 June 2026. Register now!

Take the opportunity to showcase your Life Sciences organisation by sponsoring a Team Australia activity at BIO 2026 - download the Sponsorship Prospectus
If you are a South Australian company heading to BIO 2026, we opened registrations to join this workshop, Preparing for Partnering: Pitching to Your Audience, hosted by the Adelaide Intermediary Program in Adelaide on 22 May.
MTPConnect CEO Stuart Dignam has been appointed as Director of the MTPConnect Board.
The WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub (WALSIH) released its Impact Report, bringing together seven years of outcomes across the WA biomedical ecosystem. The report highlights how partnership-led approaches can accelerate jobs, investment and innovation in health and medical life sciences. WALSIH is delivered in partnership with the WA Government, MTPConnect, and The University of Western Australia.
Listen to the MTPConnect Podcast episode released in April to meet the team behind the new WA Grant Excellent Service (WAGES). Check out an excerpt of the episode

We delivered the first WAGES Commercialisation Grant Development workshop for WA innovators in partnership with the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub and opened our next Grant Development Workshop for Clinician Researchers to be held virtually on 17 June and 25 June ( EOIs close 29 May 2026).
We are seeking experienced researchers to join our WA Grant Excellence Service as Expert Peer Reviewers - register your interest
We celebrated the 2025-2026 cohort of our Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program with pitching and networking. Check out what participants had to say about the program.
Our SA Insights Series addressed the hot topic ‘Geopolitical SOS’ with a panel session focusing on the risks and opportunities of global realignment for South Australia’s life sciences sector.
As an Industry Partner Organisation supporting Australia’s Industry Growth Program, we work closely with hundreds of life sciences companies participating in the program. Watch this video reel to hear what some of these SMEs and startups had to say about MTPConnect’s support and the difference it is making!
MTPConnect partnered with D4 Bioventures to deliver The Art and Science of Capital Raising lunch seminar for Industry Growth Program (IGP) medical science clients in Sydney. The session concluded with a fireside chat between Inventia Life Science’s Cameron Ferris and D4 Bioventures’ Steven Suchting.
In Adelaide, we held an event specially curated for IGP clients with a hands-on practical skills workshop focused on helping founders confidently navigate and negotiate investment term sheets without compromising their vision or relationships.