BioSTL 10th Annual Global Health Innovation Summit

Apply to Connect With $550B+ in Healthcare Buying Power

October 6–8, 2026  |  Washington University in St. Louis

Innovators Apply Now Schedule an Intro Call

Why Apply?

Get In Front of Real Buyers

Curated 1:1 BD meetings with senior executives from health systems, payers, and PBMs representing $550B+ in purchasing power.

Pitch to the Room

A 6 minute pitch and an audience of 200+ decision makers.

Learn From Leaders

Pitch workshops, keynotes, and expert panels on US market entry, payer/provider dynamics, and scaling through health systems.

Build Lasting Partnerships

Form relationships that drive real adoption — our advisor network and buyer.

Rural Health Day (Oct 8)

Unique access to federal, state, and system stakeholders through RHTP — if your solution fits rural, this is your room.

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Agenda

Innovator Preparation Day

Tuesday, October 6

  • Pitch preparation workshop
  • St. Louis ecosystem orientation
  • Welcome Reception @ BioSTL

Summit Main Day

Wednesday, October 7 

  • Welcome Kickoff & Global Hubs Recognition
  • Innovator Pitches
  • Lunch Keynote
  • 1:1 BD Meetings (primary innovator activity)
  • Featured Speakers: Announcement Coming Soon

Our Healthcare Buyer Platform

BioSTL Global connects innovators directly to the largest organized US healthcare marketplace — $550B+ in purchasing power across payers, providers, and PBMs.

Centene:

  • Largest Medicaid & Exchange Managed Care Co. in USA
  • $154B in revenue across 50 states

Evernorth / Cigna

  • Leading Health Service Company: Payer-PBM
  • $212B in revenue

Mercy

  • Top-tier integrated health delivery network
  • $11B revenue from 24 hospitals across 2 states

BJC / WashU

  • Leading research center in cancer, infectious disease, liver disease, aging, brain disorders, heart/lung
  • Innovation Center in STL

SSM Health

  • $11.4B revenue from 23 hospitals across 4 states

Ascension 

  • Largest non-profit hospital system in USA
  • $27.2B revenue from 151 hospitals across 22 states

WashU Medicine

  • Most selective medical school in USA
  • Top 5 academic-research
  • #2 in 2024 NIH Funding

What Our Buyers Are Shopping For

  1. Strengthen the financial condition of healthcare delivery systems
  2. Building a sticky and longitudinal patient/member relationship
  3. Stitching together a fragmented care ecosystem: building an end-to-end patient care journey; shifting locus of care — Agentic, Virtual, Ambulatory, @Home 
  4. Reaching and managing the unreachable, underserved, and high-utilizers
  5. Enabling seniors to age at home and transforming caregiving
  6. Transitioning from fee-for-service to value-based care
  7. Leveraging AI to enable all of the above pain points

Innovators: Ready to Apply?

Step 1: Submit your application via the online form

Step 2: If we haven't already met, schedule an intro call 

Step 3: Hold the dates: October 6–8, 2026

Application Deadline: June 30, 2026 
 

Apply Now Schedule an Intro Call