Life Sciences Café x Meet & Mingle is an informal networking event that brings together the Life Sciences & Health community in Leiden. It connects students, researchers, entrepreneurs, professionals, and policymakers for an evening of meeting new people, sharing ideas, and exploring career and collaboration opportunities.
What to expect?
Get ready for an energetic summer evening that will bring together the entire Leiden Life Sciences & Health community—from students and startups to researchers, entrepreneurs, professionals, and policymakers.
With short updates or pitches, plus drinks and a relaxed atmosphere, the Life Sciences Café is designed to make networking easy, accessible, and fun for anyone involved in or interested in Leiden’s life sciences ecosystem.
Meet new people outside your usual network
Discover internships, jobs, talent, or collaboration partners
Listen to short updates and startup pitches
Enjoy drinks, snacks, a DJ, and interactive games
Don’t miss the best life sciences networking event of the summer!
The program
4:00 p.m. – Early birds / doors open
4:30 p.m. – Doors open and networking
5:00 p.m. – Event kickoff with three startup pitches
5:30 p.m. – Networking
8:00 p.m. – End
Speakers
Zoe Vogelaar – Omnivera
Niall Hodgins – Seranovo
Scott Drapeau – RD Medtech
Alexander Habermeier – Guideaways.ai
Practical information
Date: Thursday, July 2, 2026
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Grand Café de Stal, Darwinweg 1, Leiden
Target audience: Professionals in the life sciences and healthcare sectors
