Sara Jane Demy is the CEO & Founder of Demy-Colton, a leading biotech and life sciences events organization. With over 20 years of experience connecting innovative companies with key stakeholders, investors and advisors, from founding the highly successful Biotech Showcase and Biotech CEO Summits held in Napa Valley and Europe.

Prior to Demy-Colton, Sara was Vice President, Business Development & Investor Relations, and Head of the New York Office for the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). She launched and developed the BIO CEO & Investor Conference, BIO Investor Forum, BIO’s regional venture conferences, CEO Boot-camps, the Business Forum at BIO’s Annual Meeting, BioEurope, BioEurope Spring, and BIO Asia. Sara also built the prototype for “the partnering system,” which is widely used throughout the biopharmaceutical sector today.