“Emergence” is the theme of this two-day conference of the New York Biotechnology Association. The meeting will feature discussions about advances in hepatitis C, oncology immunotherapy, and rheumatoid arthritis, in a panel series called “Way Cool Bio-Sci-Tech.” Keynote speakers include Prabhu Pingali, deputy director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, president of Rockefeller University, and Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health. Register here.