Future Labs Live

 

October 15th & 16th, 2025 | Philadelphia, PA

 

AGENDA

 

Philadelphia, 30 - 31 October 2024

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Oct 308:50
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Conference Opening Remarks

Keynotes
Clare Corden, Conference Producer, Terrapinn Holdings Ltd
Oct 309:00
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Opening Keynote Address: A Specialized Platform for Innovative Research Exploration (ASPIRE) at NCATS (Fireside Chat)

Keynotes
Oct 309:20
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Sponsored Keynote Address: Challenges and Success in Digitalization in the Age of AI

Keynotes
Nathan Clark, Chief Executive Officer, Ganymede Bio
Oct 309:40
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Keynote Panel: Advancements in Laboratory Technology: Shaping the Future of Scientific Discovery

Keynotes
Pranav Bende, Senior Robotics Engineer, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Del Ray Jackson, Director of Product Management, Hamilton Company
Victoria Mander, Scientist, Janssen R&D
Rishi Mahajan, Lead R&D Auto Engineer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Oct 3010:59
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Chair Opening Remarks

Digitalization (Theater 4)
Mays Alwash, Scientific Business Development, Ganymede Bio
Oct 3010:59
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Sustainability (Theater 3)
Andrew King, Senior Director of HSE, Sustainability and QC IT, AstraZeneca
Oct 3010:59
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Safety & Training (Theater 5)
Jason Nagy, Lab Support Coordinator, sentara healthcare
Oct 3010:59
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Automation (Theater 1)
David Jennions, Snr Director, R&D Systems, GRAIL bio
Oct 3010:59
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Chair Opening Remarks

Data (Theater 2)
Victoria Mander, Scientist, Janssen R&D
Oct 3011:00
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Lab Safety Essentials: Protecting People and Processes (Fireside Chat)

Safety & Training (Theater 5)
Dan Scungio, Lab Safety Officer, sentara healthcare
Jason Nagy, Lab Support Coordinator, sentara healthcare
Oct 3011:00
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Managing Data Imports into a Laboratory Data Lake

Data (Theater 2)
Phyllis Pugh, Scientist 1, AstraZeneca
Oct 3011:00
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Revolutionizing Quality Control: The Impact of Acoustic Mass Spectrometry

Digitalization (Theater 4)
Nate Hoxie, Research Associate, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Oct 3011:00
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The Benefits of Creating a Culture of Sustainability Across Laboratory Operations

Sustainability (Theater 3)
Andrew King, Senior Director of HSE, Sustainability and QC IT, AstraZeneca
Oct 3011:00
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Try Before You Buy- A Model for Bringing New Automation Into the Clinical Laboratory

Automation (Theater 1)
Oct 3011:20
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Data-Driven Labs: The Power of AI and LIMS

Data (Theater 2)
Oct 3011:20
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Revolutionizing Lab Sustainability through Plastic Reuse

Sustainability (Theater 3)
Jackson Horner, Sr. Technical Applications Specialist, Grenova
Victoria Bostler, Territory Sales Manager, Grenova
Steve Vitale, Sustainability Innovation Lead, GSK
Oct 3011:20
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Scalable Nanoplate Digital PCR with API Supporting High Throughput QC Analytics

Automation (Theater 1)
David Eckert, Business Development Manager, QIAGEN
Oct 3011:20
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The Future of Laboratory Safety

Safety & Training (Theater 5)
Jonathan Klane, Senior Safety Editor, Draeger Safety
Oct 3011:20
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Your Digital Transformation Blueprint: Unlocking Next-Gen Lab Informatics

Digitalization (Theater 4)
Ken Raiche, Managing Director, Client Success, Astrix
Oct 3011:40
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Panel :How to Embed Sustainability from Molecules to Medicine

Sustainability (Theater 3)

Reserved for invited speakers

Moderator: Julie Lorenz, Vice President Analytical, Chemistry and Supply, Zoetis
Conchita Jiminez-Gonzalez, R&D EHS & Sustainability Head, GSK
Will Clark, Sr Director CMC Sustainability, GSK
Oct 3011:40
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Panel: Designing Laboratories for Teaching and Training: Educational Perspectives

Safety & Training (Theater 5)
Oct 3011:40
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Panel: Making Robots Work for You - Successes and Failures

Automation (Theater 1)
David Jennions, Snr Director, R&D Systems, GRAIL bio
Peter Soler, Senior Principal Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb
Mark Ding, Senior advisor of automation, Eli Lilly and Company
Mitch Adler, Chief Executive Officer, Spaero Bio
Rishi Mahajan, Lead R&D Auto Engineer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Oct 3011:40
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The Lab of the Future: Digitalization Journeys and Challenges

Digitalization (Theater 4)

Sponsored by Ganymede

Nathan Clark, Chief Executive Officer, Ganymede Bio
Ken Raiche, Managing Director, Client Success, Astrix
Elisabeth Maida, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Fathom
Christian Milbrandt, Principal Scientist, Johnson & Johnson
Oct 3011:50
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Using Large Language Models to Assign ICD-O Codes to Pathology Reports

Data (Theater 2)
Oct 3012:10
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What Do We Need to Make Data FAIR in the Modern Laboratory?

Data (Theater 2)
Hemant Varma, Data Strategy Leader, Zifo
Oct 3012:20
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Building a FAIR Scientific Data Foundation: Starting with Intent and Scientific Business Process Mapping (Fireside Chat)

Digitalization (Theater 4)
John Conway, Chief Visioneer Officer, 20/15 Visioneers
Oct 3012:20
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Change Management: The 5 S’s on Creating a Better Workflow for Employees

Safety & Training (Theater 5)
Bryant Jones, Laboratory Operations Manager, NMS Labs
Oct 3012:20
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Polyurethane Sustainability: Challenges and Roadmap to Closing the Loop

Sustainability (Theater 3)
Oct 3012:20
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Turning Wet Labs Into Data Factories

Automation (Theater 1)
Roland Martinez, Senior Field Applications Scientist, Automata
Oct 3013:20
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Roundtable 1: Shifting Focus - Instrument Utilization to a Holistic Lab Outlook

Roundtable
Scott Brown, Product Manager, PerkinElmer
Oct 3013:20
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Roundtable 10: Coming Back from Failures in Automation

Roundtable
Nate Hoxie, Research Associate, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Oct 3013:20
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Roundtable 2: From Fragmented Legacy Systems to a Structured Data Backbone: Navigating the Evolution in R&D

Roundtable
Jason Hirshman, CTO & Co-Founder, Uncountable
Oct 3013:20
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Roundtable 3: Equipment in the Educational Lab

Roundtable
Cody Zimmer, Fabrication Laboratory Manager, Tulsa Community College (Tulsa, OK)
Oct 3013:20
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Roundtable 4: Being Cost Effective When Purchasing Lab Equipment

Roundtable
Kalpesh Gupta, Associate Director, Moderna
Oct 3013:20
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Roundtable 5: Clinical Lab Perspectives in Automation

Roundtable
Oct 3013:20
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Roundtable 6: Advancements in Digital Health Technologies

Roundtable
Karthik raj Konnaiyan, Laboratory Automation Engineer, Tolmar Inc
Oct 3013:20
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Roundtable 7: Leveraging Data Products and Compute Optimization to Scale AI / Gen AI across R&D

Roundtable
Oct 3013:20
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Roundtable 8: Challenges of Digitalizing Data

Roundtable
Mary Belfast, Associate Director, Automation, Specialty Bioanalytics, Teva Pharmaceuticals
Oct 3013:20
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Roundtable 9: Biosafety and EHS in the Academic Lab Space

Roundtable
Maureen O'Leary, Associate Vice Provost for Research, Environmental Health and Radiation Safety, University of Pennsylvania
Oct 3014:09
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Chair Opening Remarks

Automation (Theater 1)
David Jennions, Snr Director, R&D Systems, GRAIL bio
Oct 3014:09
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Chair Opening Remarks

Data (Theater 2)
Victoria Mander, Scientist, Janssen R&D
Oct 3014:09
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Chair Opening Remarks

Sustainability (Theater 3)
Andrew King, Senior Director of HSE, Sustainability and QC IT, AstraZeneca
Oct 3014:09
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Chair Opening Remarks

Digitalization (Theater 4)
Mays Alwash, Scientific Business Development, Ganymede Bio
Oct 3014:09
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Chair Opening Remarks

AI & Machine Learning (Theater 5)
Jason Nagy, Lab Support Coordinator, sentara healthcare
Oct 3014:10
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AI-Predicted Health Score: Using Data Science as the Foundation of Labs of the Future (Fireside Chat)

AI & Machine Learning (Theater 5)
Casey Peters, VP of Research & Data Science, Elemental Machines
Oct 3014:10
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Data Science and Familial Searching in Forensics

Data (Theater 2)
Dan Myers, Technical Coordinator, New York State Police
Oct 3014:10
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Digital Transformation in Coatings Industry with IoT/ Automation, Data Management, and Computer Vision

Digitalization (Theater 4)
Sam Lim, Senior Research Specialist, The Dow Chemical Company
Oct 3014:10
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Lights, Camera, Automate: Meet Hamilton’s DeckWatch

Automation (Theater 1)
Oct 3014:10
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Sustainable Laboratory Practices in Healthcare and Diagnostics (Fireside Chat)

Sustainability (Theater 3)
Oct 3014:30
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From Innovation to Impact: Transforming the Instrument Service Model to Cultivate Efficiency and Sustainability

Sustainability (Theater 3)
Oct 3014:30
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Lab of Today - Get the Digital Advantage Now

Automation (Theater 1)
Oct 3014:30
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Next Gen Continued Process Verification with AI

AI & Machine Learning (Theater 5)
Karthik raj Konnaiyan, Laboratory Automation Engineer, Tolmar Inc
Oct 3014:30
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Structured Data: How Centralizing Around Structured Data Systems Promotes Collaboration in R&D

Digitalization (Theater 4)
Jason Hirshman, CTO & Co-Founder, Uncountable
Oct 3014:30
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The Myth of JUST a Digital Transformation

Data (Theater 2)
John Conway, Chief Visioneer Officer, 20/15 Visioneers
Oct 3014:50
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Automating the Affinity Selection

Automation (Theater 1)
Nate Hoxie, Research Associate, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Oct 3014:50
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Panel: Internal Robotics Software Vs External

Robotics (Theater 5)
Oct 3014:50
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Panel: Laboratory Digitalization Design Considerations

Digitalization (Theater 4)
Kristan Henderson, Sr. IoT Solutions Consultant, Machine Q, a Comcast Company
Flavio Freitas, Program Manager - Digital Lab Process Design, BASF USA
David Lutness, Head of R&D Digital Platforms, Kenvue
Robert Williams, Director of Digital Lab Innovations, Agilent Technologies
Oct 3014:50
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Panel: Trust and Traceability from Scientific Data

Data (Theater 2)

Reserved for customers of eLab Next

Andy Zaayenga, Executive Chair, Laboratory Research And Innovation Group
Patrick Courtney, member of board of Directors, SiLA Consortium
Burkhard Schaefer, Head of Partnering, SiLA Consortium, AnIML
Oct 3014:50
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Panel: Waste Reduction and Recycling in Laboratory Operations

Sustainability (Theater 3)

Reserved for Supporting Partner

Moderator: Amanda Hart, QC Director, AstraZeneca
Andrew King, Senior Director of HSE, Sustainability and QC IT, AstraZeneca
Steve Vitale, Sustainability Innovation Lead, GSK
Cosette El hage, Chemistry/Physics Lab manager, Lehigh Carbon Community College
Oct 3015:10
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The Evolution of Anti-Viral Assays

Automation (Theater 1)
Scott Radcliffe, Associate Principal Scientist, Merck
Oct 3015:40
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Keynote Address: The Lab is an AI Data Factory

Keynotes
Oct 3016:00
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Keynote Address: Lab Automation Isn’t Automatic: Designing a Fully Autonomous Lab

Keynotes
Robert Williams, Director of Digital Lab Innovations, Agilent Technologies
Oct 3016:20
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Keynote Panel: From Bench to Breakthrough: Key Insights from the Lab Experts

Keynotes
Moderator: Melissa Zeier, Product Management Director, Agilent Technologies
Dan Scungio, Lab Safety Officer, sentara healthcare
Summer Stephens, Automation Scientist, GSK
Oct 3017:00
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Happy Hour: Sponsored by Ganymede

Networking
Nathan Clark, Chief Executive Officer, Ganymede Bio

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Oct 318:59
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Chair Opening Remarks

Keynotes
Shannon Vanderford, Providing strategic insights and resources to laboratories, manufactures and suppliers in support, MyGreenLab
Oct 319:00
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Opening Keynote Address: Beyond Data Points: The Human Side of Lab Stories

Keynotes
Maureen Malakowski, Director, Environmental Health and Safety, University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Klane, Business Development, Sr. Manager, Draeger Safety
Oct 319:20
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Data, A Global Driver of Innovation

Keynotes
Michael Simpson, CEO, Clinisys
Oct 319:40
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Panel: Embedding New Technologies in the Sustainable Laboratory

Keynotes
Moderator: Shannon Vanderford, Providing strategic insights and resources to laboratories, manufactures and suppliers in support, MyGreenLab
Andrew King, Senior Director of HSE, Sustainability and QC IT, AstraZeneca
Will Clark, Sr Director CMC Sustainability, GSK
Oct 3110:59
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Digitalization (Theater 4)
Oct 3110:59
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AI & Machine Learning (Theater 5)
Karthik raj Konnaiyan, Laboratory Automation Engineer, Tolmar Inc
Oct 3110:59
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Oct 3110:59
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Facilities & Lab Design (Theater 3)
Shannon Vanderford, Providing strategic insights and resources to laboratories, manufactures and suppliers in support, MyGreenLab
Oct 3111:00
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Active Challenges in Machine Learning

AI & Machine Learning (Theater 5)
Iman Dehzangi, Professor, Rutgers University
Oct 3111:00
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Evolving Integrated Continuous Biomanufacturing Control Strategies through Digital Twins

Digitalization (Theater 4)
Oct 3111:00
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Sample Preparation Automation: Simplifying Complex Tasks

Automation (Theater 1)
Oct 3111:00
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The NCATS Assay Guidance Manual Program: Advancing the Practice and Rigor of Preclinical Translation

Integrations (Theater 2)
Oct 3111:00
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Title TBD (Fireside Chat)

Facilities & Lab Design (Theater 3)
Kyrie Stevens, CBO, US Lab Partners
Demet Aybar, CEO, US Lab Partners
Oct 3111:20
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AI-Powered Protein Engineering and reducing 98% of the work. We didn’t believe it either…

AI & Machine Learning (Theater 5)
Oct 3111:20
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Digital Sustainability through Data and Communication Standards

Integrations (Theater 2)
Burkhard Schaefer, Head of Partnering, SiLA Consortium, AnIML
Oct 3111:20
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Harnessing Digital Transformation and FAIR Data for Scalable Innovation in Cell-Based Operations

Digitalization (Theater 4)
Gregory Banik, Vice President, Operations, CellPort Software
Oct 3111:20
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Visual Intelligence: The Missing Piece of the Science Automation Puzzle

Automation (Theater 1)
Silas Adekunle, Co-founder and CEO, Lumi
Oct 3111:40
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Panel: Revolutionizing Digital Labs: The Role of LIMS in Modern Laboratory Management

Digitalization (Theater 4)
Moderator: Jason Hirshman, CTO & Co-Founder, Uncountable
David Calabrese, Automation Chemist, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Dan Wu, Associate R&D Director, Dow
Sam Lim, Senior Research Specialist, The Dow Chemical Company
Oct 3111:40
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Panel: Growth in Laboratory Automation: A Roadmap for Innovation

Automation (Theater 1)
Moderator: Manan Luthra, Automation Engineer, NIH/NCATS
Hardik Jani, Scientist, Moderna
Oct 3111:40
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Panel: Lessons Learned During LIS Implementations

Integrations (Theater 2)
Ishrat Jahan, Lead IT Engineer, Regeneron
Jignesh Chandarana, Sr Staff Process Engineer, GRAIL
Tamara Mc Kenna, Director – Global Scientific LIMS Sales, Clinisys
Peter Chase, Scientific Director, Core Automation, Bristol Myers Squibb
David Fagan, Clin. Informatics Specialist, MSKCC
Oct 3111:40
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Transforming Lab Operations: Streamlining Inefficiencies for Superior Performance (Fireside Chat)

Facilities & Lab Design (Theater 3)
Robert Middleton, Director of Product, Lab Automation, Labcorp
Kelly Sullivan, Director of Lab Operations, CIC
Oct 3111:50
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Imaging Analysis Focus: How Do You Ensure Your Data is High Quality?

AI & Machine Learning (Theater 5)
Jeff Winchell, Associate Data Scientist, The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute
Oct 3113:09
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Chair Opening Remarks

Digitalization (Theater 4)
Oct 3113:09
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Oct 3113:09
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Chair Opening Remarks

Facilities & Lab Design (Theater 3)
Shannon Vanderford, Providing strategic insights and resources to laboratories, manufactures and suppliers in support, MyGreenLab
Oct 3113:10
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Keeping Up to Speed in a Digital Forensic Laboratory

Digitalization (Theater 4)
Mark Spooner, Lab Director & Adjunct Professor, Utah Tech University
Oct 3113:10
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Navigating Through The Landscape of Pre-Owned Instrumentation: Pros, Cons, Pitfalls

Facilities & Lab Design (Theater 3)
Oct 3113:10
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Quality Control and Assurance in Automated Lab Processes

Automation (Theater 1)
Adam McLennan, Head of Global QC and Stability, AstraZeneca
Oct 3113:10
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Thinking of Your Lab Processes from a Production Standpoint

Integrations (Theater 2)
Oct 3113:40
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Automation in Chemistry vs Biology (Fireside Chat)

Automation (Theater 1)
Pranav Bende, Senior Robotics Engineer, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Vijaya Krishna Veerisetty, Automation Engineer, NCATS
Anthony Garrison, Automation Engineer, NCATS
Oct 3113:40
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Global Sample Tracking and Workflow Management in Drug Discovery – Does it Matter?

Integrations (Theater 2)
Yamin Htet, Sr. Scientist, AstraZeneca
Oct 3113:40
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Navigating Integration: Challenges and Wins for Regional Labs

Digitalization (Theater 4)
Oct 3114:10
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Design and Creation of On-Demand Screening

Integrations (Theater 2)
Oct 3114:30
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Computer Vision for Automated Cell Culture at Scale (Fireside Chat)

Integrations (Theater 2)
Jeff Winchell, Associate Data Scientist, The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute
Dorothy Addie, Data Science Assistant, The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute
Oct 3114:30
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The Evolution of Automation

Automation (Theater 1)
Will Serber, Head of Automation Solutions, Ginkgo Bioworks
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