Since 2000
Where laboratory visionaries come together.
The Lab Design Conference has brought together the architects, engineers, scientists, researchers, planners, builders, facility leaders, and innovators shaping the future of laboratory environments.
Join us in Dallas for four days of forward-thinking ideas, influential conversations, exclusive experiences, and firsthand insights from the people behind some of the industry’s most ambitious projects.
This is where the laboratory community gathers to discover what’s next.
The Lab Design Community
Meet the people behind today’s most innovative laboratories
The future of laboratory design isn’t shaped by one discipline.
It happens when the people who work in laboratories collaborate with the people who plan, design, engineer, build, furnish, and support them.
The Lab Design Conference creates a rare opportunity to bring those perspectives together. Whether you’re developing a new facility, reimagining an existing space, solving an operational challenge, or looking ahead to what’s next, you’ll encounter ideas and expertise that can change the way you approach your work.
The most valuable lessons come from experience.
Learn from the projects everyone will be talking about tomorrow
At the Lab Design Conference, you’ll go inside real laboratory projects with the people who brought them to life. Hear what worked, what didn’t, what changed along the way, and what these teams would do differently next time.
Hear directly from the teams responsible for planning, designing, constructing, commissioning, and operating today’s advanced research environments. Explore the decisions shaping their success—from planning, design, and engineering to sustainability, technology integration, operations, scientific workflow, and the experience of the people who use these spaces every day.
Topics include:
- Laboratory planning and programming
- Architecture and engineering
- Renovation and modernization
- Sustainability and resiliency
- Flexible and adaptable laboratories
- Artificial intelligence and automation
- Safety and compliance
- Construction and commissioning
- Laboratory operations and workflow
- Stakeholder engagement
Innovation Trail
Find the solutions changing how laboratories work
When you’re looking for answers to a specific challenge, finding the right solution shouldn’t be left to chance.
The Innovation Trail organizes exhibiting partners by the problems they help solve, making it easier to discover the technologies, products, and expertise most relevant to your priorities.
Whether you’re looking to improve efficiency, increase flexibility, integrate new technology, or create safer and more sustainable spaces, follow the solution paths that matter to you and discover the partners ready to help you move forward.
Select Innovation Trail partners will take the experience even further with Solution Spotlights—short, focused presentations designed to introduce promising ideas and technologies worth a closer look.
IDEAS START HERE
Be part of the conversations shaping what’s next
The right conversation can change the direction of a project.
The Lab Design Conference brings together people with different perspectives but a shared interest in creating better laboratory environments—from those making decisions about research and operations to those designing, constructing, and equipping the spaces where that work happens.
Over four days, sessions lead to conversations, introductions become collaborations, and ideas move beyond the conference room.
Four days that can influence years of decisions
CONNECT
Build relationships with the people influencing what’s next in laboratory design.
DISCOVER
Follow the Innovation Trail to find ideas and solutions relevant to your work.