Scientific Podium Presentations from three educational tracks:

The SLAS Scientific Program Committee selects conference speakers based on the innovation, relevance and applicability of research as well as those that best address the interests and priorities of today’s life sciences discovery and technology community. All presentations are published with the presenters' permission.

• Advances in Laboratory Automation
• Advances in Drug Discovery
• Screening Applications and Diagnostics

Conference Chairs:

James Pilling, MS

Associate Principal Scientist
AstraZeneca (England)

Vivian Lu Tan, PhD

Managing Director
Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities (Austria)

Solutions Spotlights are 20-minute presentations by exhibitors that highlight a new technology or a customer case study.

Exhibitor Tutorials offer a powerful platform for sponsors to engage attendees with detailed product information and technical programming. 

The SLAS Ignite Award recognizes the best start-up or emerging company exhibiting within Innovation AveNEW, the specially designated area for start-ups and emerging companies within the Exhibition.

Companies selected for Innovation AveNEW, and who opt-in to compete for the SLAS Ignite Award, will be judged by an SLAS panel on a combination of key concepts, including their marketing plan, market presence and potential, funding prospects, plan for growth and the existence of balanced company leadership, among other qualities, for a chance to win €5,000.

NexusXp: The Connected Lab focuses on integrative automation, seamlessly connecting devices, platforms and people to advance scientific workflows. Designed to spark collaboration between vendors and researchers, NexusXp highlights real-world lab automation scenarios that blend hardware, software and human ingenuity.

Recorded sessions include:

The Do's and Don'ts of The Connected Lab Panel Discussion

NexusXp Flash Talk - Agilent

Recordings from the SLAS Topical Interest Group Sessions at SLAS Europe 2026