e-Lab 2003

Automation, Integration and New Technologies

17th in the International LIMS Series of Conferences

Automation and computerised information management first made a major impact on the laboratory with the concept of LIMS in the 1980s. Advances since then in electronics, microprocessors, automation of analytical instruments and laboratory information management systems mean that the 'high tech' laboratory of today is far removed from those of the early '80s. However, these developments have raised many issues for the laboratory manager, particularly relating to automation, evaluation and significance of analytical data, and records or database management.

The AAMG has been involved in bringing issues such as these to the attention of managers since 1985, when it organised the first of a continuous series of LIMS conferences. Today, it remains as important as ever to periodically review changes in the concept and implementation of key areas such as laboratory systems and practice or data and knowledge management. The concept has, however, broadened from that of developing a LIMS for the laboratory to one of the e-Lab, ensuring that 'information rich' data is obtained from the measurement processes and is transferred to local and corporate information management systems.

PROGRAMME

You can download abstracts, where available, in the form of Word files.

Session 1:   LIMS - Current issues, future developments

• LIMS Award Lecture: LIMS Through the Looking Glass,
  Joe Golden, Laboratory Management Systems Inc, New York, US

• 'Our LIMS System Works' - what we have/have not achieved,
  Steve Nash, LGC, Teddington, UK

• Managing Lab Data Effectively, Optimising a LIMS,
  Mike O'Hanlon, Alcontrol Laboratories, Rotherham, UK

• Enterprise LIMS - Can the Pre-requisites be met?,
  Graham Wilson, LabVantage Solutions, High Wycombe, Bucks, UK

Session 2:   Integration, Automation & New Technology

• Solutions for Integrated Management of uHTS Automated Processes,
  Felix Risco, Cheminformatics, GSK, Tres Cantos, Spain

• Electronic Worksheets,
  Mark Gonzalez, LabWare, Holmes Chapel, UK

• The Integration Layer in a LIMS/Automation System,
  Rob Harkness, PAA, Farnborough, UK

• Developing a Wireless Laboratory,
  Dan Brooke, GSK, Stevenage, UK

• Technology Integration - Practical Solutions,
  Mark Fish, ThermoLabSystems, Altrincham, UK

• The Measurement and Improvement of Laboratory Information Systems
  Gordon Logan, Labformatics Ltd., Manchester, UK

Session 3:   Electronic Records

• ELNs, Electronic Lab Notebooks
  Martin Till, Quest International, Ashford, UK

• Setting the Record Straight - Electronic Record Keeping,
  Christine Kelly, Novartis, Camberley, UK

• Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Information Management and Electronic Records,
  Simon Coles, Amphora Research Systems, Crowthorne, UK

Session 4:   Managing the E-Laboratory

• Analytical Technologies for the E-Lab,
  David Rudd, GSK, Ware, UK

• DRIP (data rich information poor), data throughput and QA/QC,
  Mike Riordan, Environment Agency, Nottingham, UK

• Skills for the automated e-Lab,
  Howard Hill, Huntingdon Life Science, Cambridgeshire, UK

• Good Automated Manufacturing Practice,
  Chris Clark, Napp Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, UK

• Managing the Laboratory for Better Performance: A Scheduling Approach,
  Chris Dale, Business Traction Technologies, London, UK

• Interpreting Clinical Data, the Expert Systems Layer,
  Alan McLelland, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK

This page last updated on 30 August 2003