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Why Lab Pros Keep Coming Back: 25 Years of the Lab Design Conference
The 25th annual Lab Design Conference, taking place May 11-14 in Orlando, brings together end users planning lab projects and the design and project teams who serve them for AIA-accredited sessions and networking focused on collaboration, connection, and advancing lab design
An Operations-First Framework for Lab Renovations
Renovating active laboratories offers a cost-effective alternative to new construction but requires a highly strategic, operations-centered approach to upgrade facilities and integrate new technologies while minimizing disruptions to critical, ongoing work
Logical Workflow Solutions for Labs: Designing Around How Work Happens in Real Life
Laboratory designs often fall short when early decisions are made without direct input from end users, leading to subtle but persistent workflow inefficiencies that could be avoided by understanding and prioritizing real-world processes from the outset
How Documentation Fragmentation Threatens Lab Planning, Operations, and Compliance
Laboratory facilities often lose critical design, commissioning, and operational documentation over time due to fragmented, project-based recordkeeping, highlighting the need for a persistent, asset-linked identity system to ensure long-term continuity, compliance, and access to complete facility history
Learn the Lessons That Can Save Your Lab Project
Gain early insight into the small decisions that can lead to costly lab design challenges and learn from experienced teams at the Lab Design Conference—our special promo code lets you save on your ticket for a limited time only
Get in the Room with Your Next Client at the Lab Design Conference
Meet and learn directly from lab end users actively planning projects at the Lab Design Conference—use this valuable opportunity to build connections with potential clients and better understand what they need from their lab spaces
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Aimee McKinney
At the 2026 Lab Design Conference in Orlando, Aimee McKinney will share lessons from real-world laboratory relocations and discuss strategies for planning flexible, efficient lab spaces through strong collaboration between lab users and design teams
Maximize Your Lab Design Conference Experience with Hands-On Workshops
At the Lab Design Conference in Orlando, attendees can enhance their experience by adding a hands-on workshop to their ticket—each session offers practical strategies on workflow-driven design, risk management, or code compliance, and with limited spots filling quickly, early registration is strongly encouraged
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Jessica Scholl
At the 2026 Lab Design Conference in Orlando, Jessica Scholl of Nationwide Children’s Hospital will co-present practical strategies for successfully planning and executing laboratory relocations, drawing on lessons from real-world lab transitions to help teams create efficient, future-ready spaces
The Lab Is Home: Why the People Who Work in Scientific Spaces Should Never Feel Like an Afterthought
Laboratories are too often designed around equipment and efficiency rather than the human beings working in them, even though supporting people’s physical and mental needs is essential for accuracy, well-being, and the quality of scientific work