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Attending Discovery&Development Europe 2025? Extend Your Stay in Basel for the SiLA Conference at Roche on June 25th!

Are you attending the OxfordGlobal Discovery & Development Europe 2025 conference in Basel, Switzerland on June 23–24? We invite you to extend your visit and join us for the SiLA Conference on June 25th, hosted at Roche. Take this opportunity...Continue reading
by Carmen Condrau

New Application Note Release – Chromatography Data System Integration with SiLA 2!

We are delighted to announce the launch of our latest application note: “Chromatography Data System Integration with SiLA 2” –  by splashlake. Register for free as a personal member and download the application note: https://sila-standard.com/downloads/#1598259056647-2601f5fd-310d  ...Continue reading
by Carmen Condrau

SiLA April Newsletter available for download now!

Dear SiLA friends Here are the topics of our first newsletter of 2025: News from the Lab: 👉 New SiLA Article: The AC/DC Concept – Bridging control systems in smart labs 👉Application Note: Smart Lab Automation with Laboperator LES 👉SLAS...Continue reading
by Carmen Condrau

SiLA Request for Proposal to check the SiLA 2 Implementations for vulnerabilities

Dear SiLA friends and members The SiLA Consortium is looking for a proposal to check the SiLA 2 Implementations for vulnerabilities. Check the SiLA 2 Implementations for vulnerabilities Setup automated code testing for Implementations within gitlab.com/SiLA2 Create SBOM, Check for...Continue reading
by Carmen Condrau

New Application Note Release!

We are delighted to announce the launch of our latest application note: “Smart Lab Automation with Laboperator LES – Enhancing Device Connectivity Using SiLA 2” – a collaboration between Laboperator LES by Labforward and Roche. Register for free as a...Continue reading
by Carmen Condrau

Upcoming Webinar: “From Data to Discovery: Overcoming Digitalization Challenges in Drug Development”

Join us (free of charge) as we explore the latest advancements in laboratory digitalization and data management. Date & Time: April 16th, 4-5pm CEST Online link: http://smartlab.university Brought to you by: Smartlab.network, SiLA, and Oxford Global This session serves as...Continue reading
by Carmen Condrau

The first SiLA newsletter of 2025 available!

Dear SiLA friends We hope you had a good start into 2025! Here are the topics of our first newsletter of 2025: News from the lab: – The SiLA Installer is now generally available – Up-skilling in laboratory automation (article...Continue reading
by Carmen Condrau

🚀 SiLAS made a quick step over in San Francisco before heading to SLAS in San Diego!

We had an amazing SiLA-AnIML SPLASH session with a full room of highly motivated attendees – thank you all for the incredible interest! Also, special thanks to Luis Villa and the Bay Area Lab Automators for their support! Don’t forget...Continue reading
by Carmen Condrau

🎄✨ Season’s Greetings from SiLA! ✨🎄

Dear SiLA Members and Friends of Open Standards in Lab Automation, As we approach 2025, we’re excited to share how SiLA is gearing up to make the adoption of our standards easier and more impactful for vendors and users alike:...Continue reading
by Carmen Condrau

The SiLA Connection Newsletter 2024/04 – ready for download

Dear SiLA friends and members We are delighted to share the “Fall-Edition” of our SiLA Connection Newsletter with you. Read about news from the lab, event reviews and where to meet us next! To download the newsletter click here. We...Continue reading
by Carmen Condrau

Events

  • Discovery & Development Europe 2025

    Date: June 23-24, 2025

    Place: Basel, CH

  • SiLA Conference

    Date: June 25, 2025

    Place: Basel, CH

  • ILMAC 2025

    Date: Sept 16-18, 2025

    Place: Basel, CH

  • Arab Lab Live

    Date: Sept 23-25, 2025

    Place: Dubai, UAE

  • Lab of the Future

    Date: Sept 30 - Oct 1, 2025

    Place: Amsterdam, NL

  • ELRIG Drug Discovery 2025

    Date: Oct 21-22, 2025

    Place: Liverpool, UK

  • Future Labs Live 2025

    Date: May 27-28, 2025

    Place: Basel, CH

  • London Lab Live 2025

    Date: May 14-15, 2025

    Place: London, UK

  • German Biotech Days

    Date: Apr. 9-10, 2025

    Place: Heidelberg, Germany

  • SLAS 2025

    Date: Jan. 25-29, 2025

    Place: San Diego, USA

  • Future Labs, Automation & Technology Europe

    Date: Dec. 3, 2024

    Place: London, UK

  • Future Labs, Automation & Technology West

    Date: Nov. 12, 2024

    Place: San Diego, USA

  • Future Labs Live US

    Date: Oct. 30-31

    Place: Philadelphia, US

  • PLA India

    Date: Oct. 15-16, 2024

    Place: Mumbai, India

  • ELRIG Drug Discovery 2024

    Date: Oct. 2-3, 2024

    Place: London, UK

  • Lab of the Future Europe

    Date: Oct. 1-2, 2024

    Place: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • BioLAGO TraceBot Symposium

    Date: Sept. 25, 2024

    Place: Konstanz, Germany

  • Future Labs LIVE Basel 2024

    Date: Jun. 26-27, 2024

    Place: Basel, Switzerland

  • Achema 2024

    Date: Jun. 10-14, 2024

    Place: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  • Automate Europe 2024

    Date: May 22-23, 2024

    Place: Basel, Switzerland

  • ICRA 2024

    Date: May 13-17, 2024

    Place: Yokohama, Japan / Online

  • Analytica 2024

    Date: Apr. 9-12, 2024

    Place: Munich, Germany

  • Paperless Lab Academy

    Date: Mar. 12-13, 2024

    Place: Milano, Italy

  • Lab of the Future US

    Date: Mar. 11-12, 2024

    Place: Boston, USA

  • SLAS2024

    Date: Feb. 5-7, 2024

    Place: Boston, USA

  • Future Labs, Automation and Technology Europe

    Date: Dec. 6, 2023

    Place: London, UK

  • Paperless Lab Academy®

    Date: Nov. 15-16, 2023

    Place: North Carolina, USA

  • Future Labs, Automation and Technology West

    Date: Nov. 14, 2023

    Place: San Diego, USA

  • SiLA workshop at IUTA (Institut für Umwelt & Energie, Technik & Analytik)

    Date: Nov. 8, 2023

    Place: Duisburg, Germany

  • Lab Innovations

    Date: Nov. 1-2, 2023

    Place: Birmingham, UK

  • ELRIG Drug Discovery 2023

    Date: Oct. 18-19, 2023

    Place: Liverpool, UK

  • SiLA/AnIML Splash session (ELRIG)

    Date: Oct. 17, 2023

    Place: Liverpool, UK

  • Paperless Lab Academy®

    Date: Oct. 10-11, 2023

    Place: Hyderabad, India

  • BioTechX

    Date: Oct. 4-6, 2023

    Place: Basel, CH

  • Lab of the Future Europe

    Date: Sept. 26-27, 2023

    Place: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • FutureLABS Live EU

    Date: May 31- Jun. 2, 2023

    Place: Basel, CH

  • Robotics-4-Labautomation Symposium, BioLAGO

    Date: May 25, 2023

    Place: Konstanz, Germany

  • BioIT US 2023

    Date: May 16-18, 2023

    Place: virtual / Boston, USA

  • BioTechX

    Date: Oct. 4-6, 2023

    Place: Basel, CHF

  • PDA Robotics & Automation Conference 2023

    Date: May 3-4, 2023

    Place: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Pharma Automation & Robotics 2023

    Date: Apr. 20-21, 2023

    Place: London, UK

  • IQPC smart Lab

    Date: Mar. 22-23, 2023

    Place: San Diego, USA

  • SLAS 2023

    Date: Feb. 26 - Mar. 1, 2023

    Place: San Diego, USA

  • IQPC smart Lab EU

    Date: Feb. 22-23, 2023

    Place: Amsterdam, NL

  • Future Labs LIVE US

    Date: Nov. 15-16, 2022

    Place: N.Carolina USA

  • BioTechX Congress

    Date: Nov. 9, 2022

    Place: Basel , CH

  • BioIT Europe

    Date: Oct. 19-20, 2022

    Place: Berlin, Germany

  • Lab of the Future

    Date: Oct. 4-5, 2022

    Place: Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  • ELRIG UK / SiLA hackathon

    Date: Oct. 3, 2022

    Place: London, UK

  • SiLA Academic User Conference #2

    Date: Mar. 31, 2022

    Place: Virtual

  • SiLA Academic User Conference #1

    Date: Nov. 11, 2021

    Place: virtual

  • Lab of the Future

    Date: Oct. 26-27, 2021

    Place: virtual

  • BioSASH hackathon #2

    Date: Oct. 14, 2021

    Place: virtual

  • Pistoia Alliance Webinar

    Date: Sept. 9, 2021

    Place: virtual

  • smartLAB connects

    Date: Sept. 9, 2021

    Place: virtual

  • SmartLab IQPC

    Date: Aug. 25-26, 2021

    Place: virtual

  • Future Labs LIVE

    Date: Jun. 21-22, 2021

    Place: vitual

  • ACHEMA PULSE

    Date: Jun. 15-16, 2021

    Place: virtual

  • BioSASH Hackathon #1

    Date: Jun. 17, 2021

    Place: virtual

  • SiLA User Conference

    Date: Jun. 8, 2021

    Place: virtual

  • PSIS workshop: Organ on Chip

    Date: Apr. 28-29, 2021

    Place: virtual

  • Lab of the Future

    Date: Apr. 13-14, 2021

    Place: virtual

  • SmartLab exchange

    Date: Jan. 27, 2021

    Place: virtual

  • SLAS2021 digital

    Date: Jan. 25-27, 2021

    Place: virtual

  • Future Labs Live

    Date: Nov. 17, 2020

    Place: virtual

  • Analytica 2020

    Date: Oct. 19 - 22, 2020

    Place: Munich, Germany and virtual

  • SiLA Hackathon

    Date: Oct. 13, 2020

    Place: Tecan Wiesbaden, Mainz, Germany

  • Future Labs Live

    Date: Sept, 28 - 29, 2020

    Place: virtual

  • SiLA Hackathon

    Date: Sept, 9, 2020

    Place: Sartorius, Göttingen, Germany

  • Smartlab Exchange for R&D

    Date: Aug, 26, 2020

    Place: virtual

  • Future Labs Live

    Date: Aug, 13, 2020

    Place: virtual

  • Future Labs Live

    Date: Jul, 22, 2020

    Place: virtual

  • Lab of the Future USA Congress

    Date: May, 19-20, 2020

    Place: Boston, USA

  • SiLA Hackathon #19

    Date: Mar, 6, 2020

    Place: TU Berlin, Germany

  • SLAS 2020

    Date: Jan, 25-29, 2020

    Place: San Diego, USA

  • Lab of the Future 2019

    Date: Nov, 13-14

    Place: Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK

  • SiLA hackathon #18

    Date: Nov 7

    Place: MIF, Liverpool, UK

  • SmartLab Network

    Date: Nov 6

    Place: IUTA Duisburg, Germany

  • ELRIG UK 2019

    Date: Nov, 5-6

    Place: Liverpool, United Kingdom

  • LIMS-Forum

    Date: Oct, 22-23

    Place: Jülich, Germany

  • SiLA Conference 2019

    Date: Sept, 24

    Place: Basel

  • SiLA Hackathon (kindly sponsored by Tecan)

    Date: Sept, 20

    Place: Wiesbaden, Germany

  • BioLAGO joint hackathon workshop with SiLA and AnIML

    Date: Jul, 4

    Place: Konstanz, Germany

  • SiLA hackathon #14

    Date: Jun, 14

    Place: Berlin, Germany

  • Labvolution 2019

    Date: May, 21-23

    Place: Hannover, Germany

  • Pittcon 2019

    Date: Mar, 16-19

    Place: Philadelphia, USA

  • SSLA 2019

    Date: Mar, 14

    Place: Rapperswil, Switzerland

  • SmartLab Exchange 2019

    Date: Feb, 27-28, 2019

    Place: Berlin, Germany

  • SLAS 2019

    Date: Feb, 2-6, 2019

    Place: Washington, DC..

  • ELRIG UK 2018

    Date: Oct, 9-10, 2018

    Place: London, United Kingdom

  • MipTec / BaselLife 2018

    Date: Sept, 11-14, 2018

    Place: Basel, Switzerland

  • SiLA Conference 2018: Cloud Labs

    Date: Sept 3, 2018

    Place: MipTec, Basel

  • SLASeurope Brussels 2018

    Date: Jun, 27-29, 2018

    Place: Brussels

  • ELRIG France 2018

    Date: May, 23-24, 2018

    Place: Strasbourg, France

  • Paperless Lab Academy 2018

    Date: Mar 20-21, 2018

    Place: Milano, Italy

  • SmartLab Exchange US 2018

    Date: Feb 20-21, 2018

    Place: San Diego, CA, USA

  • SLAS 2018

    Date: Feb 3-7, 2018

    Place: San Diego, CA

  • Global Pharma R&D informatics Congress 2017

    Date: Nov 30-Dec 1, 2017

    Place: Lisbon, Portugal

  • SmartLab Exchange Europe 2017

    Date: Feb 7-8, 2017

    Place: Berlin, Germany

  • SLAS 2017

    Date: Feb 4-8, 2017

    Place: Washington, DC, USA