Dear SiLA friends
Delighted to share with you the second SiLA Newsletter of 2026!
The length of this newsletter reflects how active the first quarter of the year has been for SiLA. A heartfelt thank you to all SiLA friends, directors, and members for your continued support!
SiLA Inside
• SiLA Conference
• New SiLA Award
News from the lab
• SLAS publishes Data Standards Repository
• Newest article in DDW: How to improve lab education
• Interview with Meghav Verma from Axle
• SiLA Core Working Group Update
• SiLA AI Working Group Update
• SiLA Cyber Security Working Group Update
• SiLA Robotics Working Group Update
• SiLA Adoption Working Group Update
Event reviews
• Review of Pittcon in San Antonio, Texas, USA
• Review of RSC Analyticode 2026 — One‑Day Conference, London, UK
• Review of the 13th Munich Lab Automaters Meetup, Munich, DE
• Review of first Berlin Lab Automaters Meetup, Berlin, DE
• Review of SiLA at PLA Europe in Barcelona
• Review of SiLA at analytica 2026 in Munich, DE
Upcoming events in 2026:
• DIGITAL LAB SUMMIT EUROPE, Berlin, DE, April 15-16
• BioProcess International Europe 2026, Vienna, A, April 27-30
• London Lab Live, London, UK, May 6-7
• Future Lab Live, Basel, CH, May 27-28
• Discovery & Development Europe, Berlin, DE, June 15-16
• SiLA Conference, Basel, CH, October 9
• IUTA Analytik-Tag, Duisburg, DE, November 2
Newsletter available here.
We hope you enjoy the content!