Electronic Laboratory Notebooks are an exciting new informatics technology which can bring your laboratory into the 21st century.  Once implemented, the ELN software makes running a complex laboratory much more elegant and streamlined in terms of record keeping, record accessing, cross-referencing and adapting.  The technology thus offers benefits to individual users and to large organisations.  But how easy is it to make the transition from a paper lab to an electronic lab?  Learn how you can make that transition as swiftly and effectively as possible by hearing about the experiences of Pfizer, GSK and Johnson & Johnson at the conference.

The software, designed to provide an alternative to traditional, paper-based laboratory notebooks, can be used within the laboratory to document research, experiments and procedures undertaken in the lab.  With these documents acting as evidence should a problem arise the need for a secure system is paramount.  Implementation of ELN systems can dramatically reduce data storage issues associated with stringent regulatory data retention policies.  However, this also means the validation process for such systems can be lengthy.

SMi's 3rd Annual ELN conference, 'Laboratory Informatics for the 21st Century', provides delegates with essential information relating to previous experiences of the implementation and use of ELN software.  Avoid common pitfalls and stumbling blocks by learning from the mistakes of your peers through detailed case studies.  Data management will also be addressed, along with the legal framework for such systems.

At this conference you will learn about

• Optimal strategies for implementing ELN in your laboratory
• Easy and useful ELN designs
• Pitfalls to avoid
• Legal issues surrounding ELN and LIMS
• Strategies for successful laboratory data management
• Regulatory compliance and long-term archiving
• Using ELNs for information-driven R&D
• Optimising your LIMS
• Getting the most out of your ELN post-implementation
• Case studies from Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson

Key benefits of attending

• Learn from the experts the best way to implement an ELN system into your laboratory
• Hear case studies to maximise your successful introduction of this technology
• Discuss common pitfalls and avoidance strategies with your peers
• Network with the people you need to know in the Lab Informatics arena

Our keynote speakers

Antonio Gomez
Senior Scientist, Information Management
Johnson & Johnson

Carla Marchioro
Director & Site Head, Verona Analytical Chemistry
GlaxoSmithKline

Michael Kopach
Principal Research Scientist
Eli Lilly
 

Omer Casher
Manager, Medical Imaging ITGlaxoSmithKline

Our expert speakers

Colin Sandercock, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP

Jo Mulgrew, Data Management Specialist, Pfizer

Matthew Dick, Senior Associate, Bristows

Jeremy Frey, Professor of Chemistry, University of Southampton

Charlie Sodano, Founder, eOrganizedWorld

Simon Coles, Chief Executive, Amphora

Jan Hauß, Central Analytics Informatics, Merck

Richard Lysakowski, Executive Director, Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association

Robert Dillman, Senior Quality Assurance Representative, Eli Lilly

Ian Menzies, GP R&D Business Development, AstraZeneca

Francis Bennet, Director, Product Marketing, Symyx Technologies

Joe Peden, General Manager, STARLIMS Europe, STARLIMS Technologies

Chief Executives, Vice Presidents, Heads, Directors, Scientists and Project Leaders of

• ELN
• LIMS
• Information Management
• Analytics
• Informatics
• IT
• Head of Laboratory
• Quality Assurance
• Validation
• Business Development
• Research and Development 
• Archiving 
• Compliance