Lab Awards to reunite the lab community in celebration

Lab Awards to reunite the lab community in celebration

~ The deadline for submissions to the prestigious institution is on July 19 ~

London, 11/07/2024: The deadline for the UK and Ireland’s best and brightest to send submissions to the Lab Awards, the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the laboratory community’s achievements, is rapidly approaching. Entries must be sent by July 19 via the online submission portal. The free-to-enter awards will be a presented in a ceremony that will take place at the heart of the lab community, Lab Innovations, at the NEC, Birmingham, at 3 pm on October 30, 2024.

The Lab Awards, hosted in partnership with Laboratory News, features opportunities for recognition for everyone connected to the lab industry. The categories are: Outstanding Achievement; Laboratory of the Year; Smart Lab of the Year; Sustainable Lab of the Year; Lab Technician of the Year; Rising Star; Supplier Excellence; Best Sustainable Innovation; Best Technology Innovation; Best Automation & Data Innovation; Best Consumables Innovation; Best Collaborative Project; and Commitment to Skills & Training.

In 2024, the Lab Awards will embody inclusivity and acknowledgement of all members of the laboratory community. While the glamour of last year’s black-tie evening was a new, exciting departure from the sector’s norms, Lab Innovations plans to restore the community feel to its awards show by holding it on the show floor. Surrounded by inspiring conversations and budding professional relationships, and once again free to enter and attend at all stages, the 2024 Lab Awards will be a platform for professionals to celebrate professionals.

“It’s important for all companies to demonstrate what they’re doing best because it pushes everyone to strive to be better,” explained Dr Diane Turner, founder and director at Anthias Consulting and winner of the 2023 Supplier Excellence award. “To demonstrate that to the world through these awards is, I think, really important.”

“This is going to go in pride of place in my office,” beamed Matthew Bramley, managing director at Trafalgar Scientific, upon receiving the Outstanding Achievement award. “It does give us a lot of prestige and I’ll smile every time I look at it.”

After the submission deadline on July 19, a panel of experts from all corners of the UK laboratory industry will assemble to judge the entrants and compile an elite shortlist, announced in early September. The judges for this year are yet to be announced, with previous rosters including Gerald Law, chief executive at Innovation DB and Jiteen Ahmed, head of technical services at Aston University and chair of the laboratory group at the Southern Universities Procurement Consortium (SUPC).

“The Lab Awards, and the wider Lab Innovations show, don’t exist without the marvellous people that we want to applaud with these awards,” said Simon Farnfield, event director at Lab Innovations and its co-located sister show, Advanced Engineering. “This is their opportunity to receive the plaudits that they deserve for tireless and innovative work all year round.”

If you or your company has won great achievement in one of the award categories, sign up for free now for your chance to win at the Lab Awards ceremony at Lab Innovations in October: https://labawards2024.cfp. The only requirement to attend is a free registration to attend Lab Innovations. Register for the show here: https://register.visitcloud.com/survey/1z8yhs0w9xcg8?actioncode=6999