Events
The Alpha Laboratories team will be at the following Conferences and Exhibitions:
Upcoming events:
We'll be exhibiting at the following events. If you're planning to attend any listed, make sure you visit us when you're there, or contact us to arrange a face to face meeting.
BSMM Conference
Date: 7th - 9th September 2025
Location: The Assembly House, Norwich
We are attending the 59th British Society for Medical Mycology (BSMM) event. This event provides a unique opportunity to network with at least 100 delegates with an estimated 50/50 mix of academic researchers and clinicians/clinical-allied professionals.
LabMed Scotland Scientific Meeting
Date: 11th September 2025
Location: COSLA Conference Centre, Edinburgh
IST Technical Conference Birmingham University
Date: 18th September 2025
Location: Teaching & Learning Building, University of Birmingham
LAMS PostDoc Society Research Conference
Date: 19th September 2025
Location: Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building, University of Warwick
IBMS Biomedical Science Congress
Stand #126
Date: 22nd – 25th September 2025
Location: The ICC, Birmingham
With a robust programme featuring world-class speakers, interactive workshops and a dynamic exhibition, Congress 2025 promises to be an unmissable event for professionals and enthusiasts alike. As these plans take shape, it's clear that 2025 will be a milestone year for the IBMS.

Supplier's Exhibition at Moredun Research Institute
Date: 1st October 2025
Location: Pentlands Science Park, Midlothian
Delivering POCT: Diagnostics in the Community
Date: 8th October 2025
Location: Manchester Conference Centre & The Pendulum Hotel
Best Practice
Stand M40
Date: 8th-9th October
Location: NEC, Birmingham
The Best Practice Birmingham conference programme is 100% dedicated to the issues currently being faced within general practice and primary care across the country.
The programme is tailored to meet the CPD requirements of healthcare professionals with clinical content closely following the GP curriculum spearheaded by the Royal College of General Practitioners and your attendance can earn you up to 12 CPD points.
Molecular Haemopoiesis Conference
Date: 20th October 2025
Location: Francis Crick Institute
Drug Discovery
Date: 21st - 22nd October 2025
Location: ACC Exhibition Centre, King's Dock, Port of Liverpool
Europe’s largest conference for the drug discovery community returns to Liverpool, with scientific tracks featuring a range of industry and academic insights. And in the middle of all this science there is the exhibition hall, which is a great opportunity to meet over two hundred drug discovery suppliers and to learn about all the latest products and services you can use in your research.
Lab Innovations
Stand C62
Date: 29th - 30th October 2025
Location: NEC, Birmingham
We're excited to be back at Lab Innovations, the leading event dedicated to the laboratory industry, for another year - you'll find us on stand C62.
The team will be on hand to meet you to discuss our wide range of laboratory solutions including Fastrak® Tip Refill System, high quality Pastette® transfer pipettes, and ideas for improving sustainability in your laboratory, like our LaboraTree tree planting scheme.

POCT-for-Scot
Date: 4th November 2025
Location: Murrayfield Scottish Gas Stadium, Edinburgh
At this event, you'll have the opportunity to explore the latest advancements in POCT technology and how it is revolutionising healthcare delivery. Engage with industry experts, participate in hands-on workshops, and discover how POCT is shaping the future of healthcare in Scotland.
BAUN Annual Conference
Stand 39
Date: 16th - 18th November 2025
Location: Edinburgh International Conference Centre
At this event we'll be showcasing our new point of care urine testing system (UTS™) from Clinical Design Technologies.
East Midlands Urology Nurse Conference
Date: 19th November 2025
Location: DoubleTree Hilton Gateway, Nottingham
Annual Research and Development Conference
Date: 26th November 2025
Location: Castle Suite, The Vale Resort
The R&D conference is an annual event which provides the opportunity to showcase the high quality research undertaken by the University Health Board, bringing together colleagues both within and outside the NHS, including health professionals, academics and policy leads to facilitate the sharing of ideas for future research and development.
POCT Innovators
Date: 15th December 2025
Location: National Army Museum, Chelsea, London
Please Contact us to Discuss Events
Past Events
HM-JACKarc FIT User Group Meeting
On 13th September 2022, Alpha Laboratories held a user group meeting in Birmingham.
This exclusive event brought together laboratory users to share a wealth of knowledge and experience. It provided the perfect opportunity for them to network with fellow users and to exchange views and ideas about their experience of using Faecal Immunochemical Testing in their clinics or laboratories.


ACB Focus
On 7th June at ACB Focus 2018, Alpha Laboratories sponsored a workshop: ‘FIT to Practice?’ which was chaired by Professor Callum Fraser and presented by Nigel D’Souza and Sally Benton. Nigel D’Souza presented preliminary data on the NICE FIT study, the largest multi-centre FIT trial in England, whilst Sally Benton discussed the technical capabilities and clinical outcomes from FIT Testing in the symptomatic.
Watch the presentations and the Q&A session:
Digestive Diseases Day
On the 15th November 2017 Alpha Laboratories held a Digestive Diseases Day workshop in Birmingham. This educational day brought together experts in the field to discuss recent advances in clinical diagnostics for gastroenterology, covering symptomatic FIT and faecal calprotectin implementation. The seminars from the panel of experts were recorded and can be viewed below.
Watch the Presentations:
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FIT in the symptomatic Patient; NICE DG30 Guidance
Sally C Benton, Consultant Biochemist, BSPS,
Director, Bowel Cancer Screening Southern England Hub -
FIT negative follow-up
Dr James Turvill, Consultant Gastroenterologist
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust -
FIT to practice?
Professor Ramesh Arasaradnam, Consultant Gastroenterologist,
University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire -
Calprotectin in primary care
Dr James Turvill, Consultant Gastroenterologist
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust -
Pre-analytical influences on calprotectin
Amanda Appleton, Product Manager
Alpha Laboratories Ltd. -
Approaches to method verification and validation in the context of ISO 15189
Professor Tim James, Clinical Biochemistry,
Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust