Agora
Mar 23, 2027
10:00 AM11:30 AM
Innovation and scientific valorization
Opening conference - The laboratory in motion: how can we improve efficiency, strengthen reliability, and advance sustainable practices?
Description
Tight budgets, regulatory requirements, automation and artificial intelligence, resource optimization, environmental and climate imperatives... Laboratories must reconcile growing challenges while supporting their teams and preparing for the transformations of the coming years.
• How can they innovate while keeping costs under control?
• How can they automate while retaining control over operations?
• How can they strengthen the reliability of results and reduce their environmental footprint with a constant budget?
• How can they develop and retain the necessary skills without increasing pressure on teams?
• Though these demands may seem contradictory, they can become drivers of progress.
Drawing on feedback from laboratories that have successfully carried out transformations, this opening conference explores the technological, organizational, and human choices that are proving effective. Artificial intelligence, precision or miniaturized instrumentation, new sustainable practices: what concrete benefits can they deliver, what conditions are needed for success, and what impact will they have on professions and roles?
Looking at yesterday’s choices to shed light on today’s decisions: which strategic shifts have paid off, which practices can be adapted to other organizations, and which directions should be taken as early as 2027?
