Enabling Leaner, Smarter & More Resilient R&D Labs

Uniting Lab Operations, Asset Management & Facilities Experts to Simplify Lab Infrastructure, Improve Operational Efficiency & Enable Scientists to Deliver Breakthrough Science

As pharma and biotech face mounting pressure to operate leaner, support increasingly complex science, and maximize the value of their infrastructure investments, the leaders responsible for lab operations, asset management, facilities, and engineering have never played a more strategic role. Rising demand for efficiency, the emergence of AI-enabled operations, workforce restructuring, and renewed investment in U.S. R&D sites are reshaping how laboratories are designed, managed, and scaled.

Returning to Boston, the 9th Lab Asset & Facility Management Summit is the only forum dedicated to the operational integration layer that enables science to happen. Bringing together 190+ senior leaders from across lab operations, asset lifecycle management, facilities, engineering, and EHS, you’ll gain practical strategies to streamline lab environments, improve asset performance, strengthen cross-functional collaboration, and increase time back to science.

Through interactive discussions, real-world case studies, and peer-to-peer problem solving, you will leave equipped to build smarter, more resilient, and more efficient research environments capable of supporting the next generation of scientific innovation.

The opportunity to have open discussions with other lab operations professionals about important problems facing all of us was valuable.

Corner Therapeutics

Corner Therapeutics

LAFM attracts the kind of decision-makers with whom we seek to connect. It's the right target audience.

PHCNA

PHCNA

Roundtable formats were 'intimate' and informational; allowed attendees to pool ideas more fluidly than typical presentation talk formats.

Adaptive Biotechnologies

Adaptive Biotechnologies

Explore the Full Event Guide

Explore the Full Event Guide to See:

  • The brand-new LAFM Exchange, where the community sets the agenda, ensuring discussions focus on the operational challenges that matter most to lab operations, facilities, and asset management leaders.
  • Our new DiscoverDevelopAction format, designed to move beyond presentations and create more meaningful conversations, peer benchmarking, and practical problem-solving opportunities.
  • The R&D Action Day, featuring hands-on, playbook-driven workshops that deliver tangible frameworks and implementation plans you can immediately apply within your own organization.
  • Two focused content tracks, Running the Lab and Running the Site, bringing together operational leaders to share strategies for improving efficiency, resilience, and time back to science.
  • 28+ real-world case studies and interactive sessions from leading pharma and biotech organizations, providing practical insights to help you build smarter, leaner, and more resilient research environments
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What To Expect

190+

Attendees from the R&D Operations Community

28+

World-Class Speakers

11+

Director & Above Speaker Profiles

10+

Top Pharma Companies in Attendance

3

Days of Insights

Our Official Partners

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Explore the Agenda

Stop firefighting. Start futureproofing.

See how 30+ industry leaders are tackling AI adoption, asset visibility, maintenance strategy, and operational resilience to deliver more time back to science.

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Partner With the Community That Enables Science

Put your solutions in front of the people who keep R&D running.

Connect with senior leaders across lab operations, facilities, engineering, and asset management from companies such as Takeda, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Regeneron, Pfizer, and more actively seeking smarter ways to optimize research environments.

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Solve Challenges With People Who Get It

No sales pitches. Just real conversations.

From speed networking to the new LAFM Exchange, connect with 190+ pharma and biotech peers to benchmark strategies, share lessons learned, and leave with solutions you can act on.