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.
Suppliers Fair 2025
Date: 26th March 2025
Location: The Bio-Quarter, Little France, Institute for Regeneration and Repair building
LUPC and SUPC Conference
Stand #3
Date: 27th March 2025
Location: Convene 133 Houndsditch, London
In support of the IRLA tender agreement we will be exhibiting at the LUPC and SUPC Conference in March 2025. Firmly established as the must attend event for Heads of Procurement, Category Managers and Buyers across the LUPC and SUPC membership, the LUPC and SUPC Conference provides a unique and unrivalled opportunity to build new relationships and cement existing ones at the largest HE Procurement Conference of 2025 in the UK.

UK Platelet Society Meeting
Date: 23rd-25th April 2025
Location: Dalton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
This meeting brings together senior and junior scientists in an informal atmosphere to discuss the latest research covering a broad range of topics in platelet and megakaryocyte biology, from basic science to recent advances in clinical studies.
Scottish Microbiology Association Spring Scientific Meeting
Date: 25th & 26th April 2025
Location: Apex City Quay Hotel and Spa, Dundee
Please come along to find out how we can support you with your research.
UK NEQAS for Blood Coagulation Clinical and Laboratory Haemostasis Meeting
Stand #5
Date: 4th - 5th June 2025
Location: Sheffield Hallam University (SHU)
Presentations from internationally renowned speakers will cover the latest in the field of haemostasis from both a clinical and laboratory perspective.
Alpha Laboratories’ partners in haemostasis provide a range of high quality equipment, reagents and speciality products.

LabMedUK25
Date: 9th - 11th June 2025
Location: Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
LabMedUK25 will bring together two days of high quality science comprising four plenary sessions and ten parallel symposia across 10-11 June. A really exciting programme will challenge our thinking around AI and laboratory medicine’s impact on health inequalities, as well as cover new science and updates on key areas. This is preceded by a training day for Clinical Biochemistry and Microbiology trainees on 9 June, offering an important way for trainees to meet their peers as well as to learn.

University of Exeter Technician Conference
Date: 19th June 2025
Location: The Forum, Streatham Campus
We're excited to be returning to the Technician Conference for another year. The theme of this year's conference is ‘Visibility’ a key pillar of the Technician Commitment which focuses on ensuring technical professionals are clearly identifiable within the institution, and that their vital contributions are visible and recognised.

British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) LIVE '25
Stand #F13
Date: 23rd-26th June 2025
Location: SEC, Glasgow
With a long tradition in providing diagnostics for digestive health management, Alpha Laboratories invites BSG visitors to our stand to discuss the innovative products that are now available for this patient-pathway.
Introducing groundbreaking solutions like the IBDoc self-test, patients can now perform quantitative calprotectin tests at home, empowering them to manage their conditions with ease.
To streamline traditional laboratory testing, Alpha Labs offers the CALEX® Patient Pack for Home Sampling, eliminating the need for faecal collection pots and ensuring stabilised, ready-to-use samples reach the lab efficiently.

BSMM Conference 2025
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.
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.

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.
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.

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