The 2025 Lab Manager Leadership Summit is your chance to reset, gain fresh insights, expand your skill set, and return to the lab with renewed motivation and practical strategies to elevate your team's performance.
With a packed agenda of expert-led sessions, small group discussions, and workshops, this year's event ensures attendees can explore a wide range of topics across different tracks while delving into advanced leadership strategies designed for senior-level managers. Whether you are a first-time attendee or a returning participant, the 2025 summit, taking place April 7-9 in Pittsburgh, PA, promises invaluable takeaways to enhance your leadership skills. Here are some of the highlights you can expect:
Lab Quality Management Certificate
The Lab Quality Management certificate is more than training—it’s a professional advantage.
Gain critical skills and IACET-approved CEUs that make a measurable difference.
Hands-on workshops: Practical skills to elevate your lab
The 2025 Leadership Summit offers workshops that equip attendees with practical skills ready for immediate application. These interactive sessions go beyond presentations, engaging participants with expert-led guidance on topics like handling workplace conflict, crisis preparation, and improving lab efficiency.
Attendees will tackle real-world scenarios, share insights with peers, and leave with a game plan to implement back at the lab.
NEW for workshops this year: Two of the four workshops will be led by Lab Manager Academy instructors who will teach their respective eLearning courses live! This is the perfect chance to speak directly with an instructor and participants will receive a certificate of completion.
Specialized tracks: Clinical lab management and lab safety
Returning this year are two specialized tracks designed for clinical lab professionals and lab safety leaders. The clinical lab management track will dive into some of the most pressing challenges for clinical lab leaders today, such as navigating regulations, combatting misinformation, and succession planning.
The lab safety track will feature three speaker presentations and a roundtable discussion that will equip attendees with knowledge on building both safety and security among lab staff, how to benefit from near miss incidents, leveraging leading indicators to prevent accidents, and how to develop strong onboarding practices to elevate your lab’s safety culture from day one.
Advanced topics for experienced managers
An important aspect of the 2025 event that differentiates it from previous years is an emphasis on advanced learnings for more seasoned lab managers.
Recognizing the need for experienced leaders to continually refine their skills, the summit features a series of presentations on topics such as strategic decision-making, change management, and managing multiple locations/teams. These sessions are designed to challenge experienced attendees and provide them with fresh perspectives and tools for navigating the evolving demands of laboratory management. Returning attendees and those with extensive leadership experience will find these advanced topics invaluable for staying at the forefront of their field.
The 2025 Lab Manager Leadership Summit brings together a diverse array of learning opportunities to support lab leaders at all stages of their careers. From specialized tracks like clinical and safety to sessions focused on advanced management topics, the summit ensures attendees leave with practical skills and insights to drive their laboratories forward. Don’t miss the chance to connect with peers, gain new knowledge, and elevate your leadership at this premier event for lab professionals.
Register today: https://summit.labmanager.com/leadership
