Registrations now open and keynote speakers announced for this year’s Lab Innovations

Registration has been opened and the keynote speakers have been announced for this year’s Lab Innovations show — the UK’s trade show dedicated to the laboratory industry.

The event, which is in its seventh successive year, will be returning to the NEC in Birmingham on 31 October and 1 November.

This year, the keynote speakers will be scientific, medical and technology broadcaster Maggie Philbin and science presenter, Steve Mould. Philbin has worked in radio and television for 30 years on a wide range of science, medical and technology programmes from Tomorrow’s Worldto Bang Goes the Theory. In June 2016 she was voted most influential woman in UK IT by Computer Weekly and also named 2016 Digital Leader of the Year. Mould is a physicist and science presenter on TV and stage. Part of the science and comedy trio Festival of The Spoken Nerd, his most recent TV appearances include presenting ITV’s I Never Knew That About Britain and onBBC1’s Britain’s Brightest.

In addition to the keynotes, attendees to the show will be able to find the latest updates and technologies for the lab on the exhibition floor and they can also learn and earn CPD points at a free-to-attend series of scientific lectures, including some hosted by the Royal Society of Chemistry at its dedicated theatre.

“We are extremely pleased to be able to announce such influential, interesting and amusing keynote speakers as Maggie Philbin and Steve Mould,” said Alison Willis, divisional director, Lab Innovations. “As well as professional development and learning opportunities, with the UK being a global leader in research and development, visitors to Lab Innovations will have the opportunity to take a look at and discuss the very latest scientific advances. They can also source new products from the UK's leading suppliers to help them achieve efficiency in their laboratories.”