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The Joint Annual Meeting Steering Committee is now accepting scientific session proposals for the 2026 Joint Annual Meeting, which will be held next June in St. Louis, MO. This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase any number of different topics that may be of interest to you, or to your professional colleagues within the clinical laboratory community on a national level.

For more information and to submit your proposal – please visit https://tinyurl.com/y4w3y9mp. Submissions will be accepted through November 1, 2025.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to one of the following individuals.

a) Melanie Giusti (ASCLS Director of Professional Development): melanieg@ascls.org

b) Christopher Swartz (Chair, 2025-2026 Annual Meeting Steering Committee): crswar0@uky.edu

Have a good week.

With best regards,

Chris

Please see the list below for upcoming ASCLS conferences in 2025-2026.

 October 20-21, 2025: Labvocate Symposium (Alexandria, VA/Washington DC)

November 14-15, 2025:  ELMC2 – Emerging Laboratory Managers Collaborative Conference [virtual]

January 18, 2026 (2 PM ET): Mid-year House of Delegates [virtual]

January 19, 2026: Pride-Respect-Inclusion-Support-Momentum (PRISM) Kickoff [Virtual]

February 5-7, 2026: Clinical Laboratory Educators' Conference (CLEC) [Bellevue, WA]

April 20-26, 2026: Medical Laboratory Professionals Week

April 24, 2026: KSCLS Spring Meeting [EKU Perkins Building, Richmond, KY]

June 29-July 1, 2026: JAM, Joint Annual Meeting [St. Louis, MO]

July 2, 2026: House of Delegates Annual Meeting [St. Louis, MO/virtual]

Please note that abstracts are currently being accepted for JAM 2026 in St. Louis, MO (6/29/26-7/1/26). The submission deadline is 11/1/25. Here is the website for proposal submission:

https://www.cvent.com/c/abstracts/f36ed90b-7897-4e25-8836-e012af88b36d

With best regards,

Christopher Swartz, President (KSCLS)

Here is a list of upcoming conferences in 2025.

 https://ascls.org/education-meetings/

·   June 8-June 12, 2025: Joint Annual Meeting (Sacramento, CA)

https://www.labjam.org/event/96083eca-bae0-4949-98d4-083e5d8309bd/summary-1

·   June 12, 2025 (10 AM – 2 PM PDT): ASCLS House of Delegates

·   October 20-21, 2025: 2025 Labvocate Symposium (Alexandria, VA)

https://ascls.org/labvocate-symposium/

·   November 14-15, 2025: Emerging Laboratory Managers Collaborative Conference (ELMC²) (virtual)

https://ascls.org/elmc2/

KSCLS is excited to announce that our annual meeting will be held in Shelbyville, KY on Friday, 4/25/25, from  9 AM - 3 PM. You can earn up to 4 PACE credits for your professional certification.

A business meeting will follow from 3-4 PM.

The meeting will be held at the following location:

Shelbyville Conference & Welcome Center

219 7th St.

Shelbyville, KY 40065

Lunch will be provided from Subway. More information about the meeting, including a list of speakers, can be found at he registration link below.

We look forward to seeing you in Shelbyville! If you have any questions, please contact me at the email address below.

With best regards,

Christopher Swartz, President (KSCLS)

email: crswar0@uky.edu

KSCLS is excited to announce Kentucky Laboratory Professional Day 2025. Our annual meeting is scheduled for April 25, 2025 from 9 AM - 3 PM, in Shelbyville, KY. 

More details about the event will follow, including a link for registration.