ADLM Meeting of the Minds

Hero Event Meeting 2026
2026
July 26 - 30
Anaheim, CA
USA

Join us at MLS Day

Join colleagues and peers on Tuesday, July 28 for a special MLS Day at ADLM 2026 in Anaheim, CA. At ADLM 2026, join a larger diagnostic community for a meeting of the minds -- a convergence of expertise that speaks directly to what you do every day to enable accurate diagnoses and effective treatment decisions that are essential for delivering quality healthcare.

MLS Day 2025 Happy hour

MLS Day will provide access to 20+ conference sessions, 100+ posters of accepted abstracts, and the Clinical Lab Expo with more than 750+ exhibitors all happening at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. Registration opens February 3.  Register by June 4 and SAVE.

Register early

MLS attendees will receive a 60% discount (with code MLSDay):

  • $210 special one-day member rate
  • $230 special one-day non-member rate

Interested in attending the full conference? MLS attendees receive $100 off early registration rates.

What to expect at ADLM 2026

ADLM 2026 sessions will be announced in early April. In the meantime, take a sneak peek at a few of the ADLM 2026 activities and planned sessions and check out some of the popular sessions that were covered at ADLM 2025. 

Networking events

Make new connections that matter during the Expo, Posters, Sessions, and the MLS Day Happy Hour on Tuesday, July 28. If attending the full conference, start making connections as early as Sunday's Opening Mixer (July 26).

2026 Plenary session

Elizabeth Head, PhD, MA  will present on “Alzheimer disease biomarkers in Down syndrome

Explore the plenaries

2026 Sneak Peak Scientific sessions

  • I spy with my lab inspector eye: Accreditation citation risks
  • The shot not taken: Dangers of declining vaccination rates and impacts to the lab
  • Wearable devices for diagnostics, is this point-of-care testing?
  • Advancing equity in maternal drug testing: From ethical challenges to informatics solutions
  • The integration journey: Preparing for EHR/LIS
  • Ethical, legal, and social implications of third-party uses of DNA
  • New directions for clinical mass spectrometry 

Interactive small group roundtables (2025)

ADLM 2025 Recordings - now available for purchase

Access more than 100 hours of the conference's popular and timely sessions presented at ADLM 2025. Recordings will be available for viewing through July 31, 2026.  

Awe-inducing plenaries

From Sunday to Thursday, these thought-provoking lectures led by world-renowned experts spark curiosity, challenge convention, and ignite innovation across the field.

Join ADLM

Join ADLM - the leading association for laboratory professionals. Members benefit from discounted registration rates at ADLM 2026 in Anaheim, access to complimentary annual meeting session recordings, the popular member lounge, and discounts to a wide variety of education programs and networking all year long.