Lab Practices

27th Annual Good Laboratory Practice Technical Conference 2021 Call for Papers and Workshops

The Laboratory Practice Committee hereby invites the submission of abstracts for papers and workshops for the 27th Annual GLP Conference, to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia on July 26 - 27, 2021 at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel.

This conference is designed to provide the latest information on major issues such as analytical method updates and development, laboratory accreditation, regulatory updates, particularly those impacting laboratory staff and utilities; and emerging technologies and analytical instrumentation. This is a great opportunity to present new information related to water and wastewater issues. Workshops will be held on the 26th and the technical presentations will be given on the 27th.

We encourage you to submit an abstract and participate in discussions that are important to the advancement of our laboratory professionals. The conference topics may include but are not limited to the following:

• Natural water monitoring   
• Environmental research     
• Treatment plant monitoring
• Drinking water distribution
• Bacteriological techniques
• Drinking water disinfection
• Laboratory accreditation
• Laboratory management
• Security issues
• Water and wastewater analytical methods
• LIMS, laboratory software applications
• Laboratory practices
• Laboratory ethics
• QA/QC issues
• Regulatory issues
• Emerging instrumental technology
• Analytical instrument troubleshooting
• Nutrient screening methods

Abstract and paper submissions for technical presentation:

Submit a 300-word or less abstract that lists the title, author(s), affiliation, phone number, and email address. Morning session presentations are 40 minutes. Afternoon technical session presentations are 25 minutes with five minute Q&A.