GAMBICA Lab Industry Conference 2027

Your essential guide to planning and budgeting for 2027

The GAMBICA UK Laboratory Industry Conference 2027 will focus on how to plan and budget for the major regulatory, technology and market changes coming in 2027.

The full programme...

SESSION ONE: FORECASTS FOR THE COMING YEAR

Welcome: Simon Kenney, Chair, GAMBICA Lab Tech Board

International trade forecast: The UK in Europe: Anand Menon

Economic forecast: Lee Hopley, UK Finance

Political forecast - can it get any worse? John Arnold

Refreshments

SESSION TWO: THE 2027 COMPLIANCE CONVERGENCE CRISIS

By January 2027, instrument manufacturers face simultaneous compliance pressures from the Cyber Resilience Act, the EU AI Act, Digital Product Passports and Ecodesign for Sustainable Produts Regulations, global PFAS restrictions (2027 legislative adoption), and new EU packaging regulations will all be impacting your business. This isn't just a 'compliance' problem, this level of change requires resourcing and building into product and company development plans.

Keynote presentation: The 2027 compliance stack, what will hit in the year, and how companies can manage the workload effectively. Emma Tyrwhitt-Jones, RINA

This will be followed by four breakout sessions so you can choose the one you need most information on.Each group will deal directly with your issues and answer your questions

PFAS
ESPR
Packaging Regs
The cyber resilience act

Feedback session

Lunch

SESSION THREE: SUSTAINABILITY - HOW TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM BENEFIT AND REDUCE THE COSTS

SESSION FOUR: BUDGETING FOR MARKETING IN THE AGE OF AI: HOW TO STAY VISIBLE IN 2027

Where AI is changing marketing planning and budgets
What senior teams should and should not be investing in
How technical B2B companies can stay visible as search and discovery change
How to balance experimentation with control, measurement and commercial value
Practical actions members can take in 2027

Your presenter will be Gavin Llewellyn, lecture for the Chartered Institute of Marketing on AI for marketing, and chartered marketeer with 20+ years' experience in B2B and FMCG.

Results of business sentiment survey and close