Allied Trade Association

UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS

LAMA/ATA MEETING

April 13-16, 2026 Hotel Contessa, San Antonio, TX

AALAS District 5

April 29- May 1 2026 Crown Plaze Downtown, Indianapolis Union Station

AALAS District 6

June 24-26, 2026 TBD

AALAS District 8

April 8-10, 2026 Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Burlingame, CA

FAALAS Conference

June 27, 2025 Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

National Capital Area Branch AALAS

September 2-3, 2026 Maryland Live, Hanover, MD

Research Triangle Branch

September 23, 2025 Golf and Cornhole Outing

Awards Banquet, January 2027

TBAALAS

Feb 11-13, 2026 Allen, TX

SEAALAS

TBD 2026

QUAD Symposium

TBD 2026

Mid-South AALAS

TBD 2026

Metropolitan NY Branch AALAS

TBD 2025

MN AALAS

June 26, 2025, Wyndham Nicollet Inn, Burnsville, MN

APV

Oct Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach, CA

NATIONAL AALAS MEETING, https://www.aalas.org

October 25-29, 2026, Houston, TX

Ooctober 17-21, 2027, Charlotte, NC

November 5-9, 2028 Phoenix, AZ

CALAS

June 3-10, 2026 Toronto, ON

May 12-19, 2027 Montreal, QC

AVMA avma.org/events/avma-convention

July 10-14, 2026 Anaheim, CA

July 16-20, 2027 Minneapolis, MN

July 14-18, 2028 Boston MA

Society of Toxicology

March 14-18, 2027 San Antonio, TX

March 19-23, 2028 Nashville, TN

March 18-22, 2029 Anaheim, CA

March 24-28, 2030 Orlando, FL

March 9-13, 2031 San Diego, CA

American Physiology Summit (formerly Experimental Bio)

April 23-26, 2026 Minneapolis, MN

April 1-4, 2027 Denver, CO

AACR

April 17-22, 2026 San Diego Convention Center San Diego, CA

April 2-7, 2027 Orange County Convention Center Orlando FL

April 21-26, 2028 Ernest Morial Convention Center New Orleans LA

April 13-18, 2029 San Diego Convention Center San Diego CA

April 5-10, 2030 Ernest Morial Convention center New Orleans LA

April 18-23, 2031 McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago IL

Immunology

April 15-19, 2026 Boston, MA

April 30-May 4, 2027 Los Angelos, CA

May 6-10 ,2030 San Diego CAavma

ASGCT

May 12-16, 2026 Boston Convention Cetner Boston MA

May 4-8, 2027 Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA

SFN

November 14-18, 2026 Washington, DC

October 23-27, 2027 Chicago, IL

ACT

November 15-18, 2026 San Antonio, TX

ATA Awards

Floyd Poling Award

Awarded to a worthy member who has served this organization well. The Floyd Poling Award commemorates the ATA founder and his important vision for cooperation.

Industry Innovation Award

The award recognizes an ATA Company and/or its employee of a company who has been responsible for developing an apparatus, product or service that has been adopted into general laboratory science.

Robert O. Boyington Lifetime Achievement Award

Lifetime Achievement award is a life membership with the ARA and is available to an ATA member who have either a) reached the age of 65 and been a ATA member is good standing for 20 years or b) served as president of the ATA. The Robert O. Boyington Award commemorates Robert for four decades of service to the ATA.

LAMA Scholarships

The Allied Trade Association (ATA) is making available up to three $800 scholarships for LAMA members attending their first LAMA/ATA Annual Meeting. The scholarships will cover the meeting registration fee ($445) and up to $355 to cover various travel expenses. The scholarship recipients will be selected based on merit and financial need.

Applicants must provide the following information:

■ A completed ATA scholarship application form
■ A letter of recommendation from his/her supervisor
■ Current curriculum vitae or resume
■ A letter of request stating why you would like to attend the LAMA / ATA Annual Meeting. This letter should include the goals and objectives the candidate wishes to achieve, and evidence that without financial support from the ATA, the candidate would not be able to attend.

Scholarship applications can be found at https://lama-online.org/partners/ata-scholarship-program/

ATA Address

PO BOX 401

Belfast, ME 04915