欧洲实验室及设备展览会（LABVOLUTION）与生物技术和生命科学博览会（BIOTECHNICA）是欧洲创新实验室设备展览会与欧洲第一大生物技术和生命科学与技术实验室博览会同期举行的专业贸易展，BIOTECHNICA是欧洲最大的生物技术展览会，LABVOLUTION是实验室工作流程优化 - 呈现出无与伦比的广泛的产品和服务。该展两年一届，在德国汉诺威展览中心举行。BIOTECHNICA展覆盖了所有的生物技术领域–从基础生物技术、生物信息分析、产品和服务到五大应用领域–药品医学、工业、营养学、农业和环境。
主办方将生命科学活动展（BIOTECHNICA）与实验室设备展（LABVOLUTION）一起举办，结合两个贸易展览不仅仅是展品范围扩大，它更为访客创造了真正的附加值。一方面，有一个新的LABVOLUTION展，其显示的实验室技术为一系列用户行业和有远见的智能实验室特殊显示。另外还有BIOTECHNICA，以其骄傲的30多年历史，成为欧洲研究、生命科学和生物技术领域的领先盛事。
LABVOLUTION是全球领先的实验室技术和设备国际贸易展会，其所有形状和形式，重点是创新产品和服务“实验室4.0”和数字化。其展览部分涵盖所 有类型实验室的技术，设备和基础设施 - 研究，分析，生产和教学。 来自世界各地的公司前往LABVOLUTION与北欧的实验室技术客户开展业务。
通过LABVOLUTION，组合事件提供了所有最新的创新实验室产品和当前最佳实践，以及跨多个行业价值链整体追踪实验室技术。而且感谢BIOTECHNICA展会在研究上非常强大。 BIOTECHNICA是科学与研发社区和生物技术公司将现有的研究成果和应用从多个领域提供给个人化医学，工业生物技术和诊断领域。
BIOTECHNICA与LABVOLUTION是一个完全一体化的活动，为实验室世界的所有方面提供了多学科的观点。由于广泛的覆盖范围和观众抢手的亮点，如smartLAB专用显示屏，它是北欧领先的分析，实验室技术和生物技术业务平台。
BIOTECHNICA展示范围：农业技术应用，生物工程，生物信息学/服务，环境应用，农业生物设备，营养技术应用，药品和医疗应用。BIOTECHNICA观众群体：展会目标是成为技术提供者和使用者见面及讨论新的技术与科学发现。个性化医药技术将吸引诊断和治疗，科研院所，大专院校，制药/生物制药行业，产业诊断，生物库和实验室等研发。
展品范围(Show Products):
生物过程工程，生物信息学，生物分析，生物技术服务，应用制药、诊断、生物医学，营养学应用，农业学应用，工业生物技术的应用，环境应用，海洋生物技术的应用，转基因动物， 一般生物制品（酶，蛋白质，精细化工）。
智能实验室：创新的实验室技术，包括相关的智能应用和解决方案，实验室安装和设备的智能规划和设计，简化实验室程序和文件，优化质量和效率，提高过程可靠性，实验室整个价值链概述。
展会报告(Show Reports):
LABVOLUTION once again presented itself as a pioneer for the laboratory world of tomorrow from 09 to 11 May 2023. At the European trade fair for innovative laboratory equipment and the optimization of laboratory workflows, more than 180 exhibitors and 3,000 visitors from the various segments of the laboratory industry met to exchange information on new products and trends.
After four years of pandemic-related hiatus, the trade show celebrated its successful comeback this year. Well-attended forums, brisk traffic at the smartLAB and an upbeat mood among exhibitors and visitors added up to a vibrant 3-day event in hall 19/20.
“Over the last few years, our exhibitors have developed many innovative products and exciting technologies around the smart lab. Especially in the important fields of digitization and artificial intelligence, as well as sustainability," explained Carola Triebsch, Project Director of LABVOLUTION at Deutsche Messe AG. For anyone keen on experiencing the latest in lab technology, LABVOLUTION was the place to be.
Increase in smart equipment and technologies
Given the advent of automation and the widespread deployment of sensors and interconnected equipment, containers, instruments and equipment are becoming smarter. The portfolio of products presented at LABVOLUTION was as diverse as the laboratories in which the devices are used. Ranging from pipetting robots and digital microscopy to cherry pit-sized micro sensor technology used for mobile measurement in liquid bioreactors.
Tablets and smartphones are increasingly used as operating and control units, one example being the GeneExplorer 48/48 Gradient thermal cycler from Biozym Scientific. Apps and software adapted to the highly specialized devices are designed to expand and facilitate control and monitoring via tablet and smartphone. In addition to its latest autoclaves, Systec also showcased the new Connect documentation System (DS), which is also available free of charge as an app to enable remote monitoring. Düperthal presented Düperthal connect, a device-app combination for intelligent warehouse management.
First steps towards digitization
documentation and evaluation are still performed manually in many laboratories. Time-consuming and error-prone paper-based workflows are the order of the day. Decision-makers and users who want to take the first step towards digitization and prepare their laboratories to successfully face challenges in the digital age used the LIMS & Software Area to obtain an overview of the latest developments in the field of laboratory software.
"once you take stock of the data in an average mid-sized laboratory, you quickly realize that laboratory data is heterogeneous, individual and tends to be rarely used," explained Konrad M. Wagner, Managing Director of LDB Labordatenbank GmbH. Data enters and leaves the lab in many ways. IT systems such as ERPs, robots or device and measurement data represent but a small fraction of the data. Considerably more data originates from customers, clients and external laboratories or is induced by quality management - and has to return to these sources. Many visitors were well aware of this situation and used the LABVOLUTION to get in touch with potential suppliers. "We were approached not only by new customers but also by many existing clients and companies with whom we had demos before. At LABVOLUTION, we managed to accomplish something that had been impossible in the previous three years due to the pandemic in just three days," revealed Wagner.
Structure, interpret, react – mastering vast amounts of data
Automation and digitization are generating enormous amounts of data. Industry 4.0 already demonstrates how the obtained data can be used effectively: Data is connected in order to monitor processes and to recognize trends, which allows reacting to changes early on. How these advantages can be transferred to laboratories alike was demonstrated during LABVOLUTION.
"We want to use AI and ML technologies to convert complex biotechnological process development data into information, enabling computers to plan, perform and optimize experiments independently", explained Dr. Marie Therese Schermeyer of KIWI-biolab of the Technische Universität Berlin. Eventually, AI will establish itself in laboratories across the board to combine and analyze large amounts of data in no time and develop strategies based on this information – faster than any human would ever be able to.
Sustainable developments in laboratories
The first LAB Sustainability Summit was all about sustainability and addressed topics such as the economical use of resources, reduction of CO₂ emissions, as well as sustainable technologies and innovations in the laboratory and in the life sciences. The sustainable focus was also reflected in the product portfolio of this year's exhibitors.
The start-up Green Elephant Biotech displayed its patented cell cultivation system made of biopolymers. Labcon exhibited, among other things, laboratory disposables made from bioplastics and recycled materials. In addition, the company's intern recycling program is said to ensure that no plastic waste is generated during the production.
Grenova presented, among other things, a pipette tip washer, while Eppendorf showed its Centrifuge 5427 R with natural coolant, and the smart power plug from Essentim should make it possible to easily identify the energy consumption of laboratory equipment. Schuett-biotec presented the latest technology in sterilization with the schuett solaris. Unlike conventional inoculation loop sterilizers, Schuett's device is powered by electricity instead of gas - eliminating not only energy-intensive preheating, but also energy consumption between annealing processes.
Sustainable and smart developments like these are creating curiosity about the next LABVOLUTION, which will take place from 20 to 22 May 2025 at the exhibition grounds in Hannover, Germany.
