Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2012, is pleased to announce that Informatics for Automation will form one of the new conference streams contributing to the ELA conference and exhibition at the Conference Center Hamburg, Germany from 30^th-31^st May. As automation is becoming increasingly essential in many medium to high-throughput set-ups, understanding informatics and how it can provide efficient and streamlined automated workflows is incredibly important.

This conference stream will provide delegates with an overview of informatics in automation and will include topics such as cloud computing, real-time data analysis, laboratory information management systems and supply chain logistics. With participation from some of the industry's leading experts in this field including: Allan Ferguson Senior Director Lab Operations and Automation, Merck; John Leonard, Principal Scientist in Global Pharmaceutical Development, Astrazeneca and Bernd Göde of the University of Rostock, this stream will be an exciting and informative new addition to the ELA conference. Delegates will also have access to Europe's largest exhibition dedicated to automation within life science, highlighting the latest developments in automated instruments and workflows.

For more information and to see what ELA 2012 has to offer please email s.marsden@selectbiosciences.com or visit www.EuroLabAutomation.com