The 2026 Spring Allotrope® Connect Workshop brings together leading experts across life sciences, lab informatics, and digital transformation to collaborate on solving today’s most pressing challenges in data, analytics, and regulatory science.
This collaborative event is designed for professionals working across laboratory operations, scientific data management, manufacturing, and technology innovation. Attendees will participate in hands-on sessions, technical deep dives, and interactive discussions focused on advancing FAIR data principles and enabling scalable, interoperable scientific ecosystems.
ZONTAL’s Featured Presentations
Wolfgang Colsman, Founder and CEO of ZONTAL, will contribute to two featured presentations:
From Instruments to Intelligence
In collaboration with Merck
This session explores how organizations can move beyond fragmented instrument data toward scalable, governed, and intelligence-ready data ecosystems — enabling automation, advanced analytics, and AI-driven decision-making.
ICAD: The Operational Complement to FAIR
The ICAD framework (Integrate → Contextualize → Analyze → Decide) provides the operational blueprint that makes FAIR principles actionable in regulated pharma R&D environments. This session presents the four principles and their compounding sequence.
Event Details
Location: Leiden, Netherlands
Dates: May 5–7, 2026
The Allotrope Connect Workshop continues its tradition of community-driven innovation, bringing together industry and not-for-profit leaders to define practical approaches to standardization, data integrity, and digital transformation across the scientific lifecycle.
If you are working at the intersection of science, data, and technology, this workshop offers a unique opportunity to engage directly with peers, contribute to emerging standards, and help shape the future of scientific data.