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title: Reflections on Lab of the Future
description: Second day at Lab of the Future, a conference about labs in the life science research, development and manufacturing.
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# [Reflections on Lab of the Future](https://www.adigileap.com/en/blog/lab-of-the-future-reflections)

 Written by [Matt Ellis](https://www.adigileap.com/en/blog/author/matt-ellis) | Sep 29, 2026, 1:46:29 PM

It was a pleasure to chat with so many of you at Amsterdam's Lab of the Future conference last week. 

For those of you who were not there and are wondering what the Lab of the Future conference was like?

AI, AI and AI!

There was of course an awful lot about AI. Seems like every presenter wanted those 2 letters in their title somewhere! 😀

Many pointed out that without the correct data & meta data foundations, AI won't be of much use.

Something that I've been evangelising for a while now is finally taking hold as there were multiple sessions on Digital Decoupling!

Decoupling applications from data and augmenting them by sharing that data in a datafabric that can then be leveraged by a myriad of individual capabilities in a plug and play architecture is definitely the way forward.

Our mascot DIGI the dragon couldnt resit getting up to a bit of mischeif 😀

Take a look at DIGI the dragons escapades and our thoughts below.

 

View from on high of the wonderful conference venue:

 

If you didn't manage to talk with us at the conference,  [book a meeting](https://adigileap.com/meetings/matthew1539?hsCtaAttrib=205124222286) We'd love to hear your ideas about labs and digitally transforming them.

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