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APHL ID Lab Con 2027

  • Date(s)
    March 15 - 18, 2027
  • Location
    Atlanta, GA
  • open to
    All, Registration Required
  • cost
    Varies

We bring together leaders, scientists, influences and partners to share issues, trends and best practices driving laboratory science and public health today.

Questions?

Contact APHL Conferences and Events: [email protected]

Join public health laboratory professionals, clinical laboratorians, epidemiologists, leading researchers and diagnostics manufacturers as we unveil breakthroughs in public health microbiology. Share your latest findings, technologies and developments and help generate solutions to infectious disease challenges.

  • ​Learn about contemporary issues in public health microbiology.
  • Network with partners.
  • Explore new approaches to infectious disease testing.
  • Visit exhibitors for the latest in laboratory technology, supplies and services.
  • Earn P.A.C.E. contact hours.

Abstracts for plenary sessions, roundtable discussions and poster sessions are currently being accepted through October 2, 2026. See below for submission highlights, view the Call for Abstracts document for more details and visit the submission website for full guidelines and to submit your abstract.

Submission Highlights:

  • All presenters must register for the meeting and assume responsibility for their own transportation and lodging and be in attendance for their presentations.
  • There is no limit on the number of abstracts that registrants may submit.
  • Submitted abstracts should be applicable to at least one of the following meeting tracks:
    • Biosafety and Biosecurity
    • Diagnostic Microbiology
    • Emerging Technologies
    • Global Health Concerns
    • Infectious Disease Outbreaks and Surveillance
    • One Health
    • Pathogen Genomics (Also Considered for AMD Workshop)

Continuing Education

APHL is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science P.A.C.E.® program. Attendees have the opportunity to earn contact hours by attending sessions at the conference. Attendance and completion of the evaluation is required to receive a P.A.C.E.® certificate.
Plan Your Trip:

Locations & Accomodations

Hyatt Regency Atlanta

265 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30303

The conference and room block will both be at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta.

APHL has secured a room block (see rates below); reservations will open in September 2026.

  • $269 (+tax) per night group rate (single/double): valid until February 19, 2027 or block is filled
  • FY26 federal per diem rate: valid until February 19, 2027 or block is filled

Upon reservation, most hotels will hold one night’s fee as a deposit. This is fully refundable if you cancel before that hotel’s cancellation deadline. Be advised that all the hotels will charge a daily incidental fee that is returned upon departure if it's not used. The full amount is held upon check-in. If you use a debit card, it will charge the amount in full and refund you any unused balance at the end of your stay. If you use a credit card, it will post as a pending charge and only the used portion, if any, will be charged after your check-out.

Join Us:

Registration

Registration is required to attend the APHL ID Lab Con.

Early Registration Fees

  • $750
    Full Conference
  • $200
    Student
  • $400
    One Day

Early conference pricing in effect until February 19, 2027

Registration Fees

  • $800
    Full Conference
  • $200
    Student
  • $400
    One Day

Full conference pricing in effect after February 19, 2027