ACLPS 2025

Over 200 researchers and clinicians are expected to attend ACLPS 2025. Attendees include MD and PhD Clinical Laboratory directors from leading academic medical centers as well as residents and fellows from those programs. Registration will include conference materials, admission to exhibits, participation in conference sessions, breakfast, lunches, refreshment breaks, the welcome reception, and one ticket to the awards banquet. Additional guest tickets will be available for purchase separately by registrants.

2025 Registration Rates:

*You will be required to create an Emory University School of Medicine CME account to register for the meeting. For physicians, the registration website will ask, "Are you a member of an ABMS Specialty Board?" You will be eligible for CME credit regardless of how you answer this question.

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations and refund requests must be sent to Shirley Miller (smill25@emory.edu) on or before April 21, 2025. Cancellations will be subject to a $75 administrative processing charge. We regret that we are unable to offer a refund for cancellations requested after this date.

Meeting Venue: Decatur Conference Center

Located inside the Marriott Hotel, the Decatur Conference Center has over 15,000 square feet of renovated, flexible event space including the large Decatur Ballroom which has the capacity to hold 800 guests. Renovated in 2018, the conference center also provides multiple breakout rooms, an executive boardroom and amphitheater available plus 5-story atrium lobby for casual mingling. All conference rooms are equipped with wireless technology for modern and productive meetings.

The conference venue is the Courtyard By Marriott and Decatur Conference Center in the adjacent city of Decatur, a walkable, welcoming four square miles of neighborhoods, schools, places of worship and commerce just east of Atlanta and accessible by ride-share or by rail from the airport. The Courtyard Marriott is located on the Historic Downtown Decatur Square, a large pedestrian plaza anchored by a community bandstand, the Historic DeKalb Courthouse, and MARTA rail station surrounded by local businesses, including many destination dining hotspots.

Hotels

Accommodations are available at special group rates at the Courtyard Atlanta Decatur Downtown/Emory.

Courtyard Atlanta Decatur Downtown/Emory

130 Clairemont Ave.
Decatur, GA 30030

1-888-226-2427

Conveniently located on the site of the meeting venue, the hotel offers easy access to the MARTA train station that provides rapid transit to and from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Reservations must be made by Thursday May 8, 2025 to guarantee rate.

The ACLPS group rate is $169 USD per night. This rate applies May 28-30, 2025 with check out May 31, 2025.

The Hampton Inn & Suites Atlanta Decatur/Emory

Hampton Inn Reservations

116 Clairemont Avenue
Decatur, GA 30030

1-404-377-6360

This is an additional hotel located next door to the meeting venue.

Host: Emory University & Emory Healthcare

Emory University is a leading research university founded in 1836. The Atlanta Medical College, a forerunner of Emory University School of Medicine, was founded in 1854. Emory is composed of nine undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools and enrolls nearly 16,000 students. The University’s main campus is nestled in the Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta, just north of Decatur. The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is a vibrant and multi-faceted institution with nearly 100 faculty members, more than 50 residents and clinical fellows, numerous postdocs and graduate students, and over 100 staff, all dedicated to the core missions of patient care, teaching, and research on human disease. Our Laboratory Medicine Division provides exceptional expertise in subspecialties such as transfusion medicine, hematopathology, coagulation, HLA/tissue typing, clinical chemistry, microbiology, cytogenetics, and molecular diagnostics. We have ranked among the top departments for NIH funding and high-impact publications over the past decade. Emory Healthcare is the University’s academic health system that is composed of 11 hospitals, the Emory Clinic and – including affiliations with the Emory Health Network – 500 provider locations and 3,700 physicians throughout the State of Georgia, making it the largest health system in the State. Our faculty also serve as attending pathologists in the Grady Health System, which consists of a large public academic hospital with a national reputation for advances in trauma care, stroke, infectious disease and sickle cell disease, as well as neighborhood clinics that serve Atlanta and the surrounding community.

2025 Supporters and Exhibitors

Representatives from industry and academia are invited to support the meeting and provide exhibits to help attendees stay current on trends and products, services, and research opportunities. The meeting venue will provide supporters ample opportunities for productive interactions with attendees. We greatly appreciate the contributions of supporters which will help make the 60th Annual Meeting possible!

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2025 Prospectus

Download the 2025 Prospectus and Sponsor Agreement to explore supporter benefits available for the 60th Annual Meeting. Supporting and exhibiting are terrific ways to demonstrate commitment to the highest standards for laboratory medicine and make a lasting impression as a go-to partner for researchers and clinicians in the field.