This year's event is focused on the fields of clinical chemistry, microbiology, and molecular diagnostics and exploring how laboratories evaluate performance, strengthen quality systems, and make confident decisions in increasingly complex environments.
CLSI Applied
Call for Case Studies
CLSI welcomes your contributions for CLSI Applied, our annual event focused on emergent technologies, methods, and practices, and the successful implementation of standards.
CLSI Applied 2027
Share Your Insights
For the 2027 event, we are seeking practical case studies demonstrating how laboratory and industry professionals have used CLSI standards and guidelines to establish and/or maintain reliable accurate testing in the fields of clinical chemistry, microbiology, and molecular diagnostics.
For example, case studies may describe how an organization
- established performance specifications;
- designed and conducted verification or validation studies;
- introduced a new assay, system, or technology;
- implemented updated requirements or interpretive criteria; or
- documented evidence to support regulatory and accreditation expectations.
Case studies should be 10-15 minutes in duration. Submissions may include one presenter or a small team of presenters. Collaborative proposals that bring together technical, quality, leadership, industry, or other perspectives are welcome.
We encourage audience engagement through live Q&A, polls, brief demonstrations, or short walkthroughs. We want to support active learning and applications.
Case Study Submissions due: 03 December 2026
Areas of Interest
Case studies should address one or more of the disciplines below. Quality management system principles and case studies may be incorporated. Case studies should reference at least one CLSI standard or guideline.
Clinical Chemistry: Applying CLSI documents to establish, verify, or validate the performance of quantitative and qualitative laboratory methods (eg. Method Evaluation (EP), Clinical Chemistry, and Quality Management (QMS) documents).
Microbiology: Including, verifying or validating breakpoints; verifying Antimicrobial Susceptibility or microbial identification systems; implementing current breakpoints best practices; and maintaining quality management in the microbiology laboratory (eg. AST, Microbiology, and QMS documents).
Molecular Diagnostics: Verifying or validating novel molecular assays; addressing regulatory, quality, infrastructure, workflow, and implementation considerations specific to molecular testing. Case studies in infectious disease, heritable disorders, and oncology are of particular interest (eg. Molecular Diagnostics and QMS documents).
Who Should Submit?
Submissions may include one presenter or a small team of presenters. We encourage perspectives from all areas including:
- Medical directors
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Section or Technical directors
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Laboratory directors
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Laboratory managers and supervisors
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Clinical/medical laboratory scientists
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Test developers
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Industry professionals
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Quality directors, managers, or analysts
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Laboratory educators and trainers
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Anyone interested in advancing medical laboratory education
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