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Dialogue with top-notch speakers and leading industry senior executives

Used to triangulate markets and benchmark operations

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“As a CEO, when I looked at my opportunities out there, I felt that ALDA is much more progressive in being closer to the end user, closer to the science and closer to technology and innovation. There was no question in my mind that this is where I need to be spending my time.”

Laura McConnell
Chairman & CEO, Labconco Corporation

“At all stages of a company, you can see large caps that are in attendance [at ALDA meetings] with their senior executives to a fledgling start-up, and being part of that ecosystem and part of those conversations, it’s impactful and absolutely lots of learnings to be gained.”

Kevin Knopp
CEO & Co-founder, 908 Devices

“I’ve never really experienced where everyone, small, medium, or large company, comes together with an attitude of the rising tide rises all boats. And we all come here to rise that tide and rise the industry in general because we’re so passionate about our industry and the impact that we can have.”

Melissa Sherman, PhD
CEO, MOBILion Systems

“One of the most important aspects of ALDA is it’s not just an association that brings people together but brings people together to collaborate.”

Achim von Leoprechting
CEO, TECAN Trading AG

“Being part of ALDA means being connected to the leaders who are shaping our industry.”

Patrick Kaltenbach
Immediate Past ALDA Chair

“It’s a fantastic networking organization within the industry. I take advantage of attending [ALDA’s] meetings, looking through the attendee list before and seeing who’s there, and thinking, ‘oh, that would be a great person to connect with. Let’s go find them.'”

Yvonne Linney
Board Member, Sengenics and Bionano Genomics

“The thing I like the most about ALDA is it’s a unique experience and a unique place to get together with peers. It’s a one-of-a-kind networking opportunity that doesn’t exist outside of ALDA. It’s the only organization that fits the niche that it does.”

Rick Gordon
CEO, Halo Labs

“I look to member companies at ALDA to be leaders in advancing those tools, instruments, and reagents that we use in our platform. So the opportunity here to engage with those folks and see what’s new is very valuable to me in my job.”

Barry Canton
Founder & CTO, Ginkgo Bioworks

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Benefits of Membership

Membership is open to companies with a life science, analytical, and diagnostics technology business.

These companies include manufacturers and suppliers of:

ALDA meetings, market data, and surveys are tailored specifically for CEOs, presidents, and senior executives of member companies.

Please read: ALDA Membership Segments & Qualifications

Download a summary of ALDA benefits or a high-level overview of benefits.

We ask that all members adhere to our Code of Conduct: ALDA’s powerful network offers opportunities for connection and collaboration within our industry. By joining ALDA, I agree to uphold and preserve the unique nature of this executive network by refraining from overtly soliciting sales for my company’s products or services to other members.

Your annual dues should be calculated on your worldwide “analytical and life science systems” and “diagnostics” business revenues for the most recent business year of the member, its divisions, business units and subsidiaries. 

In addition to the annual dues members pay registration fees for attendees at some meetings.  For most member companies that is estimated to average between $5-7K USD per year.
“Diagnostics” business refers to revenues from: molecular diagnostics; companion diagnostics; and emerging and next generation diagnostic technologies such as cellular diagnostics.

ALDA meetings, market data, and surveys are directed to CEOs, presidents, and members of their senior executive teams.  Most members agree that the most important membership benefit is the opportunity to regularly meet, have dialog, and develop strategic business relationships with others.

We offer the opportunity to connect the industry and its leaders and are glad to assist in making introductions between one member company and another.

Semi-annual conferences focus on timely topics and feature world-class speakers who offer strategic insights into trends, emerging technologies, and new markets. Leading business-school academics and industry consultants provide keynote presentations.

The Spring Conference is typically held in Boston on the first Sunday-Tuesday in May and our Fall Conference is typically held on the West Coast on the first Sunday-Tuesday in October.

ALDA has hosted two international conferences: the Fall 2022 Conference in Zurich, Switzerland, and the Spring 2024 Conference in London, England. We’ll return to Zurich for the Fall 2025 Conference.

»View the most recent Conference Program

»View the most recent attendance list

Recent ALDA Semi-Annual Conferences Topics:

ALDA meetings offer opportunities to make valuable contacts and engage in dialogue. Increase your company’s visibility and gain valuable industry connections for business partnerships, OEM and sales opportunities, strategic investment, and mergers and acquisitions.

In addition, trade show events and annual dinner meetings on both coasts make it easy to network with other industry executives, customers, and international organizations.

ALDA sponsors four market data reports.

1. The Industry Market Assessment Report is published quarterly and sent to all ALDA members. The cost is included in your annual dues. The report contains a high-level overview of the global market and 15 product/market segments and is designed to complement your internal market research. Official and alternate representatives automatically receive this report.

The following three reports are available only to participants:

2. The Global Lab Instruments Bookings Report tracks global bookings (orders) on a quarterly basis for about a dozen laboratory analytical instrument systems including LC, GC, LC-MS, GC-MS, UV/Vis, AA, FTIR, and ICP products. ALDA jointly sponsors this report with instrument associations in Japan and Europe.

3. The Microplate Reader Sales Report tracks global sales on a semi-annual basis for three categories of microplate reader products: single-mode microplate readers, multi-mode microplate readers, and washers.

4. The Bio-Research Reagents Market Report tracks sales on a semi-annual basis for several categories of life science reagents and consumables. The report is offered on a subscription basis through the ABA Audits firm in the UK, and ALDA subsidizes a portion of the participation fee for our members.

Annually, ALDA members are invited to participate in the Pearl Meyer CHiPS One World Total Compensation Survey at a discounted rate.

The CHiPs One World survey reports positions based on salary, short-term and long-term incentives, total cash/target and direct compensation, and global merit increases.

Participants receive an all-participants report, a custom peer group report, and an ALDA-only report, along with a full year of 24/7 access to CHiPs online with free on-demand features.

The CHiPS One World also offers one-to-one account support through their dedicated team of account managers. This customized approach allows ALDA members to go beyond the data to understand how the survey results apply to their organization and its unique compensation needs.

Along with our partners at Pearl Meyer, ALDA offered its first Diversity & Inclusion Benchmarking Survey in 2021. More than 45 member companies participated and submitted representation data for a total of more than 300,000 employees in our industry. ALDA incorporated those results into our Strategic Plan, as D&I continues to be an important focus moving forward. 

ALDA’s 2023 D&I Benchmarking Survey again collected data on diversity in the workplace as well as diversity and inclusion practices. Forty-two companies participated with representation data on 385,000 employees worldwide. 

ALDA plans to conduct another Benchmarking Survey in 2026.

If you are interested in learning more about the association or if you are ready to join, please contact Kerrie Peterson, Director of Membership.

Click here for a printable list of our members >

Applicants for membership in ALDA must be actively engaged in the manufacture and/or supply of “analytical and life science systems” or “diagnostics.”

Please email Kerrie Peterson, Director of Membership, for more information or call (703) 647-6214.

Thank you for your interest!

Officers & Board of Directors

ALDA (Analytical, Life Science & Diagnostics Association) is a non-profit industry trade association for global companies that develop and market products and services used in life science research, drug discovery, QA/QC and food testing, and clinical and molecular diagnostics.

ALDA’s meetings, data, and programs are directed to C-suite executives, presidents, and senior executives of our member companies to help them develop business strategies to grow their businesses.

Member companies range from the industry’s largest suppliers to medium-size and small pre-product companies. Together, our analytical and life science members account for more than 70 percent of the industry’s global revenues. Our diagnostics members manufacture and supply molecular diagnostics, companion diagnostics, and emerging and next-generation diagnostic technologies.

ALDA is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

ALDA members participate in the over $140 billion life science, analytical & diagnostics tools market. Participating companies supply instrumentation, reagents, consumables, assays, and related services for life science research, drug discovery, food safety, QA & QC testing along with clinical and diagnostics testing.

Having deep insights in the life sciences enables ALDA members to connect life science research to clinical diagnostics and brings diagnostic solutions faster to market. This enables better diagnostics and helps more patients throughout the world.

Jacob Thaysen 
Chair
Chief Executive Officer
Illumina

Achim von Leoprechting 
Vice Chair
Chief Executive Officer
TECAN Trading AG

Patrick Kaltenbach   Immediate Past Chair
Chief Executive Officer
Mettler-Toledo

Mike Copps  
President & Chief Executive Officer

Udit Batra 
President & Chief Executive Officer
Waters Corporation

Thierry Bernard
Chief Executive Officer
QIAGEN

Steve Conly
Worldwide President
BD Biosciences

Alexandra Gatzemeyer
Member of the Executive Board
Sartorius AG

Tim Harkness
Chief Executive Officer
Unchained Labs

Kim Kelderman
President & Chief Executive Officer
Bio-Techne Corporation

Frank Laukien
Chief Executive Officer
Bruker Corporation

William A. Linton
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Promega Corporation

Beat Lüthi
Chief Executive Officer
CTC Analytics AG

Karen Madden
Chief Technology Officer
MilliporeSigma, the Life Science Business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Padraig McDonnell
Chief Executive Officer
Agilent

Greg Milosevich
VP & Group Executive, Life Sciences Innovations
Danaher Corporation

Melissa Sherman 
Chief Executive Officer
MOBILion, Inc.

Dan Shine
Senior Vice President & President, Analytical Instruments
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

Prahlad Singh
Chief Executive Officer
Revvity, Inc.

All ALDA meetings feature strategic presentations and are designed to facilitate networking opportunities. Customers and users often attend these meetings and present insights about their evolving needs for our industry’s products and services.

ALDA offers a variety of meetings:

»View our most recent conference program
»View a list of our semi-annual meeting topics
»View our most recent Attendee List

“While the meeting content focuses on learning more about the scientific trends (which) help us as leaders to stay current, the meetings help with networking and understanding the various companies and actors in the industry.”

Rainer Blair, President & Chief Executive Officer, Danaher Corporation

Diversity & Inclusion Surveys

ALDA connects our members with unique industry insights. We offer a suite of market data reporting, compensation surveys, and D&I benchmarking for members and their companies to leverage.

All of ALDA’s surveys are conducted by third-party, neutral partners, so your data is always private. With questions about our suite of market data and surveys, please contact us.

Along with our third-party partners, ALDA produces five market data reports that our members use to benchmark operations against industry data and averages and broaden their perspective on global users and markets.

These reports provide valuable insight independent of one another; they are each separate, nuanced reports. Examples of staff at ALDA member companies who find these reports valuable are data scientists, market intelligence strategists, and global commercial forecasting managers.

Summary: using public data and proprietary data-collecting methodology, this is a high-level overview of the global market and 15 product sectors, including life science instruments and reagents, cell analysis, liquid chromatography and mass spectroscopy, and lab automation.

Designed for: Senior executives at all ALDA member companies.

Frequency: Quarterly, 6-8 weeks following the end of the calendar quarter.

Who receives the data and how: ALDA member company representatives and any additional executives or staff added to the company membership who wish to receive this report. The report is sent via email in PDF format.

Cost: Complimentary with ALDA membership.

Produced by: Strategic Directions International (SDI).

»View a sample Industry Market Assessment Report

Summary: The report tracks several aggregated product categories for a number of emerging markets, including:

Designed for: Senior executives at ALDA member companies.

Who receives the data and how: Report participants receive the data via email in PDF & Excel format. To apply to be a participant in the data submission, please email ALDA President & CEO Mike Copps.

Cost: Complimentary for ALDA member participants.

Produced by: Withum, Smith & Brown

Jointly sponsored by: ALDA, JAIMA (Japan Analytical Instruments Manufacturers Association), and EUROM II.

Summary: In this nuanced report, bookings are divided into North America, Europe, Japan, China, India, Latin America, and rest of world (ROW). Bookings reflect when an order is shipped rather than placed. Several report participants operate in global markets; all companies report their bookings in U.S. dollars. There are 12 sectors covered in the report including total laboratory analytical business, gas chromatographs, and liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometers.

12 sectors covered include:

Designed for: Senior executives at ALDA member companies that provide analytical products.

Frequency: Calendar quarterly basis

Who receives the data and how: Report participants receive the data via email in PDF format.

Cost: Complimentary for ALDA member participants. To apply to be a participant in the data submission, please email ALDA President & CEO, Mike Copps.

Produced by: Withum, Smith & Brown

Jointly sponsored by: ALDA, JAIMA (Japan Analytical Instruments Manufacturers Association), and EUROM II.

Summary: The report covers sales of products in 14 groups, including:

Designed for: Senior executives at ALDA member companies who participate in these product segments.

Frequency: Semi-annually

Who receives the data and how: Report participants receive the data via email in PDF format.

Cost: ALDA members receive a discount. Prices range for companies based on products.

Produced by: ABA Audits Ltd., United Kingdom

Summary: The report covers three product segments and contains data for the current period and past periods. Product segments include:

Designed for: Senior executives at ALDA member companies that produce microplate readers.

Frequency: Semi-annually

Who receives the data and how: Report participants receive the data via email in spreadsheet format. To apply to be a participant in the data submission, please email ALDA President & CEO, Mike Copps.

Cost: Complimentary for ALDA member participants.

Produced by: Withum, Smith & Brown

ALDA members are invited to participate in two annual compensation surveys, both open in April, with final reporting provided in July. Participating ALDA member companies receive tailored compensation data for employees across their entire organization, from executives to entry-level.

Produced by: Pearl Meyer, a leading consultant on executive compensation and compensation surveys.

How to participate: ALDA and Pearl Meyer send email communications when the surveys open. The Pearl Meyer team coordinates participation.

In partnership with Pearl Meyer, ALDA offers members two diversity and inclusion surveys that are confidential and anonymous.

These data sets help members to make strategic decisions and gain insight into how their diversity and inclusion efforts compare to the rest of the industry.

How to participate: ALDA and Pearl Meyer send email communications when the surveys open. The Pearl Meyer team coordinates participation.

Summary: Launched in 2020, the study benchmarks industry performance in two primary areas: diversity in the workplace and diversity and inclusion practices.

Designed for: Senior executives at ALDA member companies.

Who receives the data and how: Report participants receive an Executive Summary with high-level data as well as the entire study via email in PDF format.

Cost: Complimentary for ALDA member participants.

Produced by: Pearl Meyer

2021 participation: 45 ALDA member companies, with representation data on ~265,000 employees worldwide.

2023 participation: 42 ALDA member companies, with representation data on more than 385,000 employees worldwide.

Summary: A shorter survey that is conducted between the biennial Benchmarking Study to provide valuable input regarding how other ALDA member companies are tracking, communicating, and expanding D&I efforts.

Designed for: Senior executives at ALDA member companies.

Who receives the data and how: Report participants receive an Executive Summary with high-level data as well as the entire study via email in PDF format.

Cost: Complimentary for ALDA member participants.

Produced by: Pearl Meyer

2022 participation: 47 ALDA member companies.

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