PRESENT A POSTER SESSION
2025 THEME:
CATALYZING GROWTH
Real growth in lateral flow diagnostics doesn’t happen by chance. It’s the result of the right strategic calls made by the right people at the right time.
The 2025 ALFC theme, Catalyzing Growth: Tech Advancements, Funding, and Regulatory Roadmaps in LFA, reflects this reality. It explores how capital, innovation, and regulatory clarity combine to turn ideas into real-world diagnostics.
This year’s program will dive into:
- Securing funding in a tighter investment climate
- Advancing tech without pricing yourself out of the market
- Navigating shifting regulatory expectations
- Building supply chains that scale
- Identifying buyers—and getting paid
The ALFC 2025 Poster Sessions give attendees a chance to showcase new research, technical advances, product development insights, regulatory strategies, or field-based results in a highly interactive format. Posters are designed to spark conversations and build connections—not just display findings.
During the dedicated poster session, presenters will stand by their posters to engage directly with attendees, answer questions, and exchange ideas. It’s a unique opportunity to connect with scientists, product leaders, investors, and partners in a focused but informal setting.
Posters may highlight scientific data, development milestones, manufacturing strategies, regulatory pathways, commercialization lessons, or new applications for lateral flow. The emphasis is on practical relevance and real-world impact.
Please read the guidelines on this page before submitting your poster abstract. All abstracts must be submitted online.
The deadline for abstract submissions is June 30, 2025.
WHO YOU’LL PRESENT TO
ALFC 2025 brings together the people who drive real growth in lateral flow—strategists, funders, builders, and operators across the diagnostics landscape. You’ll present to:
Product and portfolio managers from strategic diagnostics companies
Startups (technical and non-technical founders alike)
Investors from VC, PE, corporate, and non-dilutive sources
Regulatory and clinical affairs leaders
Supply chain experts and service providers
Scientists developing and scaling new assays
They’re here to partner, fund, and execute. This is your opportunity to capture their interest and give them something they can act on!
POSTER CATEGORIES
EMERGING USE CASES & MARKET NEED
For posters focused on where demand is growing or under-recognized. This includes novel applications in areas like home diagnostics, veterinary, AMR, environmental, pharma, or low-resource settings, especially with a commercialization lens.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & SCALEUP
For posters focused on design for manufacturing, cost modeling, technology transfer, or navigating the development path from prototype to production. Includes lessons learned in scaling LFA products for commercial use.
FUNDING & INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
For posters focused on raising capital, structuring deals, or aligning with investor priorities. Includes VC, PE, strategic investment, non-dilutive funding, and insights into what makes a diagnostics business fundable in today’s market.
COMMERCIAL STRATEGY & MARKET ACCESS
For topics related to go-to-market planning, business models, pricing, payer dynamics, and differentiation. This category also covers how companies decide what products to build—and how to make the business case stick.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
To be considered for a poster presentation at ALFC, abstracts must adhere to approved criteria for scientific validity, overall quality, and consistency with other posters presented at the ALFC 2025.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The following general requirements apply to all submitted applications:
- Multiple Submissions: While authorship on multiple poster abstracts is allowed, submitting multiple poster abstracts with similar content may lead to the rejection of one or more submissions.
- Prior Publication: The content must not have been previously published in a copyrighted, peer-reviewed journal by any of the submitting authors.
- Technical Information: Relevant technical information cannot be withheld on the grounds of proprietary information (e.g., “results will be discussed” is not acceptable).
- Promotions: Poster abstracts must not include any advertisements; however, commercial content as it relates to the solicited poster topics is allowable.
REQUIRED CONTENT
Each poster abstract must clearly include:
Objective: What you set out to do or explore, and why it matters to the diagnostics community
Approach: A concise description of the methods, strategy, or process you used
Evidence: Key data, outcomes, or findings that validate your conclusions (e.g., performance metrics, case study results, analytical validation, field data, regulatory outcomes, etc.)
Impact: A brief statement about how your work advances development, scale-up, commercialization, regulation, or field adoption of lateral flow diagnostics
Author Information: Names, affiliations, and primary contact email
We welcome a wide range of submissions, including:
Technical and analytical studies with supporting data
Development case studies (e.g., design for manufacturing, cost modeling, supply chain readiness)
Regulatory strategy and implementation learnings
Field evaluations and real-world use case data
Commercial or operational lessons (e.g., go-to-market, funding strategies, pricing models)
All submissions must be original and free from overt advertising. Posters should focus on insights that other attendees can apply, learn from, or build on.