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IUTA Workshop: Data Standard meets Communication Standard
Tuesday, 11. November 2025 in Duisburg
Communication and data standards for laboratory and analytical applications are two sides of the same coin: communication standards capture live data generated during experiments and result creation, while data standards document the results along with critical context—such as who conducted the experiment, when, with what materials, and using which methods. Ideally, both should be built on shared definitions of entities and information elements. For the first time, the combination of OPC UA LADS and Allotrope Foundation framework enables seamless integration between communication and documented data. Ontologies like the Allotrope Foundation Ontology (AFO) provide the conceptual foundation necessary to achieve true FAIR data across laboratory environments.
Program
09:30 Uhr
Registration
10:00 Uhr
Challanges for generic and agnostic data access, management and processing
Gerrit Renner, University of Duisburg-EssenRicardo Cunha, IUTA e. V.
Ricardo Cunha, IUTA e. V.
10:35 Uhr
What is LADS OPC-UA?
Matthias Schuh, essentim GmbH
11:05 Uhr
Coffee Break
11:20 Uhr
What is an Allotrope Data Standard?
Matthias Mailänder, Lablicate GmbH
12:05 Uhr
Lunch
13:00 Uhr
Enabling LADS OPC-UA LADS in laboratory devices
Maximilian Wiens, Wiens Synefex GmbH
13:25 Uhr
Data standardization in LADS OPC-UA LADS via Allotrope Simple Model
Heiko Fessenmayr, Agilent Technologies GmbH
13:45 Uhr
Coffee break
14:00 Uhr
Bridging laboratory systems with LADS OPC-UA LADS: LES, ELN, and LIMS integration
Julian Lübke, labforward GmbH
14:25 Uhr
OpenChrom: interoperability and FAIRness in data analysis
Philip Wenig, Labllicate GmbH
14:45 Uhr
Coffee break
15:00 Uhr
Relevance of LADS OPC-UA and Allotrope Data Standards for research and industry users with roundtable discussion
Ricardo Cunha, IUTA e. V.
16:00 Uhr
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