The Clinical Laboratory Educators Conference (CLEC) is the most impactful annual gathering for faculty, administrators, directors, advisers, and others in medical laboratory education. Content experts will present a wide range of timely topics, providing you with the knowledge and skills to navigate the evolving landscape for the clinical laboratory education community.
The Clinical Laboratory Educators Conference (CLEC) is the most impactful annual gathering for faculty, administrators, directors, advisers, and others in medical laboratory education. Content experts will present a wide range of timely topics, providing you with the knowledge and skills to navigate the evolving landscape for the clinical laboratory education community.This conference includes peer-to-peer learning through shared personal experiences, designed to give you take-aways that you can bring home and implement in your program. Explore new ways to enhance the student learning experience, adapt your content for new learning methods and delivery systems, discover innovative teaching techniques, and so much more.
Schedule-at-a-Glance*
*All times in Central Time. Schedule subject to change
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4th
8:30 am – 11:00 am New Educator Workshop
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Networking, Industry Engagement preview
12:00 pm – 5:45 pm Opening Keynote, Educational Sessions and Industry Engagement
5:45 pm – 7:30 pm Reception with Industry Partners
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5th
7:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast and Networking
8:00 am – 4:00 pm Educational Sessions, Industry Engagement, Networking
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Educator Updates
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6th
7:00 am – 11:30 am Breakfast, Educational Sessions, and Closing Keynote
In-Person and Virtual Attendance Options
To provide you flexibility to participate in CLEC in the format that best fits your personal circumstances, you have the option to attend CLEC either in person in Arlington or virtually through the streaming device of your choice, wherever you are.
All educational sessions will be streamed live and recorded. Both in-person and virtual registrants will have access to all session recordings for 45 days after the event—about 40 hours of P.A.C.E.®-approved credit—as well as additional virtual content provided in the conference app. You get to choose which sessions and events you want to attend live and which recordings you will view later when the time is right. Design a CLEC schedule that fits your work and personal life.
Get CLEC Approved
Attending CLEC is a professionally rewarding and enriching experience. Need help requesting support from your administration to attend CLEC 2027? Here’s a sample letter to get you started: Sample Employer Justification Letter for CLEC
Tips to maximize impact:
- Personalize to your specific role and/or program needs
- Highlight opportunities to interact with accreditation and certification agencies
- Emphasize how attending will benefit your program and/or students
All educational sessions from the highly-rated CLEC 2026 were recorded and are now available to stream online via labucate.org. This library of on-demand courses includes content created by your peers and is focused on topics of relevance to today’s medical laboratory science educators.
- Individual sessions are $10 for ASCLS members/$15 for non-members.
- For access to all 36 recorded sessions, purchase the All Access CLEC 2026 On Demand bundle ($275 for ASCLS members/$400 for non-members).
Courses must be completed by March 31, 2027.
ASCLS is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program.
