The Dutch Society for Cytometry (NVC) and the Section Immunological and Molecular Cell Diagnostics of the Foundation for Quality Control of Medical Laboratories (SKML section IMCD) organize each year a conference on quality and development in flow cytometry. This year's conference will take place on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 May 2022. The first day addresses the developments in flow cytometric applications, with multiple scientific presentations and keynote lectures. The second day will focus on the external quality control programs of the SKML section IMCD and recent developments in quality assessment and standardization in flowcytometric immunophenotyping. Note that the conference will be held mainly in Dutch.