Our top-class 2023 congress program


ENG - Tableheader / day 1

Conference at Congress Center (conference fees apply)

presentation programme in exhibition hall 2 (free of charge)

09:30 - 10:00

3D Printing Conference

Schiller’s bell – how 3D printing revolutionises mould making and the shaping of components

Miriam Irie
Mimaki Deutschland GmbH

Uwe Niklas
DP Solutions GmbH & Co.KG

de
10:00-10:30

3D Printing Conference

Demystifying how AI will enable AM to scale

Omar Fergani

CEO, 1000 Kelvin GmbH

de
10:30-10:50

Opening

Michael Kynast
Managing Director, Messe Erfurt GmbH

Prof. Dr. Gerd Witt
Head of the Advisory Board, Rapid.Tech 3D

Michael Eichmann
Head of the Advisory Board, Rapid.Tech 3D

de

3D Printing Conference

Building a transparent workflow: the case for traceability in 3D Printing

Leila Bracken
Additive Marking

de
10:50-11:20

Big Five Award of Additive Manufacturing

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Gebhardt
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Julia Kessler

IWF GmbH and GoetheLab for Additive Manufacturing at FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences

de

3D Printing Conference

Lightweight Materials based on AlMg for 3D Printing, Casting and Extrusion

Rüdiger Franke
Vice President Metal Technology, Fehrmann Materials GmbH & Co. KG

de
11:20-12:00

KEYNOTE: Use of AM at Ferrari

Franco Pinna, Head of Innovation and Advanced Technologies

Ferrari
 

de

3D Printing Conference

Combining additive manufacturing and crafting; printing modelling clay

Christoph Doerffel

Head of project, Steinbeis Innovationszentrum Automation, Prozesstechnik, Leichtbau

de
12:00-12:40

KEYNOTE: The Diversity of Additive Manufacturing – from R&D to Series Production at Diehl

Markus Bähr, Specialist team leader for chemical and structural materials
Anja Rupprecht, Development engineer

Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG
 

de

3D Printing Conference

Development of a manufacturing guideline to increase the dimensional, form and positional accuracy of L-PBF components made of 316L powder material

Peter Husemann

Project engineer / scholar. Employees, Fachhochschule Südwestfalen

de
12:40-13:30

Lunch break

de

3D Printing Conference

additive cleaning processes manual & automatic

Thomas Krumm,

CEO, Krumm Tec

de
13:30-14:00

Forum Mobility

How 3D-printing solves problems before they arise - AMS - Additive Manufacturing Solutions

Ralf Anderhofstadt
Head of Center of Competence Additive Manufacturing, Daimler Buses – EvoBus GmbH

Daniela Rehm
Product & Marketing Management 3D-Printing, Daimler Buses – EvoBus GmbH

de

Forum Innovations in AM

How new technologies in product development can shape the future of manufacturing

Ewald Egel
Technical Solution Executive, Autodesk GmbH

de

Forum AM Science

Implementation of optimized surface slitting for eddy current loss reduction on the surface of an additively manufactured permanent magnet rotor

Michael Haase
scientific staff, University Paderborn

de

3D Printing Conference

End-Use-Parts through Granulate 3D-Printing - Variable Nozzles and novel Algorithms

Dennis Herrmann
Co-Founder & CTO - Q.BIG 3D GmbH

de
14:00-14:30

Forum Mobility

Additive Manufacturing at Ford

Raphael Koch
Team Member Advanced & Additive Manufacturing, Ford

de

Forum Innovations in AM

Building a greener future through 3D printed wood

Gürsel Demircali
Vice President EMEA, Channel Sales, Desktop Metal

de

Forum AM Science

Removability of support structures in laser powder bed fusion of Ti-6Al-4V

Prathveraj Shetty
Hamburg University of Technology (Institute of Laser and System Technologies)

de

3D Printing Conference

Digital Orthotics

Niklas Hamann

PhD student and lecturer, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

de
14:30-15:00

Forum Mobility

Additive Manufacturing, large metal parts for railway vehicles at ALSTOM

Dr.-Ing. Uwe Jurdeczka
Senior Expert Additive Manufacturing, Alstom Transport Deutschland GmbH

de

Forum Innovations in AM

Design solutions and opportunities for AM

Sebastian Hess
Founder and CEO, DQBD GmbH

de

Forum AM Science

Wire-based electron beam additive manufacturing of copper

Dr. Bernd Baufeld
Process developer, pro-beam additive GmbH

de

3D Printing Conference

Extrusion-based 3D printing with polypropylene

Prof. Hans-Werner Schmidt

Co-founder of PPprint GmbH, PPprint GmbH

de
15:00-15:30

Forum Mobility

Freedom - How 3D printing opens up new perspectives for caravans

Mario Meszaros
Entwicklungskonstrukteur, Knaus Tabbert AG

de

Forum Innovations in AM

New possibilities in multi-material applications using blue lasers

David Scheider
Development Engineer Material Development/Additive Manufacturing, DMG MORI Ultrasonic Lasertec GmbH

de

Forum AM Science

Metal powder for additive manufacturing from by-products of the steel industry

Andreas Walter
thyssenkrupp

de

3D Printing Conference

Ontologies for the open handling of material properties of additively manufactures metals

Tom Lahmer

Head of department, Materialforschungs- und -Prüfanstalt Weimar

de
15:30-16:00

Coffee break

3D Printing Conference

Digital Tradition- Colour-binding visualisation of prototypes for additive manufacturing

Miriam Irie
Mimaki Deutschland GmbH

Uwe Niklas
DP Solutions GmbH & Co.KG

de
16:00-16:30

Forum Mobility

3D printed spareparts - additive manufacturing @ ÖBB

Sebastian Otto
Head of Additive Manufacturing, ÖBB-Technische Services-GmbH

de

Forum Innovations in AM

Additive Manufacturing in the Air Force - Experiences

Tobias Gärtner
Head of the Design Office of the Weapon Systems Support Center 2, Bundeswehr

de

Forum AM Science

Conversion of bio-based residues into AM materials as a sustainable and cost-effective approach: example of water hyacinths in Kenya

Leif Micke
scientific staff, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg

de
16:30-17:00

Forum Mobility

Additive manufacturing for tools and dies – actual situation and outlook

Martin Bock
Project Lead AM Center Metall, AUDI AG

de

Forum Innovations in AM

Bringing Digital Transformation to Composite Manufacturing with Cast In Motion technology

Avi Cohen
Vice President Sales and Marketing, Massivit

de

Forum AM Science

Application of paper fibres from the packaging industry in Additive Manufacturing for the production of packaging inlays

Katja Brauer
scientific staff, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg

de

ENG - Tableheader / day 2

Conference at Congress Center (conference fees apply)

presentation programme in exhibition hall 2 (free of charge)

09:30-10:10

KEYNOTE: New Mobility: The form follows the function?

Frank Rinderknecht, CEO

Rinspeed AG

de

3D Printing Conference

Sustainable Additive Manufacturing in Saxony – SAMSax

Dr.-Ing. Lisa Elisabeth Kühnel
scientific staff, TU Bergakademie Freiberg

10:10 - 10:40

KEYNOTE: 3D printing for Catalysis at Shell: Future or Fiction?

Jurjen Meeuwissen, Senior Research Scientist / Project Leader

Shell Global Solutions International BV

de

3D Printing Conference

Sustainability aspects of 3D printing materials using MOIIN resins as an example

Dr. Hans-Dieter Höhnk
Head Corporate Development, MOIIN (DMG Digital Enterprises SE)

Anna Babel-Drusenthal
Head MOIIN Brand, MOIIN (DMG Digital Enterprises SE)

de
10:40-11:20

PANEL DISCUSSION: Development of the AM market after Corona and Ukraine Conflict?

Host: Bernhard Langefeld (Roland Berger)

Christoph Hauck
board, toolcraft AG

Stephan Keil
Managing Director, The Aviation AM Centre

Christoph Braun
CEO, schubert + braun prothesenwerk GmbH

Markus Bähr
Specialist team leader for chemical and structural materials, Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG

de

3D Printing Conference

This is how additive manufacturing offers immediate added value in mechanical engineering!

Joachim Kasemann

CEO, Mark3D GmbH                                                                    

11:20-11:30

Coffee break

11:30-12:00

Forum Chemistry & Process Engineering

The impact of 3D printing in next-generation processes for sustainable chemical and pharmaceutical industries

Prof. Carlos A. Grande         
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, KAUST Catalysis Center, Saudi Arabia

de

Forum Software & Processes

About Giants and Dwarfs in Rail - and how instant printability and costing helps save millions!

Ruben Meuth
co-Founder & co-CEO, 3D Spark GmbH

de

Forum AM Science

Influence of component structures on mechanical properties of dual-curing multi-material additive manufacturing

Philip Obst
AM Production Specialist, BMW Group

de

3D Printing Conference

Metal 3D Printing at Laserinstitut Hochschule Mittweida – From Micro to Large Format

Martin Erler

scientific staff, Laserinstitut Hochschule Mittweida

de
12:00-12:30

Forum Chemistry & Process Engineering

Renaissance of additive manufacturing in the chemical industry

Götz Erhardt
Senior Managing Director | Industry X EU lead, Accenture GmbH

de

Forum Software & Processes

AddiMap – Data Economy for Metal Additive Manufacturing – efficient use of process parameters

Johannes Eckstein
Managing Director, NuCOS GmbH

de

Forum AM Science

Influence of a Varying Scan Vector Length on the Spatially Resolved Melt Pool Temperature and the Resulting Porosity of Components in Laser-Based Powder Bed Fusion of Polyamide 12

Joseph Hofmann
scientific staff, Professorship of Laser‑based Additive Manufacturing, Department of Mechanical Engineering, TUM School of Engineering & Design, Technical University of Munich,

de

3D Printing Conference

SEAM - Large format 3D printing as a solution for sustainable circular economy

Dipl.-Ing. IWE Marcus Witt

CTO, 1A Technologies

de
12:30-13:00

Forum Chemistry & Process Engineering

Multi-ton commercial 3D printing of Catalysts

Marco Kennema
BASF SE

de

Forum Software & Processes

Next Level in AM: Practical digitalization and automation in the additive manufacturing process

Uwe Schulmeister
Division Manager Additive Manufacturing, toolcraft AG

de

Forum AM Science

Functionalization of Polyamide 6 for laser sintering of plastics – Aging resistance and flame retardancy

Simon Cholewa
Chair of Plastics Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Andreas Jaksch
Chair of Plastics Technology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg

de

Finalists of 3D Pioneers Challenge

12:30 - 12:50 Uhr
World record bicycle. 3D Imagination to 3D reality
Dimitris Katsanis
METRON A.E. // GREAT BRITAIN

 

12:50 - 13:10 Uhr
Electric motors thought new - Hybrid AM electric motor housing with optimized cooling structure

Lorenzo Bono, Andrin Schmid und Asbjørn Verlo
ETH Zürich, inspire AG, Siemens // SWITZERLAND

de
13:00-13:30

Forum Chemistry & Process Engineering

Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics on its way to series production – used in chemical applications

Nikolai Sauer
Advanced Ceramics, Product Area Ceramics (GROW/PAC)
grow platform GmbH

de

Forum Software & Processes

In process monitoring for Laser Powder Bed Fusion: challenges for automated failure analysis in industrial applications

Dr. Bernhard Wiedemann
Director Business Development, Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH

de

Forum AM Science

Influence of chemical smoothing on mechanical properties and surface roughness of laser sintered polyamide 12 parts

Paul Oehlmann
doctoral student, BMW AG

de

Finalists of 3D Pioneers Challenge

13:10 - 13:30 Uhr
Syenta Printer – Democratising Electronics Manufacturing

Tiger Chen
Syenta // AUSTRALIA

 

de
13:30-14:00

Lunch break

Finalists of 3D Pioneers Challenge

Finalists present exciting contributions

13:30 - 13:50 Uhr
FLAM _ Fungal-like Adhesive Materials
Javier G. Fernandez
Chitonous / Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) // SINGAPUR

de
14:00-14:30

Lunch break

3D Printing Conference

Automation for Maximum Throughput with Additive Manufacturing

Constantin Rainer-Harbach
sales manager, Formlabs

de
14:30-15:00

Forum Medical

Inspiring 3D printing for Medical Devices by Industrial Examples

Dr. Bart Engendahl
Managing Director, Chromatic 3D Materials GmbH

de

Forum Design

Design without boundaries

Bradley R. Rothenberg
CEO, nTopology

de

Forum AM Science

Mechanical properties of concrete components manufactured by selective cement activation

Christiane Richter
scientific staff, Hochschule München

de

3D Printing Conference

The complex relationship between reshoring, climate change, and energy innovation

John Rushton

Director of Market Development, Seurat

de
15:00-15:30

Forum Medical

Advancing in New Design Tools, Design Automation, Process Development for Medical Additive Manufacturing

Kuntay Aktas
CEO, TrabTech

de

Forum Design

Digital Assistance Systems for the Efficient Development of a New Product Generation

Dr. Stephan Ziegler
Managing Chief Engineer, RWTH Aachen University - Digital Additive Production DAP

de

Forum AM Science

Possibilities for the individualization of esophageal stents through additive manufacturing

Daniel Berger
Project management / doctoral student, Impetus Plastics Engineering GmbH / Ruhr-Universität Bochum

de

3D Printing Conference

Complex glass components by methods of additive manufacturing

Dr. Steffen Dahms

ifw Jena

de
15:30-16:00

Forum Medical

Minimally invasive implanted aortic stents - the better solution in emergencies

Matthias Kern
Project Manager Medical Technologies, FIT Production

de

Forum Design

Optimizing Lightweight and Sustainable Design with Digital Twins and automize your processes

Sebastian Stahn
Lead AE / Product Manager - Structural Optimization, Ansys

Jiří Drozda
Lead Application Engineer EMEA

 

de

3D Pioneers Challenge

award ceremony at booth 2-509

de
16:00-16:30

Forum Medical

3D printing in arm prosthetics - new supply options through digitization

Christoph Braun
Managing Director, schubert + braun prothesenwerk GmbH

de

Forum Design

Scaling industrial 3D-Printing requires us to solve process complexity by making better physics-based decisions

David Hartmann
CEO/Founder, Helio Additive

de

3D Pioneers Challenge

award ceremony at booth 2-509

de
16:30-17:00

Forum Medical

Multi-material-models for anatomical and medical applications

Oliver Simon
Head of S3D Medical, S3S Repro GmbH

de

Forum Design

Can Additive Manufacturing help Sustainability without damaging Profitability?

Alexander Herking
aPriori Technologies

de

3D Pioneers Challenge

award ceremony at booth 2-509

de
ENG - Tableheader / day 3

Conference at Congress Center (conference fees apply)

presentation programme in exhibition hall 2 (free of charge)

09:30-10:10

KEYNOTE: Direct Energy Deposition (DED) Processes for Manufacturing Combustion Chamber Parts of Rocket Engines - Status and Challenges in Development and Industrialization

Dr. Steffen Beyer, Manager SprayLab Additive Manufacturing & Industrialization Expert

ArianeGroup (an Airbus Company)

de

3D Printing Conference

A cooperative approach to success - additive manufacturing of precise metal parts

Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Hoffmann
CEO , ARC Solutions GmbH

Dipl.-Wi.-Ing. Hans-Werner Theobald
owner 3D-Metall Theobald e.K.

de
10:15-10:45

Forum Aviation

How to fly - Certification of 3D-printed aircraft cabin interior parts - case study

Stephan Keil
Managing Director, The Aviation AM Centre

de

Forum Post Processing & Quality Assurance

Post-processing and quality assurance - High-tech applications from printing high-pressure equipment to medical technology

Prof. Dr. Christian Seidel
Head of Additive Manufacturing, Fraunhofer IGCV, Hochschule München

de

3D Printing Conference

Fused Filament Fabrication in Series Production and Prototyping – An Insight into High Performance Polymers

4D Concepts
Tom Neumann

de
10:45-11:15

Forum Aviation

Verification of AM parts for space applications

Dr. Marco Mulser
Technology Coordinator, OHB System AG

de

Forum Post Processing & Quality Assurance

Challenges and achievements in post processing large RF Antenna Parts

Peter Finger
Project Manager AM, Oerlikon AM Europe GmbH

de

3D Printing Conference

Advantages of higher acceleration voltage and electron optics for the next generation of electron beam powder bed fusion machines

Marcel Reith

Project Engineer Additive Manufacturing, Neue Materialien Fürth GmbH

de
11:15-11:45

Coffee break

3D Printing Conference

With the 3D printing driving licence from school into professional practice

Dr. Carsten Krautz
Network Coordinator, 3D Building e.V.

de
11:45-12:15

Forum Aviation

The long way to the AM series in space using the example of satellite tank hemispheres

Markus Axtner
Program Lead Additive Manufacturing, MT Aerospace

de

Forum Post Processing & Quality Assurance

Producing Customer-Ready Parts: Navigating the Leap from Prototyping to Production

Florian J. Künne
General Manager DACH and APAC, PostProcess Technologies Germany GmbH

3D Printing Conference

Additive manufacturing in university teaching – and how industry benefits from it

Dr. Holger Merschroth
Research Director Manufacturing Technology at PTW, TU Darmstadt

de
12:15-12:45

Forum Aviation

Input lecture & discussion: AM for new space concepts

Vasyl Kashevko,
Rocket Factory Augsburg

de

Forum Post Processing & Quality Assurance

Canyon computer mounts: How automation technology and quality assurance processes at rpm guarantee the production of series AM products.

Brian Crotty
Business Development Manager, rpm rapid product manufacturing GmbH

de

3D Printing Conference

PANEL DISCUSSION: Successful advanced training in additive manufacturing - here's how it can succeed

Host: Alexander Hoffmann
CEO,  ARC Solutions  GmbH

de
12:45-13:15

Forum Aviation

Cryogenic Rocket Propulsion Component development with Addtitive Manufacturing

Maximilian Strixner
Additive Manufacturing Senior Engineer, The Exploration Company

de

Forum Post Processing & Quality Assurance

AM Series Production Thought Through to the End - Decentralized, Fully Automated Production with Systems from Genera

Dr. Klaus Stadlmann
Managing Director, Genera Printer GmbH

de

3D Printing Conference

PANEL DISCUSSION: Successful advanced training in additive manufacturing - here's how it can succeed

Host: Alexander Hoffmann
CEO,  ARC Solutions  GmbH

de
13:15-13:45

Forum Aviation

Influence of Process Acceleration Methods, Automation and Digitization on Production KPIs of Additive Manufactured Large- Volume Aerospace Parts

Fabian Tieck
PhD Student, EOS GmbH

de

Forum Post Processing & Quality Assurance

Investigation for the Application of a Material Tracing Technology to a Polyamide 12 Sinter Material in Selective Laser Sintering

Tom Eggers
PhD student, VW

de

3D Printing Conference

10 years of 3D & Making - Insights and insights in 10 years of practical training

Maik Jähne
Owner, Addcademy

de
13:45-15:00

Lunch break

3D Printing Conference

Qualification and training in 3D printing, thinking outside the box...

Torsten Wolschendorf
CEO, Prototec GmbH

 

de

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