Sustainable AM Futures

This event is designed to initiate discussion around the use of AM for sustainability gains.

Held in partnership Prof Jennifer Johns (University of Bristol),  Sherri Monroe (AMGTA) and DfAM Network, the event is split over 2 days, highlighting focused presentations with experts from small and large companies from across the world covering service providers and users. The hosts will put the broader academic and industrial context of key topics into context through dialogue. including materials, spare and legacy parts as well as the whole value chain.

The role of design is central to much work around developing more sustainable manufacturing and we will be asking for audience discussion and questions on the speakers’ topics and posing questions including:

• What best practice is already happening?
• What are the key challenges around thinking about AM in the context of sustainability?
• We know that AM can help reduce waste and DfAM can extend the life cycle of products through, for example, lightweighting, but how can AM produce measurable benefits as we move towards more circular economies?
• How can we collectively work to overcome the challenges we perceive?  

Provisional agenda:

11th June 2024 – 2pm-5pm BST

Opening Discussion 2pm-3pm BST

• Jennifer Johns, University of Bristol
• Sherri Monroe, Executive Director of Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA)

Design for sustainable AM 3pm-4pm BST

• Maxime Legrand, AMEXCI
• Yannick Willemin, 9T Labs
• Mark Bloomfield, MODECLIX

Materials for sustainability  4pm-5pm BST

• Clemence Poncet, Arkema
• Brian Morrison, 6K Additive

19th June 2024 – 2pm-5pm BST

Opening Discussion 2pm BST 

• Jennifer Johns, University of Bristol
• Sherri Monroe, Executive Director of Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA)

Spare and Legacy Parts 2.20pm

• Pierre Devaux/Darren Kitching, SPEE3D
• Abdalla Nassar, John Deere

Value chain sustainability 3.20pm 

• Dan Johns, 3T Additive
• Steve Salt, Rolls Royce

Future of Sustainable Manufacturing with AM panel 4.20pm – 5pm

• Len Pannett, DiManEx
• Gerret Lukas, ACAM Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing GmbH
• Kedarnath Rane, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
• Christina Kurth, Sintavia