HI-AM 2026 releases conference programme
The University of Waterloo, Kitchener, Canada, has announced that the conference programme for Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing (HI-AM) 2026 is now available.
The programme includes:
- Keynotes
- Industrialising metal Additive Manufacturing: Bridging from fundamentals to applications by Christopher Leyens, Fraunhofer IWS, Germany
- Modern applications and materials in Additive Manufacturing: A Canadian SME perspective by Martin J Petrak, Precision ADM, Canada
- Innovating for industry: Singapore’s Additive Manufacturing journey and ASTAR’s additive manufacturing technology solutions by Sharon Nai, ASTAR, Singapore
- Tailoring microstructure and shape memory behaviour of Fe–Mn–Si alloys through laser powder bed fusion by Christian Leinenbach, Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland
- Sessions
- Powder Bed Fusion (x4)
- Laser Directed Energy Deposition (x3)
- Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics and Composites
- Modelling, Metrology and Controls (x2)
- Arc-based Directed Energy Deposition
- Binder Jetting
- Additive Manufacturing of Polymers and Functional Materials
- Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing
- Innovative Processes
The event will also feature poster presentations, an exhibition and a student award ceremony. The full programme is available here.
