Rapid + TCT 2025 announces Executive Perspectives Keynote panellists
April 8, 2025
RAPID + TCT 2025 organisers have announced the return of its Executive Perspectives Keynote Series. This year’s event, taking place from April 8-10, at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan, USA, will bring together over twenty-five leading industry executives to share insights into the latest trends and opportunities in Additive Manufacturing.
“The Executive Perspectives Keynote Series is back by popular demand, uniting some of the brightest minds in AM to address the technology’s most pressing topics,” stated Steve Prahalis, chief operating officer of SME. “Its return underscores the value these discussions provided at last year’s event in Los Angeles. RAPID + TCT 2025’s panels have evolved to represent a more diverse range of expertise, including OEMs and end users, each offering unique points of view.”
Now in its second year, the series will feature ninety-minute discussions each morning, along with additional sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, including:
- Additive Manufacturing Impact: View from the C-Suite — Tuesday morning’s session brings together executives from some of the biggest companies in AM to discuss the current industry landscape, key challenges and emerging opportunities and explore how AM continues to transform industrial production. The panel will also discuss supply chain resilience and the impact of cutting-edge technologies like AI, automation and sustainable materials on operations. Panellists include:
- Yoav Zeif, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Stratasys
- Brigitte de Vet-Veithen, Chief Executive Officer, Materialise
- Nick Graham, Chief Revenue Officer, Formlabs
- Glynn Fletcher, president, EOS
- Todd Grimm, president TA Grimm and Associates (Moderator)
- Real-World Applications using Additive Manufacturing — ****Tuesday afternoon specifically focuses only on end-users from high-performance industries (e.g. motorsports, defence, medical and automotive) that are leveraging AM to drive innovation. Panelists will share firsthand insights on how AM is transforming their product development, optimising performance and enhancing supply chain efficiency in these demanding sectors. Panelists include:
- Tamas Havar, PhD, Principal Engineer, Gulfstream
- Jonathan Dankenbring, Manager, Prototype Manufacturing, Rivian
- Jonathan Morris, MD, Executive Medical Director Immersive and Experiential Learning; Medical Director Anatomic Modeling Unit; Medical Director Biomedical and Scientific Visualization; and Neuroradiologist, Mayo Clinic
- Kory Drake, Design Engineer, Arrow McLaren Indy Car
- Joris Peels, Executive Editor, 3DPrint.com (Moderator)
- Printing for Patients: How 3D Printing is Shaping the Future of Healthcare — ****Wednesday morning will focus on the state of AM in healthcare and how it is revolutionizing medical devices, improving patient outcomes and driving revolutionary developments like using patient-specific implants and regulatory considerations. In a unique discussion format, two OEMs will take the stage with their customers.
- Panellists include:
- Jeffrey Graves, PhD, president and Chief Executive Officer, 3D Systems
- Patrick Treacy, founder and Chief Executive Officer, Onkos Surgical
- Nick Enstock, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, AddUp
- John Davidson, president, ACUITY
- Laura Griffiths, Head of Content, The TCT Group (Moderator)
- Geopolitical Insights and Their Impact on Additive Manufacturing — ****The Wednesday afternoon session is a discussion on increasingly relevant issues in the global manufacturing industry. This panel will investigate topics like tariffs, international actors, investments, mergers and acquisitions, reshoring and national security. Panellists include:
- Terry Wohlers, Dr hc, FSME, Distinguished Fellow of Advanced Manufacturing, Wohlers Associates, Powered by ASTM International
- Shannon VanDeren, Owner/President, Layered Manufacturing and Consulting, and 2025 president, AMUG (Additive Manufacturing Users Group)
- John Wilczynski, Executive Director, America Makes
- Mark Burnham, JD, Director of Policy, Additive Manufacturing Coalition
- Steve Plumb, Editor-in-Chief, SME Media (Moderator)
- The State of Additive Manufacturing — Thursday’s panel will set the stage for next year in AM with a dynamic conversation exploring key trends driving manufacturing’s transformation, including the ever-evolving role of AM in industrial production, supply chain resilience and the influence of advanced manufacturing technologies like AI, automation and sustainable materials. Panellists include:
- Rajeev Kulkarni, Chief Strategy Officer, Axtra3D
- Jeff DeGrange, FSME, Chief Commercial Officer, Impossible Objects
- Alex Moñino, Senior Vice President and General Manager, HP
- Nils Niemeyer, General Manager, DMG MORI Additive Solutions for North America
- Todd Grimm (Moderator)
RAPID + TCT 2025 events
RAPID + TCT 2025 features several other unique offerings for attendees, including an AM Service Providers Pavilion. This area focuses on companies that provide access to industrial-grade technologies, highly specialised materials and engineering support that can turn a prototype into a production-ready component.
RAPID + TCT 2025 will take place alongside SME’s AeroDef Manufacturing, SAE’s World Congress Experience (WCX), and America Makes’ Technical Review & Exchange (TRX). This co-location provides attendees with access to over 600 manufacturers and showcases numerous developments in advanced manufacturing technologies.
