Wohlers Associates, powered by ASTM International
Head of Advisory Services and Market Intelligence

Mr. Terry Wohlers Simultaneous interpretation

Terry Wohlers and his team have provided consulting assistance to more than 280 organizations in 27 countries, as well as to nearly 200 companies in the investment community. He has authored 440 books, articles, and technical papers and has given 180 keynote presentations on six continents. Wohlers has appeared on many television news programs and has twice presented at the U.S. White House.

Abstract: Additive manufacturing has inspired profound change at countless organizations around the world. As a result, new types of products and business models are being introduced regularly. Even so, relatively few organizations worldwide have adopted the technology for production applications. Wohlers will explain why this is so while discussing the untapped potential of AM and what the future holds. He will cite examples of using AM to create competitive advantage, novel ways of thinking, and new streams of revenue.

Boston Consulting Group
Partner and Associate Director

Dr. Wilderich Heising Simultaneous interpretation

Dr.-Ing. Wilderich Heising is a Partner and Associate Director at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He is a core member of BCG's Innovation Center for Operations and very active in BCG's Health Care, Industrial Goods and Consumer Products practice areas. His focus at BCG is on advanced manufacturing topics such as additive manufacturing, 3D printing, digitalization, the factory of the future, Industry 4.0 as well as on manufacturing strategy and network optimization. He leads the additive manufacturing topic for BCG globally. He holds a Ph.D. in engineering from the Technical University of Berlin.

We have seen strong technological advancements in additive manufacturing. Manufacturing companies can now build on the technology to create parts for serial manufacturing. This presentation will reflect on the transformatory challenges of the shift from prototyping to manufacturing 3D printing use cases and how to master this transition to the benefit of operations. The future of 3D printing will be driven by manufacturing
applications. However, it is not trivial to identify the most suitable parts for additive manufacturing out of a portfolio of multiple parts that a manufacturing company has in its offering. This presentation will discuss a case study on how an electrical components company is leveraging an Additive Manufacturing Opportunity Screening Tool into which a set of SKUs/parts is loaded into to identify not only the right parts for 3D printing but to also get a recommendation on which is the most appropriate technology to use.

Reeves insight Ltd
Managing Director

Dr. Philip Reeves Simultaneous interpretation

Dr Phil Reeves is a leading consultant on Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing (AM/3DP) business strategy and technology investment. Phil has worked in the field of AM/3DP for over 30 years, having gained a Ph.D. in the subject from Nottingham University (UK) in the mid-1990s. In 2003 Phil founded global AM/3DP consulting firm Econolyst Ltd which was acquired by Stratasys in 2015. Between 2015 and 2018, Phil was global Vice President of consulting at Stratasys, the world’s largest 3D Printing technology vendor & service provider. Phil is now the managing director at Reeves Insight Ltd, advising clients across the AM/3DP ecosystem, from users and vendors to investors and governments.
Phil is widely regarded as a thought leader in understanding the social, economic, and environmental impacts of embedding metallic and polymeric AM/3DP into global supply chains. Phil’s clients have included many global Fortune 500 companies such as Nike, GE, Danone, IBM, BMW, Tata, Boeing, BAE Systems, Merlin Entertainment, Virgin Atlantic, Sony, Unilever, FedEx, Carpenter, Johnson & Johnson and Philips, along with investors such as HSBC, Jeffries and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Phil has also worked closely with other leading consulting organizations, including Bain, BCG, Accenture & McKinsey.
Phil is also a non-executive director of 4D Biomaterials, a UK-based materials company developing a range of bioresorbable 3D printing resins.

In this presentation, Dr Phil Reeves will discuss the relationship between Additive Manufacturing, also known as 3D Printing, and environmental sustainability. Dr. Reeves will discuss the relationship between manufacturing activity and the environment in relation to emissions, waste, and pollution. Dr. Reeves will then look at how AM/3DP can be used to address these environmental concerns, such as reducing material consumption, waste, energy usage, and reducing supply chain complexity. The presentation will then examine a specific use case where AM/3DP has been used to replace a complex traditional supply chain. Dr. Reeves will discuss how a comparative envonmental assessment can be made by mapping both the inputs and outputs from both production systems. In this scenario, Dr. Reeves will show how AM/3DP can be used to reduce material consumption, waste, environmental emissions, and energy consumption.

Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA)
Executive Director

Ms. Sherri Monroe Simultaneous interpretation

Sherri Monroe is the Executive Director of the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), a global nonprofit trade group founded to understand and promote the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing throughout the manufacturing ecosystem and through the entire life-cycle. Ms. Monroe brings leadership experience from both the for-profit and non-profit sectors driving innovation development and innovative re-imagining in some very established organizations as well as start-ups. Previously she has provided independent consulting services to top-level organizations as well as serving in leadership at large national and global humanitarian NGOs, and strategic relationship management, innovation, and product development at multiple early-stage technology companies. Ms. Monroe holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Rollins College in Florida, United States

AMGTA Executive Director Sherri Monroe will discuss newly released research studying the environmental benefits of additive practices across multiple use-case studies. Each study analyzed the transition from traditional manufacturing methods to Additive Manufacturing for components across the aerospace, commercial, and fashion sectors. Results represent the environmental impacts in terms of Global Warming Potential (GWP), material usage, and waste across the supply chain.

Significance/Importance:
Of the many potential environmental benefits of additive design and manufacture across nearly every industry, streamlined production processes, reduced material usage and waste, and reduced energy consumption are often suspected but require critical analysis to be quantified and lead to the adoption of more sustainable methods and processes. Each of these studies looked at a very specific and quantifiable component to understand the impacts of these advanced manufacturing technologies.