KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

Join us at 8:45 AM each morning to kick off your day with our Keynote Presentation and Special Guests each morning to kick off your day at RAPID + TCT!

Admission to All Keynote Presentations Is Included With All Registrations.

RAPID + TCT Keynote Presentations feature industry-leading speakers highlighting real-world examples of Additive Manufacturing opportunities and challenges. You’ll learn how 3D-technologies are transforming a wide variety of industries, and what you can do to stay ahead of the competition.

TUESDAY, MAY 2 | MAIN STAGE | 8:45 am

Building and Scaling an Industrial Digital Manufacturing System

This keynote presentation will set forth the general architecture and elements of the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS™), its benefits and the vehicle architecture it enables. It also will present the business model for localizing adaptive and sustainable manufacturing on a global scale.

Kevin Czinger Founder, Lead Inventor and CEO Divergent Technologies Inc.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 | MAIN STAGE | 8:45 am

Additive Manufacture for Space: Past, Present, and Future

Additive manufacture has proven to be an enabling technology to decrease the cost of rocket engine manufacture, increase design flexibility, and utilize hard-to-process materials not previously available. The long-term vision of robotic and human sustained permanent presence in various locations throughout the solar system requires the use of local resources that can then be made into feedstocks, which are potentially well suited for additive manufacture to produce a range of items from replacement parts to habitats.

THURSDAY, MAY 4 | MAIN STAGE | 8:45 am

AM Industry Outlook: Opportunities and Challenges

Join SME, ASTM, SAE and the soon-to-be-announced 2023 AM Industry Achievement Award winner for a moderated keynote panel on to discuss the AM Industry Outlook: Opportunities and Challenges. Moderated by SME Executive Director and CEO Robert “Bob” Willig, panel members Terry Wohlers, Dr. H.C., FSME, of ASTM’s Wohlers Associates; SAE’s Chris Ciuca, vice president of programs; and the highlevel AM awardee will each share their unique perspectives and industry expertise on what lies ahead for additive manufacturing.

Robert “Bob”

Executive Director & CEO SME

Chris Ciuca Vice President of Programs SAE International

Terry Wohlers MSc, Dr.hc, FSME Principal Consultant and President Wohlers Associates, Inc.