Name: Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference - MAMC 2026
Start: 2026-11-10T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-12T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Arcotel Wimberger

Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference - MAMC 2026

from Tuesday, 10 November 2026 (08:00) to Thursday, 12 November 2026 (18:00)

Monday, 9 November 2026
Tuesday, 10 November 2026

09:00 Registration
Registration
09:00 - 10:15

10:15 Opening
Opening
10:15 - 10:30
Room: Room 1
10:30 Plenary Talk: Plenary Talks
Plenary Talks
10:30 - 12:00
Room: Room 1
Contributions

10:30 From Prototype to Profit: The European Metal AM Landscape in 2026 - Arno Held (AM Ventures)

11:00 The progress of Metal Additive Manufacturing in China - Ke Huang (Xi'an Jiaotong University)

11:30 Latest Developments: Powder Metallurgy - Special Steels - Titanium - Benedikt Blitz (SMR Premium GmbH)
12:00 Business Lunch
Business Lunch
12:00 - 13:30
13:30 AM of Refractory Metals - Highlight Session
13:30 - 15:20
Room: Room 1
Contributions

13:30 Additive Manufacturing of Refractory Metals – Status, Challenges, and Outlook - Bernhard Mayr-Schmoelzer (Plansee SE)

14:00 Additive Manufacturing of Molybdenum: Defect Mechanisms and Alloying Strategy for Fully Dense and Crack-free Molybdenum Parts by PBF-LB/M - Jakob Braun (Universität Innsbruck)

14:20 MoC0.4 – From Lab to Industry in PBF-LB of C-alloyed Molybdenum - Benedikt Distl (Plansee SE)

14:40 Additive Manufacturing of Tungsten: Challenges and Solutions in Laser PBF - Lukas Kaserer (Universität Innsbruck)

15:00 Optimizing Additive Manufacturing of Niobium: A Pathway to Advancing Superconducting Technologies - Daniel Pattis (University of Innsbruck)
15:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:20 - 15:50
15:50 Laser Melting, Electron Beam Melting & Direct Deposition Processes
15:50 - 17:30
Room: Room 1
Contributions

15:50 Development of a Novel Hybrid Wire–Powder DED-Arc Plasma System for Fabrication of Low Carbon Steel/TiC Metal Matrix Composites - Ziad Mohamed (Chair of Materials Engineering of Additive Manufacturing, Technical University of Munich)

16:10 Application of Blue Laser in Additive Manufacturing and Laser Processing of Reflective Metals - Hossein Ghasemi (Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne)

16:30 Embedding Fiber-Optic Sensors in Metallic Components via LPBF for In-Situ Fuel Cell Diagnostics - Markus Reiter (AVL List GmbH)

16:50 Phase Transformation Kinetics and Lattice Parameter Evolution in LPBF Ti-6Al-4V: An In-Situ Synchrotron Study - F Friso (Institute of Materials and Process Engineering, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland)

17:10 Hybrid L-PBF Scanning Strategies for Additively Manufactured Ultra Thin-Walled Ti-6Al-4V TPMS Implants - Karel Brulík (Brno University of Technology)
Sinter based MAM Processes
15:50 - 17:10
Room: Room 2
Contributions

15:50 Photolithographically manufactured components made of stainless steel and copper – A comparison of the processes - Christian Gierl-Mayer (TU Wien)

16:10 Multiphysics Modeling of Shell Printing in Binder-Jetted 17-4PH Stainless Steel - Ziping Sang (Institute of Applied Powder Metallurgy and Ceramics at RWTH Aachen e. V. (IAPK), 52062 Aachen, Germany)

16:30 Feedstock Roller Formation in Lithography-based Metal Manufacturing - Atul Anand (TU Wien)

16:50 Sinter-based Additive Manufacturing of Stainless Steel – Debinding and Sintering Strategies for FFF and LMM Samples - Alexander Holzer (TU Wien)
17:30 Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
17:30 - 19:20
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
08:30 MAM in the Defense Sector - Highlight Session: Industry Perspective
Industry Perspective
08:30 - 10:00
Room: Room 1
Contributions

08:30 Additive Manufacturing at Airbus Defence and Space - A way to secure part availability in the military aerospace domain - David Schimbäck (Airbus Defense & Space)

09:00 Decentralized Metal and Polymer Additive Manufacturing: An Integrated Framework for On-Demand Sustainment in Defense Applications - Juan Carlos Redondo (Airbus Defense and Space)

09:20 Investigations of the Applicability of Wire-arc Additive Manufacturing for Spare Part Production and Repair in the Context of Battlefield Repair - Michael Unger (LKR Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen GmbH)

09:40 WAAM (Wire Arc Manufacturing) – Manufacturing a Military Environment - Michael Eberhard (Fronius International GmbH)
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 MAM in the Defense Sector - Highlight Session: Academic Perspective
Academic Perspective
10:30 - 12:00
Room: Room 1
Contributions

10:30 No Sovereignty Without Metallurgy: Why Metal Additive Manufacturing Must Become Europe’s Strategic Technology - Constantinos Goulas (University of Twente)

11:00 „Metal Additive Manufacturing for Defence: a Materials Engineering Perspective" - Eric Jägle (Univesity of the Bundeswehr München)

11:20 Spare parts engineering and additive manufacturing responding to specific operational scenarios of armed forces - Rudolf Gradinger (LKR Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen GmbH)

11:40 ....coming soon
12:00 Business Lunch
Business Lunch
12:00 - 13:30
13:30 Process- and Quality Control
13:30 - 14:50
Room: Room 1
Contributions

13:30 Quo Vadis Additive Manufacturing? From Process Understanding to Predictive Quality Control - Tanja Pfeifer (Pankl Racing Systems)

13:50 Optimization of Processing Parameters for Laser Powder Bed Fusion Manufactured Rare-earth Free MnBi Magnets - Andrea Bachmaier (Erich Schmid Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences)

14:10 Validation of Imprintec Indentation Plastometry for Rapid Mechanical Property Screening of LPBF Ti-6Al-4V - Ashish Gahlot (Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH and University of Augsburg)

14:30 Non-Destructive Quality Control in Additive Manufacturing Using Laser Ultrasonics - Mike Hettich (RECENDT)
Recent Research Topics
13:30 - 14:50
Room: Room 2
Contributions

13:30 Concrete Application of the 3D Master-based Method for Optimizing the Cost Calculation of PBF-LB/M Manufactured Parts - Briac Lanfant (ZHAW-IPP)

13:50 Optimized Non-Contact Support Design for Low-Angle Overhangs in Ti-6Al-4V Laser Powder Bed Fusion - Ohseop Kim (Inha University)

14:10 Developing a Hybrid Powder-wrought Hardened Stainless Alloy Steel Using the Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process for Injection Moulding Tool Applications - Simon Chan (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)

14:30 Root Cause Investigation of Dimensional Deviations in Precision CNC Machining of Additively Manufactured Components Using Support Structures as Fixtures - Mustafiz Shaikh (Queens University Belfast)
14:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:50 - 15:20
15:20 Laser Melting, Electron Beam Melting & Direct Deposition Processes
15:20 - 17:00
Room: Room 2
Contributions

15:20 Increased Manufacturing Tolerance in w-DED Additive Manufacturing Using Plasma Transferred Arc - Hanxing Zhang (Welding and Additive Manufacturing Centre, Cranfield University, UK)

15:40 Binder-Assisted Attachment of Cr₃C₂ Particles to Tool Steel Powders for Stable PBF-LB/M Processing - Oliver Bürgi (Institute for Materials Applications in Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University)

16:00 LPBF Processing and Characterization of Pure Ta and Ta-10W Alloy for Very High-Temperature Applications - Alberto Barci (Università degli Studi di Padova DFA, INFN Padova)

16:20 Effect of Thermal Conditions on Microstructure Evolution and Wear Behavior of Fe-Cr-Nb Coatings Produced by Laser Cladding - Julius Arnhold (Chair of Materials Engineering of Additive Manufacturing, Technical University of Munich)

16:40 Thermal Modelling in High-deposition-rate Laser Directed Energy Deposition Process - Edison Bonifaz (York University)
Process- and Quality Control
15:20 - 17:00
Room: Room 1
Contributions

15:20 Effect of Preheating Temperature on Retained Austenite in LPBF Processed - Negar Panahi (Uddeholm AB / Karlstad University)

15:40 Multi-Sensor Analysis of Thermal History and Process Stability in Arc-based Directed Energy Deposition with Varying Torch Angles and Positioning - Thomas Reindl (Technical University of Munich)

16:00 Pressure Impulse Testing of Additively Manufactured Hydraulic Components: Influence of Hot Isostatic Pressing on Fatigue Life - Zita Tappeiner (RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Fluid Power Drives and Systems (ifas))

16:20 Geometric Process Parameter Relationships for Weaving in Wire Arc Directed Energy Deposition - Thomas Kopf (AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology)

16:40 Zero-Defect Manufacturing through Layer-Wise AI Monitoring in Metal Additive Manufacturing: From Test Cubes to Drones - David Wimler (JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH)
17:30 Conference Dinner "Buschenschank Fuhrgassl-Huber" Departure by bus. Meeting point in front of the Hotel: 5.30 pm
Conference Dinner "Buschenschank Fuhrgassl-Huber" Departure by bus. Meeting point in front of the Hotel: 5.30 pm
17:30 - 21:50
Thursday, 12 November 2026
09:00 MAM in the Defense Sector - Highlight Session
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room 1
Contributions

09:00 From Innovation to Capability – Additive Manufacturing as a Strategic Asset for Europe - Sascha Hartig (AMDefNet - Additive Manufacturing Defence Network)

09:30 Beyond Geometry – How Additive Manufacturing and Materials Engineering are Transforming the Suppressor Market - Armin Wiedenegger (voestalpine Additive Manufacturing Center) Christoph Turk (voestalpine Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG)

09:50 ....coming soon

10:10 ....coming soon
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Digitalisation & Artificial Intelligence
11:00 - 12:20
Room: Room 1
Contributions

11:00 Data Driven Machine Learning Approach for 3D Flow Prediction in Hydrogen Burners - Luca Juris (Chair for Digital Additive Production DAP - RWTH Aachen)

11:20 Spatiotemporal Sensor Fusion for AI-Based Quality Assurance in Arc-Based Manufacturing - Georgij Safronov (Technische Universität München) Heiko Theisinger (BMW Group)

11:40 Influence of Scan Vector Metadata Channel Encodings on Optical Tomography Image Prediction in PBF-LB/M - Sven Erb (Chair for Digital Additive Production DAP - RWTH Aachen)

12:00 Process Fundamentals for Potential AI Driven Geometry Adaptive Process Control in Laser Powder Bed Fusion - Luke Schüller (Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT)
Simulation
11:00 - 12:20
Room: Room 2
Contributions

11:00 Process Simulation of a WA-DED Multi-material Joint for Cryogenic Applications - Hugo Drexler (LKR Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen GmbH)

11:20 GPU-Accelerated Discrete Element Simulation of Powder Bed Formation in Binder Jetting - Jules Topart (Université of Picardie Jules Verne)

11:40 Anisotropic Gaussian-Process Surrogates for LPBF Thermo-Mechanical Calibration - Min Soo Kim (Inha University)

12:00 Physics-Guided Gaussian Process Classification of Cracks in LPBF with Ti-6Al-4V Parts - Emily Esmeralda Carvajal Camelo (Materialise, LMSD Lab, KULeuven)
12:20 Cosing
Cosing
12:20 - 12:35
Room: Room 1

12:35 Business Lunch
Business Lunch
12:35 - 14:00