VENUE/SCHEDULE CHANGE
The AM Forward Workshop will now be part of the Defense Manufacturing Conference at Music City Center.
To accommodate this, the program has been divided into two separate sessions.
Please see revised schedule below.
Attendees must be registered for DMC to attend the Tuesday, Dec. 12th session.
The session on Wednesday, Dec. 13th is open to all.
The AM Forward Workshop will now be part of the Defense Manufacturing Conference at Music City Center.
To accommodate this, the program has been divided into two separate sessions.
Please see revised schedule below.
Attendees must be registered for DMC to attend the Tuesday, Dec. 12th session.
The session on Wednesday, Dec. 13th is open to all.
“ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING IS A POWERFUL TOOL TO ENABLE INNOVATION AND MODERNIZATION OF DEFENSE SYSTEMS, SUPPORT READINESS, AND ENHANCE WARFIGHTER READINESS.”
United States Department of Defense Additive Manufacturing Strategy, January 2021
AM Forward Workshop
Join us on December 12-13, 2023 | Music City Center | Nashville, TN
Manufacturers, suppliers, investors, military, and government are invited to join us December 12-13, 2023, at the Music City Center for the AM Forward Workshop. This informative and interactive session will cover three major thrusts of the AM Forward initiative and how companies can get involved.
AM Forward focuses on helping small/medium sized manufacturers address three challenges to adoption of Additive Manufacturing, namely access to capital, regional innovation and workforce development, and a common AM qualification process.
Additive Manufacturing Forward (AM Forward) is a partnership between several iconic manufacturing companies and the Biden-Harris administration to increase supply chain resilience through the adoption of additive manufacturing. This is a voluntary, public-private compact that will broaden 3D printing technology usage among U.S.-based small- and medium-sized suppliers.
WORKSHOP FOCUS:
Tuesday, December 12 - 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
COMMON AM QUALIFICATION: Accelerating and scaling AM adoption by developing a common template to rapidly and affordably qualify a metal AM process based on multiple OEM’s proprietary requirements.
Wednesday, December 13 - 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
ACCESSING CAPITAL: The Department of Defense (DoD) and Small Business Administration (SBA) jointly announced a Small Business Investment Company initiative to allow major companies to pool investments as a private equity fund into small suppliers. This is designed to spur private innovation in DoD Critical Technologies, specifically for procurement of industrial AM systems and ancillary infrastructure.
REGIONAL INNOVATION & WORKFORCE: Gathering a community of stakeholders in key regions to nurture the advanced manufacturing ecosystem through the development of skilled AM workforce at the point of need.
The initial participants in AM Forward are seven large manufacturers — GE Aviation, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Siemens Energy, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman — and their network of domestic, U.S.-based suppliers, which include small to medium-sized manufacturers.
AM Forward focuses on helping small/medium sized manufacturers address three challenges to adoption of Additive Manufacturing, namely access to capital, regional innovation and workforce development, and a common AM qualification process.
Additive Manufacturing Forward (AM Forward) is a partnership between several iconic manufacturing companies and the Biden-Harris administration to increase supply chain resilience through the adoption of additive manufacturing. This is a voluntary, public-private compact that will broaden 3D printing technology usage among U.S.-based small- and medium-sized suppliers.
WORKSHOP FOCUS:
Tuesday, December 12 - 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
COMMON AM QUALIFICATION: Accelerating and scaling AM adoption by developing a common template to rapidly and affordably qualify a metal AM process based on multiple OEM’s proprietary requirements.
Wednesday, December 13 - 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
ACCESSING CAPITAL: The Department of Defense (DoD) and Small Business Administration (SBA) jointly announced a Small Business Investment Company initiative to allow major companies to pool investments as a private equity fund into small suppliers. This is designed to spur private innovation in DoD Critical Technologies, specifically for procurement of industrial AM systems and ancillary infrastructure.
REGIONAL INNOVATION & WORKFORCE: Gathering a community of stakeholders in key regions to nurture the advanced manufacturing ecosystem through the development of skilled AM workforce at the point of need.
The initial participants in AM Forward are seven large manufacturers — GE Aviation, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Siemens Energy, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman — and their network of domestic, U.S.-based suppliers, which include small to medium-sized manufacturers.
Location
Music City Center
201 Rep. John Lewis Way S.
Nashville, TN 37203
201 Rep. John Lewis Way S.
Nashville, TN 37203
Date & Time
December 12, 2023
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
December 13. 2023
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
December 13. 2023
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
AM Forward Participants
Schedule
PLEASE NOTE ADJUSTED SCHEDULE - AM FORWARD WORKSHOP IS INTEGRATED INTO DMC 2023 AT MUSIC CITY CENTER.
Tuesday, December 12
Joint Additive Manufacturing Working Group Meeting
4:30 PM
Welcome and Introduction
Mark Benedict, Additive Manufacturing Director, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
4:35 PM
COMMON AM QUALIFICATION - Project Overview
Bill Tredway, Manufacturing Fellow, ASTRO America
John Wilczynski, Executive Director, America Makes (Invited)
Project update on the initiative to develop a common template to rapidly and affordably qualify a metal AM process to multiple OEM’s proprietary requirements.
John Wilczynski, Executive Director, America Makes (Invited)
Project update on the initiative to develop a common template to rapidly and affordably qualify a metal AM process to multiple OEM’s proprietary requirements.
4:40 PM
COMMON AM QUALIFICATION - Project Overview
The project's key stakeholders discuss elements of the project, goals and process, milestones and opportunities to participate.
John Vickers, Principal Technologist - NASA
Paul Witherell, Mechanical Engineer, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
Susan Helper, Sr. Advisor for Industrial Strategy - White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) (invited)
Mark Benedict, Additive Manufacturing Director, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Brian Baughman, Chief Engineer - Honeywell
Jesse Boyer, Fellow - Additive Manufacturing - Pratt & Whitney
Dave Abbott, Principal Engineer - Additive Manufacturing - GE Aerospace
John Vickers, Principal Technologist - NASA
Paul Witherell, Mechanical Engineer, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
Susan Helper, Sr. Advisor for Industrial Strategy - White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) (invited)
Mark Benedict, Additive Manufacturing Director, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Brian Baughman, Chief Engineer - Honeywell
Jesse Boyer, Fellow - Additive Manufacturing - Pratt & Whitney
Dave Abbott, Principal Engineer - Additive Manufacturing - GE Aerospace
Wednesday, December 13
1:15 PM
ACCESSING CAPITAL - Investment Community Perspective
Mike Nitka, Managing Director - Stifel
Mark Morissette, Managing Director - Stifel/North Atlantic Capital
Hear from Stifel and other strategic investors on opportunities to participate in the Small Business Investment Company initiative - created by DoD and SBA. The SBIC allows major companies to pool investments as a private equity fund for use by small and medium-sized suppliers to spur private innovation in DoD Critical Technologies.
Mark Morissette, Managing Director - Stifel/North Atlantic Capital
Hear from Stifel and other strategic investors on opportunities to participate in the Small Business Investment Company initiative - created by DoD and SBA. The SBIC allows major companies to pool investments as a private equity fund for use by small and medium-sized suppliers to spur private innovation in DoD Critical Technologies.
1:45 PM
ACCESSING CAPITAL - Maritime Sustainment Impact
Marty Ryan, Vice President Naval Technologies, ATI
A discussion on the impact of private capital investment on key US Maritime Sustainment issues. Understanding the challenges that most hinder ship availabilities and if private funding can:
· Enable commercialization by leveraging existing Navy technology development efforts
· Lower the barriers that keep commercial practices and technologies from implementing in Navy repair yards
· Insert sustainment-supportive technologies into new construction
A discussion on the impact of private capital investment on key US Maritime Sustainment issues. Understanding the challenges that most hinder ship availabilities and if private funding can:
· Enable commercialization by leveraging existing Navy technology development efforts
· Lower the barriers that keep commercial practices and technologies from implementing in Navy repair yards
· Insert sustainment-supportive technologies into new construction
2:15 PM
REGIONAL INNOVATION & WORKFORCE
Building a community of stakeholders who will nurture the advanced manufacturing ecosystem by accelerating the expansion and adoption of additive manufacturing. The mission is to provide an effective, coherent approach to develop entrepreneurship and job creation, identify workforce attributes and skillsets needed, and build approaches to enable highly efficient supply chains.
NSF Regional Innovation Engines - Type I (Florida) | Type II (Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia)
Neal Orringer, President - ASTRO America
Ed Herderick, VP of Science & Technology, NSL Analytical
NIAR - Wichita State University (Kansas) - Workforce Development and Supplier Sourcing
Neal Orringer, President - ASTRO America
NSF Regional Innovation Engines - Type I (Florida) | Type II (Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia)
Neal Orringer, President - ASTRO America
Ed Herderick, VP of Science & Technology, NSL Analytical
NIAR - Wichita State University (Kansas) - Workforce Development and Supplier Sourcing
Neal Orringer, President - ASTRO America
AM Forward Workshop
Speakers
Neal Orringer
President
astro america
astro america
Bill Tredway
fellow
astro america
astro america
Mike Nitka
managing dir.
stifel
stifel
Mark Morissette
managing dir.
stifel-
north atlantic capital
stifel-
north atlantic capital
Marty Ryan
VP, naval technologies
ATI
ATI
Brian Baughman
Chief engineer
honeywell
honeywell
Ed Herderick
VP, Science & Technology
NSL Analytical
NSL Analytical
John Vickers
Principal Technologist
NASA
NASA
Jesse Boyer
Fellow, Additive Manufacturing
Pratt & whitney
Pratt & whitney
Paul Witherell
mechanical engineer
NIST
NIST
Mark Benedict
Additive Mfg. Director
AFRL
AFRL
Dave Abbott
principal eng., additive mfg.
GE aerospace
GE aerospace
About ASTRO America
ASTRO America is the convener of parties and the implementer of AM Forward, helping partner companies support their suppliers’ adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) also known as 3D printing technology, in shops, plants, and factories across the nation. Such a development has the potential to reduce low-volume, high-mix part lead-times by 90 percent with novel design approaches and cost-saving models. Toward these aims, the large corporations are making clear commitments to increasing demand for additively produced (3D printed) parts, and providing training opportunities, detailed technical assistance, and engaging in standards development.
The Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO America) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, non-partisan Research Institute and Think Tank. It was established in 2018 to advance the public interest through manufacturing technology and policy. Led by manufacturing professionals with broad public and private sector experience, ASTRO America supports collaborations by government agencies and companies to address supply chain challenges in highly regulated industries, including aerospace and defense.
The Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO America) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, non-partisan Research Institute and Think Tank. It was established in 2018 to advance the public interest through manufacturing technology and policy. Led by manufacturing professionals with broad public and private sector experience, ASTRO America supports collaborations by government agencies and companies to address supply chain challenges in highly regulated industries, including aerospace and defense.