Emerging 3D Printing and Smart Manufacturing Technologies featured at UBM's Annual Advanced Design and Manufacturing Event in New York

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM's Advanced Design and Manufacturing event in New York will feature emerging and evolving technology through its 3D Printing and Smart Manufacturing Innovation Summits. Both Innovation Summits will run alongside the expo portion of the event and feature a diverse variety of speaker sessions, panels and demonstrations focused on trending topics within 3D printing and smart manufacturing. The east coast's largest advanced design and manufacturing event will take place June 13-15, 2017 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, NY.

UBM's New York event is comprised of six expos presented alongside one another, including Automation Technology Expo (ATX) East, Design & Manufacturing (D&M) Atlantic, EASTPACK, Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East, PLASTEC East, and Quality Expo.  

"At UBM events we strive to showcase the most relevant technologies and trends within the various industries on our show floor and through our conference content. Through providing 3D printing and Smart Manufacturing with dedicated innovation summits, we look to drive critical thinking around how these technologies can be utilized in new ways," said Nina Brown, Vice President, Events, UBM.

The 3D Printing Innovation Summit will bring together leading experts and industry thought leaders to cover the latest developments in the field. The two-day, one-track innovation summit will cover materials, troubleshooting, light weighting, 3D Bioprinting, new uses for 3D printing, and more. Led by pioneers in the field, the conference sessions will be headlined by speakers from a robust list of cutting-edge companies and organizations, including BASF, J3D Services, Pennsylvania State University, Vascular Sciences, Oak Ridge National Lab and more. Top 3D Printing Innovation Summit sessions include:

• The Safety of 3D Bioprinting: Presented by Adam Feinberg, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University and Roger Narayan, MD, Professor, UNC/NCSU- 3D printing has gone beyond medical models and is now being used to treat diseases and injuries. This session will cover the pros and cons of using 3D bioprinting to create customized implants for patients.
• Key Trends & Developments in the Additive Manufacturing Start-up and Technology Landscape: Presented by Dayton Horvath, Researcher, Lux Research- This session will take a deep dive into the latest trends in start-up activity in regards to utilizing 3D printing.

Covering a plethora of topics including robotics, artificial intelligence, security, IIoT, Big Data, and machine control, the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Summit will provide attendees a sneak peek into the future of smart manufacturing technologies. The summit will outline the future of cobots, safety within smart manufacturing plants, the addition of IIoT to manufacturing and much more. Notable sessions featured at the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Summit include presentations from: ABB, Automation Federation, Cisco, Fortech, General Electric, Universal Robots, and more. Highlights include:

• The Future of Collaborative Robots is Here. What's the Cobot's Next Move?: Moderated by Rob Spiegel, Senior Editor, Design News and presented by Brian Dillman, Area Sales Manager, Universal Robots, Jeannie Joshi, Director, Joshi Design, and Bruce Welty, Chairman, Locus Robotics- This panel will cover how robots are becoming a more important part of the economy and explore the future of robotics in terms of technology and application.
• Preparing for the Next Industrial Revolution through Machine Learning, IIoT and Artificial Intelligence: Presented by Julian Keith Loran, Senior Software Expert, General Electric (GE) - How robots, machine learning and other forms of artificial intelligence will effect supply chains and the relevancy of current robotics over the next 10 years.

For a full calendar of the 3D Printing and Smart Manufacturing Innovation Summit presentations, please visit: http://ubm.io/ConfSchedule

To register for UBM's Advanced Design and Manufacturing Event in New York, please visit: http://ubm.io/NYRegistration

To register for a media pass, please visit:  newyork.am.ubm.com/2017/registrations/Media

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