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Tuesday, November 7

8:00 - 9:00 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

AeroDef Theater

Keynote Presentation

Included with Exhibits Registration
Supply Base Challenges as a Tier 1 Supplier
- Vincent Aguilar Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems
Details
9:00 - 10:00 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

AeroDef Theater

Panel Discussion

Included with Exhibits Registration
Key Elements of the Supply Chain
- Avner Ben-Bassat Plataine Inc.
- Paul Lindsay Camcraft, Inc.
- George "Nick" Bullen Northrop Grumman Corporation
Details
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Show Floor

Student Summit

Free to High School Students and Staff
Bright Minds Student Summit
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9:30 AM - 5:00 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Show Floor

Digital Solution Showcase

Included with Exhibits Registration
Digital Solution Showcase
Details
10:15 - 10:40 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Robot for 787 Center Bushing Installation
- Automation, Assembly and Robotics
- Wen Jiang The Boeing Company
Details
10:15 - 10:40 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

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Long Fiber Injection for Aerospace Applications
- Composites Manufacturing and Advanced Materials
- Robert Koon Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Details
10:15 - 10:40 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

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Additive Manufacturing Flight Parts - High Level Overview of FAA Qualification Requirements
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Daniel Searle Stratasys Direct
Details
10:30 - 11:45 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

AeroDef Theater

Preferred Supplier Experience

Included with Exhibits Registration
Making the Transition from Automotive to Aerospace & Defense
- David Rampton The Provenance Chain, Inc.
- Paul Lindsay Camcraft, Inc.
Details
10:50 - 11:15 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

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Unlocking Scale and Agility in Manufacturing of Aerostructures Through Roboforming
- Composites Manufacturing and Advanced Materials
- Babak Raeisinia Machina Labs, Inc.
Details
10:50 - 11:15 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

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Boeing AM Applications in Aviation
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Anna Tomzynska The Boeing Company
Details
10:50 - 11:15 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

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Systems Engineering Approach to Production Line Automation
- Automation, Assembly and Robotics
- Geoff Karpa Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Details
11:25 - 11:50 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

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High Temperature Non-Metallic Additive Manufacturing Overview and Case Studies
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Zak Eckel Arkema Inc.
Details
11:25 - 11:50 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Sandwich Composites with Acoustic, Thermal and Mechanical Performance
- Additive Manufacturing in Composite Applications
- Nandika D'Souza University of North Texas
Details
11:25 - 11:50 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

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Investing in a Flexible Automation System? Listen to Success Stories of Aerospace Manufacturers Who Have Taken the Leap
- Automation, Assembly and Robotics
- Nathan Turner Fastems LLC
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2:00 - 2:25 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

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MTorres Tape Layers: Is ATL Market Death? Is AFP the New King?
- Automated Composites Manufacturing
- Manu Motilva MTorres
Details
2:00 - 3:30 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference Room Seaside

Panel Discussion

Included with Exhibits Registration
Demystifying Smart Manufacturing: Start Where You Are and Stay Focused on CI/Lean
- Paul Boris
- Ryan Cahalane Axiom Systems
- Mike Manzi Axiom Systems
Details
2:00 - 2:25 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Advancements in Large Scale Additive Manufacturing Technologies for Aerospace Structural Spares
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Daniel J. Braley, FSME, CAM-T The Boeing Company
Details
2:00 - 2:25 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Rapid and Agile Production of UAVs with Additive Manufacturing
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Javier Ramos Inkbit
Details
2:35 - 3:00 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

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Building Distributed Supply Chains for Mission-Critical Aerospace Parts With Additive Manufacturing
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Brent Hansen Velo3D
Details
2:35 - 3:00 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

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Design for Repairability and Maintainability
- Composites Manufacturing and Advanced Materials
- Brian Nasralla The Boeing Company
Details
2:35 - 3:00 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

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Low-Cost Manufacturing Techniques Enabling Design for Manufacture of Attritable Aircraft Primary Structure
- Additive Manufacturing in Composite Applications
- Thomas Margraf Spintech Holdings, Inc.
Details
3:00 - 5:00 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Show Floor

Networking Reception

Included with Exhibits Registration
Networking Reception
Details
3:10 - 3:35 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Automated Composites Manufacturing
- Automated Composites Manufacturing
- Benjamin Ferrell Spirit Aerosystems Inc.
- Jeffrey New Spirit Aerosystems Inc.
Details
3:10 - 3:35 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Composite Based Additive Manufacturing (CBAM) Materials & Process
- Additive Manufacturing in Composite Applications
- Jeff DeGrange Impossible Objects Inc.
Details
3:10 - 3:35 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

Paid Upgrade
How Additive Manufacturing Mitigates Supply Chain Insecurities in Aerospace
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Eliana Fu TRUMPF Inc.
Details
3:45 - 4:10 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Have You Lost Your Edge? Your Competitors Produced Over 135K Flight Rated Parts Last Year with Additive Manufacturing
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Daniel Searle Stratasys Direct
- Foster Ferguson Stratasys Direct
Details
3:45 - 4:10 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Introducing Vertical Soldering Technology
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Stephen Redington US Army
- Matthew Sargent US Army DEVCOM
Details
3:45 - 4:10 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Leveraging AI Solutions to Ramp Up Production and Overcome Industry Challenges
- Composites Manufacturing and Advanced Materials
- Avner Ben-Bassat Plataine Inc.
Details

Wednesday, November 8

8:00 - 9:00 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

AeroDef Theater

Keynote Presentation

Included with Exhibits Registration
Using Local Resources for Exploring Other Planets – Two Years of Producing Oxygen on Mars by the MOXIE Experiment on the Perseverance Rover
- Jeffrey A. Hoffman, PhD Retired NASA Astronaut
Details
9:00 - 10:00 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

AeroDef Theater

Panel Discussion

Included with Exhibits Registration
Building a Skilled Workforce for the Industry of the Future
- Anoush Poursartip, PhD Co-Director, Composites Knowledge Network
- Waruna Seneviratne Wichita State University
- Satyandra Gupta GrayMatter Robotics
Details
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Show Floor

Student Summit

Free to High School Students and Staff
Bright Minds Student Summit
Details
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Show Floor

Digital Solution Showcase

Included with Exhibits Registration
Digital Solution Showcase
Details
10:15 - 10:40 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Functional Benefits of Additively Manufactured Hypersonic Engines
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Julien Cohen Velo3D
Details
10:15 - 10:40 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Automated Laser Cleaning / Ablation as a Novel Tool in Aerospace Manufacturing
- Next Generation Tooling Technologies & Application
- Dmitri Novikov IPG Photonics
Details
10:15 - 11:50 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference Room Seaside

Panel Discussion

Included with Exhibits Registration
Automated Composites: Unlocking Methods for Advancing Manufacturing Technologies Through Automation
- Waruna Seneviratne Wichita State University
- John Geriguis Joby Aviation
- Nobi Kawamura Toyota Motor North America
- Chris Madsen Northrop Grumman
- John Melilli Composites Automation, LLC
- Craig Neslen United States Air Force
- Alejandro Rodriguez Solvay
Details
10:30 - 11:45 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

AeroDef Theater

Preferred Supplier Experience

Included with Exhibits Registration
Preferred Supplier Profiles – Insights from Industry on Changing Expectations for Preferred Supplier Partners
- David Rampton The Provenance Chain, Inc.
- Daniel J. Braley, FSME, CAM-T The Boeing Company
- Dan Echternkamp Formlogic
- Alex Huckstepp Machina Labs
- Keth Houseal Northrop Grumman
Details
10:50 - 11:15 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Reconfigurable Tooling - Flexibility While Saving Time and Cost
- Next Generation Tooling Technologies & Application
- Dale Beardmore Harcourt Industrial, Inc.
Details
10:50 - 11:15 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Refractory Additive Manufacturing: An Enabling Technology for Hypersonic Missions
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Youping Gao, PhD Castheon, Inc. an ADDMAN Group Company
Details
11:25 - 11:50 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Redefining Air Superiority with Additive Manufacturing
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Emily Levin HP 3D Printing
Details
11:25 - 11:50 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Recent Developments in Water Jet Cavitation Peening (WJCP) and Cavitation Abrasive Surface Finishing and Peening (CASF) for Finishing & Smoothing Aerospace Parts
- Next Generation Tooling Technologies & Application
- Daniel Sanders University of Washington
Details
12:00 - 1:45 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Lower Level Pre-Function Area

Panel Discussion

Free, Separate Registration Required
Career Development Forum Luncheon and Panel
- Daniel J. Braley, FSME, CAM-T The Boeing Company
- Eliana Fu TRUMPF Inc.
- Justin Rivera Bell Textron Inc.
- Tara Thomasson Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.
Details
1:30 - 2:45 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

AeroDef Theater

Preferred Supplier Experience

Included with Exhibits Registration
Software in Manufacturing
- David Rampton The Provenance Chain, Inc.
- Paul Van Metere ProShop ERP
- Rob Pakalski Datum
- Adam Smith AutoDesk
- Will Scratchard Paperless Parts
Details
2:00 - 2:25 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
AI-Powered Smart Robotic Cells for Autonomous Surface Finishing
- Automation, Assembly and Robotics
- Satyandra Gupta GrayMatter Robotics
Details
2:00 - 2:25 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
The Digital T's: Threads, Twins, Technology, and Transformation
- Digital Engineering and Modeling & Simulation
- Don Kinard Lockheed Martin
Details
2:00 - 2:25 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Simulate to Optimize Print Performance
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Ankur Kumar TATA Technologies Inc.
Details
2:00 - 2:25 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
How to Weave Your Digital Thread in the Cloud
- Smart Manufacturing & IIoT
- Sung Kim iBase-t
Details
2:30 - 4:00 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Foyer

Free to High School Students and Staff
AeroDef Student Research Poster Pitch Presentation Challenge
Details
2:35 - 3:00 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Digital Additive Manufacturing at Boeing
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Nicholas Mule The Boeing Company
Details
2:35 - 3:00 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Integrating Systems and Processes for Smart Manufacturing
- Smart Manufacturing & IIoT
- Conrad Leiva CESMII
Details
2:35 - 3:00 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Game Changers: Factors to Consider for Successful Implementation of Smart Manufacturing Options!
- Automation, Assembly and Robotics
- Jason Fortune Progressive Machine and Design
Details
2:35 - 3:00 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
The Digital Thread / Digital Twins are Used to Control / Monitor the Real-Time of Profiler Cell, Coolant Filter at Boeing
- Digital Engineering and Modeling & Simulation
- Wen Jiang The Boeing Company
Details
3:00 - 5:00 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Show Floor

Networking Reception

Included with Exhibits Registration
Networking Reception
Details
3:10 - 3:35 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Augmented Reality Application on Harness Installation
- Digital Engineering and Modeling & Simulation
- Erdal Tekin Turkish Aerospace
Details
3:10 - 3:35 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Automatic In-Situ Inspection for Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Scott Blake Aligned Vision
Details
3:10 - 3:35 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Industrial Statistics: A Hybrid Technology to Help all Manufacturing Industries to Make Quality Products - No SPC Required
- Smart Manufacturing & IIoT
- Bob Matthew Quality Engineering Management Inc.
Details
3:10 - 3:35 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Robotic Material Removal and Finish on Parts with High - Approaches From Big to Small Companies
- Automation, Assembly and Robotics
- Michael Haas FerRobotics
Details
3:45 - 4:10 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Enhancing Aerospace Manufacturing Efficiency and Safety with Synthetic Data Strategies and Machine Learning
- Smart Manufacturing & IIoT
- Michael Winterrose Northrop Grumman
Details
3:45 - 4:10 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Moore's Law for Metal Printing: Where We Are and How Do We Stay On Track?
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Edward Herderick NSL Analytical
- David Scannapieco University of Washington
Details
3:45 - 4:10 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Manage Costs & Retain Your Workforce with People-Centric Technology Investments
- Automation, Assembly and Robotics
- Will Healy III Teradyne / Universal Robots
Details
3:45 - 4:10 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Conference

Paid Upgrade
Using 3D Digital Content Creation Tools for Efficient Design of Aero Interiors/Exteriors
- Digital Engineering and Modeling & Simulation
- Michael Check Linkage, Mechdyne
Details

Thursday, November 9

8:00 - 9:00 AM PT

Thursday, November 9

AeroDef Theater

Keynote Presentation

Included with Exhibits Registration
Manufacturing Transformation: How Technology, People and Community are Reshaping the Aerospace Industry
- Andrew Gendreau Microsoft Corporation
Details
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Thursday, November 9

Workshop

Paid Upgrade, Lunch Provided
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for Aerospace Sustainment
- Daniel J. Braley, FSME, CAM-T The Boeing Company
Details
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Thursday, November 9

Workshop

Paid Upgrade, Lunch Provided
Smart Manufacturing – Why It Matters and How to Achieve It
- Conrad Leiva CESMII
- Jim Wetzel NxGen Group
Details
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Thursday, November 9

Workshop

Paid Upgrade, Lunch Provided
Aerospace Coatings and Corrosion Control
- Jamil Baghdachi, PhD, ACSF & MRS Fellows Eastern Michigan University, Innovative Tech. Systems Corp.
Details
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Thursday, November 9

Workshop

Paid Upgrade, Lunch Provided
Robust Additive Manufacturing Process Development for Critical Applications in Aerospace & Defense
- Youping Gao, PhD Castheon, Inc. an ADDMAN Group Company
Details
9:00 - 10:00 AM PT

Thursday, November 9

AeroDef Theater

Panel Discussion

Included with Exhibits Registration
Small Business Impact and Challenges for Maturation of the Industrial Supply Base
- Paul Oldroyd Bell Helicopter Textron (retired)
- Michael "Mick" Maher Maher & Associates LLC
- Juan D. Mayssonet, Maj, USSF Space Systems Command
Details
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM PT

Thursday, November 9

Show Floor

Digital Solution Showcase

Included with Exhibits Registration
Digital Solution Showcase
Details
2:00 - 4:00 PM PT

Thursday, November 9

Show Floor

Networking Reception

Included with Exhibits Registration
Networking Reception
Details