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Tuesday, November 7

10:15 - 10:40 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside 7

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

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

Conference

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

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

Conference

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Additive Manufacturing Flight Parts - High Level Overview of FAA Qualification Requirements
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Daniel Searle Stratasys Direct
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10:50 - 11:15 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

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

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

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Exploring the Limits of the MELD Technology, Printing Unweldable Materials
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Wes Downs MELD Manufacturing
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10:50 - 11:15 AM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside 7

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

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

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

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

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

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside 7

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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

Room: Seaside 1

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

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

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Leveraging AI Solutions to Ramp Up Production and Overcome Industry Challenges
- Composites Manufacturing and Advanced Materials
- Cliff Burton Plataine Inc.
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2:00 - 2:25 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

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

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside 1

Conference

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

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

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

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

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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.
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3:10 - 3:35 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

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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

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

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

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside 1

Conference

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

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside 1

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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
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3:45 - 4:10 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

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MTorres Tape Layers: Is ATL Market Death? Is AFP the New King?
- Automated Composites Manufacturing
- Manu Motilva MTorres
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3:45 - 4:10 PM PT

Tuesday, November 7

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

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Introducing Vertical Soldering Technology
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Stephen Redington US Army
- Matthew Sargent US Army DEVCOM
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Wednesday, November 8

10:15 - 10:40 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

Conference

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

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside 7

Conference

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From Greater Energy Return in Military Boots To Light-Weighting Military Vehicle Seats, Explore the Advantages of Cutting-Edge Composites
- Composites Manufacturing and Advanced Materials
- Riley Reese Arris Composites
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10:15 - 10:40 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

Conference

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

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside 7

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Qualifying Additively Manufactured Rocket Structures: Informing the Design and Manufacturing Process with Non-Destructive Evaluation
- Jeff Rossin, PhD Relativity Space
Details
10:50 - 11:15 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

Conference

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

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

Conference

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

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

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

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside 7

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Life in a Material World – Thermoplastic Composites
- Composites Manufacturing and Advanced Materials
- Don Kinard Lockheed Martin
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11:25 - 11:50 AM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

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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
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2:00 - 2:25 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside 7

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

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside 1

Conference

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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

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

Conference

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

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

Conference

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How to Weave Your Digital Thread in the Cloud
- Smart Manufacturing & IIoT
- Sung Kim iBase-t
Details
2:35 - 3:00 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

Conference

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Digital Additive Manufacturing at Boeing
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Wentao Fu, PhD Boeing
Details
2:35 - 3:00 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

Conference

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

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside 1

Conference

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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

Room: Seaside 7

Conference

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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
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3:10 - 3:35 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside 7

Conference

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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

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

Conference

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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

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

Conference

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

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside 1

Conference

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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

Room: Seaside Ballroom B

Conference

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

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside Ballroom A

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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
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3:45 - 4:10 PM PT

Wednesday, November 8

Room: Seaside 1

Conference

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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

Room: Seaside 7

Conference

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