Design for Additive Manufacturing: what is the future of products? conference with Alain Bernard

The Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CFACI) and Fraunhofer IAPT research institute are co-organizing an online conference on design for additive manufacturing and the future of products.

On May 27, 2021 from 09:00 To 13:30

Design for AM: what is the future of products?
Design for AM: what is the future of products?

Join industry and R&D experts - including Prof. Alain Bernard of Centrale Nantes - on Thursday 27 May 2021 to discuss current innovation trends and training issues for additive manufacturing in industry.

Design for AM: What is the future of products? A Technology Transfer between France and Germany, Thursday 27 May 2021– Online event :

  • 09:00 - 09:15: Welcome and Introduction
  • 09:15 - 09:30: New Functions in Additive Manufacturing Design
  • 09:30 - 10:15: Challenges and Solutions in Design for Additive Manufacturing
  • 10:15 - 11:00: Exploiting Additive Manufacturing Design and Process Opportunities for Serial Production in Automotive
  • 11:00 - 11:45: Generative Design and Additive Manufacturing
  • 11:45 - 12:30: Potential of Additive Manufacturing to Realize High-Performance Biomimetic Design Solutions at Different Scales
  • 13:30 : End of DfAM Conference


► Speakers, programme details and registration (free) on the event website

Alain Bernard

Prof. Alain Bernard (Centrale Nantes), head of research at the Laboratory of Digital Science of Nantes (LS2N), was appointed a Fellow of the National Academy of Technologies of France in 2019. He is one of the 9 Centrale Nantes researchers featuring among the World's Top 2% Scientists named by Stanford University. He is one of the pioneers of Rapid Prototyping in France.
Published on April 27, 2021 Updated on November 9, 2022