Media Advisory: GE Global Research to Host Live Video Chat on the Future of Additive Manufacturing
(PRWEB) September 25, 2013 -- Panel experts will address key questions regarding the future prospects and growth of the additive industry, such as:
• What changes and challenges do you foresee as additive manufacturing goes mainstream?
• What types of jobs and skillsets will make up the additive supply chain?
• Could additive manufacturing eventually be used to produce very large and complex parts? How large in scale could they go?
• Additive manufacturing is a significant disruptive technology. What will it look like 50 years from now? How much could it change manufacturing as we know it?
Following a discussion on these topics and others, the floor will open for an interactive Q&A session with attendees. Viewers can submit questions at http://www.ge.com/research/live/ or via Twitter at #GEResearchLive.
What: “The Future of Additive Manufacturing”
Who:
• Moderator: Christine Furstoss, Technical Director, Manufacturing & Materials Technologies, GE Global Research
• Panelists:
- Avi Reichental, President and Chief Executive Officer, 3D Systems
- Terry Wohlers, Principal Consultant and President, Wohlers Associates
- Dr. Ryan Wicker, University of Texas at El Paso
- Rob Gorham, Deputy Director – Technology Development, National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) and National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining (NCDMM)
When: September 27, 2013, 10:00AM EST
Where: Please log on to http://www.ge.com/research/live/ on September 27 to join the Google+ Hangout video session.
For more information, please contact Todd Alhart at Todd.Alhart(at)ge(dot)com or at 518-387-7914.
Todd Alhart, GE Global Research, http://ge.geglobalresearch.com, 518-387-7914, [email protected]
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