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Director and Shareholder at Sutrue

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Alex originally studied Architectural Design and has since worked in France, the U.S, the Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands and the U.K. Since establishing his own design operation, Alex has invented, developed and created range of devices- including the impressive "Sutrue" range of automated suturing devices. Alex has established himself as a leading innovator in the use of CAD and 3D printing in medical device design and development. He is a regular key note speaker and presenter at national and international clinical/technical  conferences.

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EMEA Hospital Business Developer at Materialise

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Co-Head 3D Print Lab at University Hospital of Basel

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Attending in the radiology department at the University Hospital of Basel with subspecialization in cardiothoracic imaging.
Research interests in advanced visualization, virtual reality and 3D printing.
Co-Head of the 3D Print Lab at the University Hospital of Basel.

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Researcher at Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research Council

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Simone Sprio, M.Sc. in Physics and Ph.D in Chemistry, is Group Leader at the Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics of the National Research Council of Italy. Since 1997 he is active in the field of research and development of new ceramic biomaterials and devices for bone regeneration, with particular attention to nature-inspired materials with enhanced biomimesis and mechanical properties for load-bearing applications. His research record accounts for more than 100 published papers (H-index = 21) in the field and 9 patents. WP Leader of EU-funded projects and coordinator of national projects. Editor of a multi-disciplinary book on biomimesis and nature-inspired materials for regenerative devices.

Lecture abstract

The talk describes biomorphic transformation as a completely new approach for fabrication of functional bioceramics. It is based on heterogeneous reactions established on a natural wood selected for its bone-mimicking 3-D architecture, to control the formation and growth of biomimetic apatites directly in the form of 3-D porous scaffolds with multi-scale hierarchy. Thanks to its unique biomimetic features the final scaffold exhibits outstanding biologic and mechanical performance, well surpassing the “classical” bioceramics obtained by sintering. This opens to frontier applications in the regeneration of large load-bearing bones, a still unmet clinical need.

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CEO at REGEMAT 3D

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MSc. José Manuel Baena, research associate "Advanced therapies: differentiation, regeneration and cancer" IBIMER,CIBM, Universidad de Granada. Founder of BRECA Health Care, pioneer in 3D printed custom made implants for orthopedic surgery, and REGEMAT 3D, the first Spanish bioprinting company. Expert in innovation, business development and internationalization, lecturer in some business schools, he is passionate about biomedicine and technology. In his free time he is also researcher at the Biopathology and Regenerative Medicine Institute (IBIMER). 

Lecture abstract

New advances in stem cell (SC) research for the regeneration of tissue injuries have opened a new promising research field. However, research carried out nowadays with two-dimensional (2D) cell cultures do not provide the expected results, as 2D cultures do not mimic the 3D structure of a living tissue. 

Some of the commonly used polymers for cartilage regeneration are Poly-lactic acid (PLA) and its derivates as Poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA), Poly(glycolic acids) (PGAs) and derivates as Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acids) (PLGAs) and Poly caprolactone (PCL). All these materials can be printed using fused deposition modelling (FDM), a process in which a heated nozzle melt a thermoplastic filament and deposit it in a surface, drawing the outline and the internal filling of every layer. All this procedures uses melting temperatures that decrease viability and cell survival.

We have developed an enhanced printing processes-Injection Volume Filling (IVF)- to increase the viability and survival of the cells when working with high temperature thermoplastics without the limitation of the geometry. We have demonstrated the viability of the printing process using chondrocytes for cartilage regeneration. This development will accelerate the clinical uptake of the technology and overcomes the current limitation when using thermoplastics as scaffolds.

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Researcher at Åbo Akademi University

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Mirja Palo defended her PhD (Pharm) degree in June 2017. Her research in pharmaceutical sciences is based on a collaboration project between Åbo Akademi University (Finland) and the University of Tartu (Estonia). Currently she is working as a researcher at Åbo Akademi University. Her work is focused on the applications of printing technologies for personalized medicines and the physicochemical characterization of the printed drug delivery systems. 

Lecture abstract

Printing technology provides various possibilities for the fabrication of pharmaceutical products. The printed drug delivery systems aim to provide higher flexibility in the pharmaceutical manufacturing, while maintaining high accuracy and controllability of the process and ensuring the safety of the drug treatment.

The presentation introduces general aspects of printing technologies in the production of solid drug delivery systems. Relevant research results will be presented with an emphasis on the advantages and challenges related to the development of personalized drug products.

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CEO/FOUNDER at 3DHEALS

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Dr. Jenny Chen is a neuroradiologist and founder/CEO of 3DHEALS, a company focusing on curating healthcare 3D printing ecosystem. Her main interests include medical education, 3D printing in the healthcare sector, and artificial intelligence. She is also a current adjunct clinical faculty in the radiology department at Stanford Healthcare.

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Head, Centre for Translational Bone, Joint and Soft Tissue Research at TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany

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Michael Gelinsky has studied chemistry and made his PhD in this discipline at Freiburg University (Germany). In 1999 he moved to TU Dresden and worked for about 10 years at the department of Materials Science, heading his own group at the newly founded Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials since 2002.
In 2010 he was appointed as professor at the Medical Faculty and is leading since this time the Center for Translational Bone, Joint and Soft Tissue Research (tu-dresden.de/med/tfo). His work is focused on biomaterials and scaffold development, tissue engineering and regenerative therapies, mostly for musculoskeletal tissues. His group is also very active in the field of additive manufacturing of implants and biofabrication technologies (www.biofabrikation.de).

Lecture abstract

3D bioprinting has developed very fast in the last couple of years and several printing technologies as well as biomaterials, suitable for fabrication of cell containing constructs are available today. But one major problem still limits manufacturing of mechanically stable and macroscopic tissues. By means of extrusion-based 3D printing scaffolds and cell-loaded constructs can be fabricated easily. We have developed several pasty biomaterials based on biopolymer blends and polymer/mineral composites which can be utilized for extrusion-based printing and bioprinting with mammalian and non-mammalian cells. By extruding two different materials through a coaxial double needle strands with a core/shell morphology and 3D scaffolds thereof can be manufactured which allow for dual growth factor loading and release. Combining two or more materials in a layered fashion leads to complex constructs suitable for the treatment of defects at tissue interfaces.

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Research Director at UMR5246 - CNRS/Université de Lyon - 3d.FAB

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Dr Christophe Marquette received the Doctorat de spécialité in Biochemistry (1999) from the Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1. After a two years post-doctoral fellowship at the Concordia University (Canada, Qc), he integrates the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in 2001. He is presently deputy director of the UMR 5246, coordinator of the H2020 project FAPIC (PHC10) and director of French platform 3d.FAB dedicated to the development of additive manufacturing (mainly 3D printing) for health science. Since 1998, he is author of more than 110 publications (H factor 30), 13 chapters, 100 communications and 7 patents, in the field of biology to surface interactions applied to diagnostic and health. He is also the founder of two companies: AXO Science which is commercialising multiplex genotyping systems for blood typing; Nano-H which is specialized in nanoparticles for diagnostic and therapy. 

Lecture abstract

The 3d.FAB platform of the Lyon1 University, a unique structure in Europe, hosts and drives research projects (private and academic) in the field of health and life science. A large panel of technological offers are available, from FDM to DLP but also bioprinting. Are also available techniques leading to ultra-high resolution using 2 photons printing and ceramic printing.

Numerous projects hosted by the platform will be presented with a special focus on cell printing for skin, cartilage, cardiac patches and bone substitute production. 4D printing of hydrogels having biochemical active functions will also be presented together with project dealing with implantable polymer printing.
The integration of multiple 3D printing techniques within a single object or tissue, a specificity of the platform, will also be presented to demonstrate the potential impact of the technique in the field. 

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Founder and Strategy Manager at VARINEX Zrt.

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Honorary Associate Professor of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Founder and Strategy Manager at VARINEX Inc. The company is the official reseller of Stratasys 3D printers and it is the market leader in 3D printing in Hungary. 
George Falk for this pioneer activity having a degree in mechanical engineering and economics he started his professional career in the Institute of Engineering Technology in 1975 in the field of computer-aided-engineering CAD/CAE activities.
As a result of his Senior Researcher work he wrote several articles and studies in the field of Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing. From 1989 he is working in VARINEX Inc in his own company together with his business partner George Voloncs. He regularly holds lectures in Hungary and abroad. He has given lectures and theory and practice 3D Printing workshops to more than one thousand students.
He regularly takes part in the work of the state examining board of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

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lecturer at University of Pécs

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Dr Gasz presently works as a cardiac surgeon and he is also engaged in research work in University of Pécs associated with 3D visualisation and medical 3D printing in surgical planning. His research field involves several novel aspects of application of medical 3D modelling and rapid prototyping in surgical planning in area of cardiac, vascular, thoracic, abdominal surgery and otolaryngology. The team in University of Pécs also work in development of severeal aspects in surgical skill training. The professional work of the team engages analysis of orthopaedic, vascular surgical, cardiac surgical issues.

Lecture abstract

The field of application is rapidly growing nowadays in the case of additive manufacturing in healthcare. Application of surgical guides are mostly confined to planning in static environment. Working on dynamically changing tissues like myocardium -where functional outcome mostly depend on the planning approach- lack the experience and the right method.

Left ventricular aneurysm occur as a result of myocardial infarction causing impaired left ventricular function, arrhythmia and valvular dysfunction, which can be managed by surgical ventricular restoration of aneurysms. Utilizing additive manufacturing we created a patient-specific model of the heart and guides for patch sizing and orientation, moreover multi-modality method was applied for accurate planning of left ventricular and valvular functional outcome. Planning the surgical guides according to the virtual assessment method was feasible for functional designing in the case of left ventricular restoration.

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Lecturer at Imperial College London

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Dr. Adam Celiz was born in London and received his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and postdoctoral training at the University of Nottingham and Harvard University.

His current research efforts are focused on developing materials for regenerative medicine and tissue engineering applications particularly in Regenerative Dentistry. In August 2017, Adam will become a Lecturer in the School of Bioengineering at Imperial College London and will start his independent research group. He has 13 peer-reviewed publications, 3 patents and his research has been highlighted by various news agencies and outlets including the BBC, Newsweek, Washington Post and Popular Science.

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Quality manager at University of Debrecen

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Sándor Manó is the technical-engineering leader of Laboratory of Biomechanics at the University of Debrecen. His main activities directly connect to the 3D techniques like 3D design, 3D printing and 3D scanning. His most important research field is the custom-made implant design and fabrication based on 3D printing, but he participates in medical device development projects as well. Besides, as the quality manager of the accredited Biomechanical Material Testing Laboratory he has significant experience in the field of biomechanical and implant mechanical tests as well as tests of plastic and other base materials used by 3D printers. 

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CEO and Principal Artist / Designer at Conceptual Art Technologies

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Amy Karle explores what it means to be human through a unique negotiation of art, design, science and technology. She creates representations of our internal states and life processes so that we may study the mind and body and even learn to reprogram it. Her bioart has established a new discipline in the art world. 

As an artist and designer, Karle is also a provocateur and a futurist, leveraging new technologies to create art and design that examines material and spiritual aspects of life and open minds to future visions of how technology could be utilized to support and enhance humanity. 

Amy Karle is co-founder of Conceptual Art Technologies and has shown work in 48 exhibitions worldwide. Often creating inventions in the process of making her work, she is the developer and owner of registered active patents, servicemarks and trademarks in medical and technology categories for implants and enhancing an individual's body and self. 

Amy has been named one of the “Most Influential Women in 3D Printing”.

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designer, assistant in the Studio of Functional Ceramics Design at The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw

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Renata Bonter-Jędrzejewska, MA in Arts
A graduate of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw (1994). Since 2004 associated with the Wroclaw School of Reconstruction gathering scientists conducting research on reconstruction of living conditions of a human being as based on a preserved skull. She undertakes professional and artistic activities both in the field of science and arts. She has initiated events promoting joint activities of scientific and artistic circles in Poland and abroad. Presently, as part of her doctoral studies, she conducts research on methodology of ceramics design in the field of innovative production processes, technology and material science and conscious creation of a product. She promotes kinetic arts in Poland and abroad.

Lecture abstract

So far associated with inherent brittleness, ceramics can now appear in a wider spectrum of practical applications. It is worth noting the opportunity to use digital technologies in designing and production of ceramics, both on a micro and macro scale. Owing to digital data recording it is possible to copy a pattern or modify the same quickly, which, in case of use of traditional technologies, is often impossible or restricted to a great extent. A 3D printer for ceramics gives an opportunity to create objects with characteristics of sound recorders or mathematical function course notations and, as a relatively new medium, it creates new perspectives in the field of formation of usable and artistic ceramic objects.

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PhD student at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava

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My recent porcelain and ceramic work is based on the intersection between design, applied and fine art. I enjoy playing with the utility and function of objects and exploring the role of this functionality. I am passionate about the relationship between idea and craftsmanship. As regards to the production process, I combine traditional hand crafting techniques with contemporary industrial technologies as CNC milling and 3D printing.

Since 2012 I cooperate with Linda Viková – together we found si.li. This label is focused on designing and production of house ware. I work for Slovak Design Museum as a external curator of a Collection of Ceramics. Currently I’m PhD student at the Academy of Fine Art and Design in Bratislava.

Lecture abstract

In this talk I will share my 7 years of experience with use of rapid prototyping technologies in the field of ceramic design and craft, in a small series production. Talk will be focused on latest research which is part of my doctoral program at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. Main topic is effectivity in creative and production processes of plaster mold production. I will show step by step, way that I developed the usage of digital software and hardware on my work.

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CEO and Principal Artist / Designer at Conceptual Art Technologies

Speaker bio

Amy Karle explores what it means to be human through a unique negotiation of art, design, science and technology. She creates representations of our internal states and life processes so that we may study the mind and body and even learn to reprogram it. Her bioart has established a new discipline in the art world. 

As an artist and designer, Karle is also a provocateur and a futurist, leveraging new technologies to create art and design that examines material and spiritual aspects of life and open minds to future visions of how technology could be utilized to support and enhance humanity. 

Amy Karle is co-founder of Conceptual Art Technologies and has shown work in 48 exhibitions worldwide. Often creating inventions in the process of making her work, she is the developer and owner of registered active patents, servicemarks and trademarks in medical and technology categories for implants and enhancing an individual's body and self. 

Amy has been named one of the “Most Influential Women in 3D Printing”.

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PhD candidate at Sapienza University of Rome

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Viktor Malakuczi is a designer and PhD candidate at Sapienza University of Rome. His research aims to promote the diffusion of personalisable product design through the combination of digital fabrication technologies and algorithmically enhanced (parametric/generative) design practices. The investigation seeks to establish a possible methodology to develop product concepts that valorise the newly possible morphological variety to create meaningful experiences. Other research interests include interaction design and immersive environments.

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Lead of Previs Unit at Digic Pictures Ltd.

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David has been working with Digic Pictures for the past 5 years. He joined the company after graduating in 2012 in Animation and Design at the Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design Budapest, winning several awards, including AD&D, Cannes Lions and Siggraph CAF since. David has been working as Cinematic Director on trailer and cutscene projects for the game and film industry such as Call of Duty and Destiny. He is also a Doctoral Student, researching the field of interactive nonfictional storytelling. 

Lecture abstract

Recently previsualization saw a growing publicity with the release of Hollywood blockbusters’ making of footages. But there is really much more to it that meets the eye: with the aid of ever advancing software toolkit, today previs is an essential element not only of feature film productions but also of the preproduction process in general, with previs teams work with producers, directors, cinematographers, stunt coordinators, special effects crews etc. to visualize ideas, help develop the storytelling, and solve creative, technical, budgetary and other production issues. It’s role in CG short film production could be even more crucial, as being conscious not only about the budget, but bottlenecks in resources, schedule and technical
execution could be a key element to success or failure. The case study therefore will shed a light on how a previsualization workflow can blend into the production pipeline, serving not only as a technical tool, but a means of communication with Client, agency, outsource vendors and internal stakeholders in general, to maximize control over quality and specifications of the final product, and how it can help the creative process, serving as a structured guide line for the director and the whole team. 

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Brno University of Technology - Faculty of Fine Arts at PhD student

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Lucie Pangracova was born in 1980 in Trutnov in the Czech Republic. She is an art theorist and a director of the Trutnov Gallery. She has studied doctoral studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Technical University in Brno, studied art theory at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno and Czech language and literature and art education at the University of Hradec Kralove. She focuses mainly on the contemporary sculpture and the development of this art field under the influence of 3D technology.

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Studio of Sculpture 1 - Associate professor at Brno University of Technology - Faculty of Fine Arts

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M.A. Tomas Medek

Born: 1 March,1969
Address: Pekarenska 10, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic 
Web: www.tomasmedek.eu

Education and work experiences

2007 – present 
Associate professor at the Studio of Sculpture 1, Faculty of Fine Arts, Technical University of Brno, (Czech Republic)
1998 - 2007 
Assistant at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Technical University of Brno, (Czech Republic)
1997 – 1998 
Graduate studies of sculpture with Prof. V. Preclík, Faculty of Fine Arts Technical University of Brno, (Czech Republic)
1997 
Exchange student, Graduate studies of sculpture with Prof. John Greer and Robin Peck, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, (Canada)
1992 – 1996 
Undergraduate studies of applied arts and sculpture with Prof. V. Preclík, Degree Attained: Bacherol of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts at the Technical University of Brno, (Czech Republic)
1987 – 1990 
High School of Applied Arts in Brno, (Czech Republic)
1983 – 1987 
Wood and Metal Modeller in Brno (Czech Republic)

Awards and fellowships

2007 
First prize of the European contest of monumental sculpture Art-is-steel, Reims, (France)
First prize of the art contest: Statues for Brno II, (T.A.Edison), Brno, 
(Czech Republic)
2003 
Grant Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, (USA)
2002 
Hungarian university of Craft and Design, Cepus,residency, (Hungary)
2000 
Prize of the Recktor of Brno University of Technology, For Exceptional Results in Pedogogical and Research Work, (Czech Republic)
1999 
University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts, Cepus, residency, (Slovenia)
1997 
College of Art and Design, Halifax, Open Society Fund,residency, (Canada)

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PhD student at Brno University of Technology - Faculty of Fine Arts

Speaker bio

Dušan Váňa (* 1982) graduated in 2011 in Sculpture Studio 1 of FaVU BUT in Brno under the direction of Professor Michal Gabriel. 

In the same studio he continued to work as a technical assistant in 2012-2014 and as a lecturer and operator of 3D robotic milling since 2013. 
Doctoral study at the FaVU he started in 2014. Dušan Váňa's creation is full of expressive changes, different creative approaches and humor. 
Unifying line of his work, is DIY passion in designing, building and joining a variety of materials combined with the latest digital technologies, electronics and 3D printing. 

Váňa, with his work, ranks to the current trend of progressive digital sculpture, using digitally supported object design.

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PhD student at Brno University of Technology - Faculty of Fine Arts Position: PhD student

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NAME: Natalie Chalcarzová 

GRADUATE: MgA. 
DATE OF BIRTH: 6. 9. 1982 
E-MAIL: n.chalcarzova@email.cz 

PHONE: +420 724 079 776 
EDUCATION: 2014 – to date Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology, Rybářská 125/13/15, 603 00 Brno, Studio Sculpture 1 (head of studio prof. ak. soch. Michal Gabriel), afs.ffa.vutbr.cz 

2002 – 2008 Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology, Rybářská 125/13/15, 603 00 Brno,Studio Sculpture 1 (head of studio prof. ak. soch. Michal Gabriel), afs.ffa.vutbr.cz 

EDUCATION WORK: 2008 – to date Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Architecture, Brno University of Technology, Veveří 331/95, 602 00 Brno, teaching fine arts, arc.fce.vutbr.cz 

WORK EXPERIENCE: 2004 – 2012 Waller – Matějíček, The artistic cast metal studio, www.umelecke-liti.cz

Lecture abstract

Digital Exchange is a long-standing collaboration between two high art schools, Studio of Sculpture 1 FFA BUT in Brno with the School of Visual Arts in New York. The project focuses on the discipline of digital sculpture. The content of the project is from the beginning of the use of digital technologies in the field of sculpture, namely the use of easy transfer of sculptures in data. There have been two digital exchanges in the past, students from the Czech Republic have sent their data to the US and vice versa, the data has been materialized on both sides by 3D printers and exposed. On both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, there were identical exhibitions of artefacts that physically did not meet each other. The current third exchange is focused on cooperative work this time. Students work together on one work. It is an experiment in the field of digital sculpture, as well as in the field of art at all.

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Senior lecturer and a head of the Sculpture studio at Faculty of Fine Arts of the Brno Technical University

Speaker bio

Michal Gabriel was born in 1960 in Prague, belongs to the most important Czech sculptors. He studied at Academy of fine Arts in Prague (1980-85). He was a member of today's non-existent art group Tvrdohlaví, which brought together the most outstanding personalities of the Czech postmodern art scene. Since 1998 he has been the senior lecturer of Sculpture studio at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Brno Technical University, where he has also established a progressive digital sculpting studio that links traditional sculpting techniques with contemporary 3D technologies. He applies this principle even in his work.

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Co-Founder at Conceptual Art Technologies

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At 17, Benjamin was awarded a significant merit scholarship to the best ceramic fine art college in the world, the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Ben earned his BFA Cum Laude in 2002, and his medium concentration turned to interactive robotic sculpture. Ben was awarded the International Internship Award in 2002 and he took the opportunity to live aand work as a porcelain whitewares designer in Tangshan, China. In addition to Alfred, Ben has taken architecture and CNC technology courses at the University of Richmond, Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC, College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Macomb College, Alfred State College, and CCA in SF. Ben, recipient of Creaform’s grand prize “Nothing Is Impossible Challenge” was awarded $20K in engineering support in 2010. Ben is co-founder of Conceptual Art Technologies, an art and design company specialized in collaborative human/ machine potential.

For 16 years, Ben was a very successful industrial designer. He rendered, animated, and prototyped products for leading international companies including Cadillac, Toyota, INCASE, Ford Motor Company, Palm, Hewlett Packard, and HTC Smartphones. Benjamin started his design career as a traditional clay sculptor for General Motors in Detroit. He soon taught himself advanced surface modeling software. Ben moved his family to San Francisco six years ago, most recently was a design lead for Google's Self driving car, and was responsible for millions worth of CAD/hardware tooling for the physical design of the world’s first fully autonomous car. He now designs his digital paintings and digital sculptures with industrial design prototyping tools & visualization software.

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Associate Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology - Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

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After his PostDoc at the Nanoscale Prototyping Laboratory at Stanford University, Jan Torgersen recently started his own laboratory at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He focusses on material design across multiple length scale, in which additive manufacturing technologies play an integral part. He has expertise in thin film technologies, in particular, atomic layer deposition that he employed for high-k perovskite dielectrics deposited on high aspect ratio structures in next generation charge storage devices. He received his PhD from Vienna University of Technology, where he developed several 3D printing technologies and biocompatible materials. In particular, he worked on biocompatible hydrogels and experimental setups for high resolution, high speed two photon lithography. In this research, biocompatible scaffolds were dynamically tuned in the presence of living cells and organisms to create dynamic cell culture scaffolds.
Torgersen’s current research interests are multi scale topology and hierarchical optimization of additive manufactured components and conformal surface functionalization to tune the interplay with the parts surrounding. He is involved in several projects around tissue engineering, complex automotive parts and fundamental structure property evaluation and prediction. 

Lecture abstract

The number of arthroplasty surgeries, or joint replacing surgeries, being performed each year is increasing worldwide. Today, massive metal implants are commonly used. These are capable of causing an onset of stress shielding, lying at the basis of osteopenia: a painful condition where the bone in contact with the implant disappears, causing numerous costly and painful resurgeries. Utilizing additive manufacturing (AM) in the production of implants, porous structures can be manufactured from biocompatible materials which allows to tune the stiffness characteristics of the implant reducing the onset of osteopenia by material design. Yet another factor determines the feasibility of implants. Cells are influenced into osteoblast differentiation by the sole action of the surrounding implant structure. This means that osteoblast precursors, i.e. bone marrow derived stromal cells (BMSCs), are influenced by the typical surface roughness and porosity of AM parts. Having the knowledge on how surface topography induces cell fate is key to the fabrication of next generation implants.

In this work, we explore the osteoconductive and the osteoinductive traits of additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V porous structures. A porous scaffold that was seeded with bone BMSCs to conduct a selection of in vitro studies. The seeded scaffolds were cultured in osteogenic medium (OM) and in non-osteogenic growth medium (GM) before the BMSC differentiation was assessed by a variety of experiments: Adhesion of cells cultured in GM showed a widely spread cell morphology, when characterised by confocal microscopy. The amount of adhered cells seemed to increase over the course of 48 hours. AlamarBlue® staining showed a BMSC activity increment within the first five days of culturing in OM. This trend was also observed by BMSCs cultured in GM, as the activity level caught up to the OM cultured cells by day 9. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) staining at day 10 showed an extensive ALP expression by OM cultured cells and partial staining of GM cultured cells, suggesting the onset of BMSC differentiation into osteoblasts. Experiments using real-time PCR analysis showed a slight upregulation of RUNX2 and osteocalcin after 21 day of culture, possibly suggesting an onset of differentiation. Alizarin red staining provided indications of mineralisation for BMSCs cultured in both mediums, although more mineralisation was found in OM cultured cells. This finding show that scaffolds are found to have good osteoconductive properties, but moderate osteoinductive tendencies.

With this study we aim to set the foundation for understanding surface topography effects on BMSC differentiation in 3D porous scaffolds that may lead to a new area of future implant design, not only considering integration of this constructs in the natural surrounding but also how they affect cell fate, i.e. the healing of surrounding tissue. 

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Professor at Cajal Institute, CSIC

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full professor, head of department at University of Pécs

Lecture abstract

The liver is the only human internal organ capable of natural regeneration. The liver's highly specialised tissue consisting of mostly hepatocytes regulates a wide variety of high-volume biochemical reactions including detoxification. Hepatocytes that are routinely used for toxicity testing in the pharma industry, are short lived in traditional 2D cultures. In 3D they live much longer and capable to increase the size of the tissue and functionally behave more like the human liver. Gene expression analysis using an Affimetryx array provides a glimpse of changes triggered by 2D-3D cell culture conditions and cellular composition. And time (4D) is of the essence. 

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Head of Mechanical Engineering Department at Sapientia University

Speaker bio

Zoltán Forgó received the BSc (2000) and MSc (2001) degrees in mechanical engineering with accent on industrial robotics and flexible production systems from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (Romania). His PhD degree is awarded by the same institute in 2008 based on the personal contributions to the parallel robots investigation and design. He is active as assistant professor at the Sapientia University (Romania) and is the head of the Mechanical Engineering Department. His research interests are the kinematics and dynamics of robots, the design and simulation of mechatronic systems. 

Lecture abstract

The industrial growth at the end of the last century couldn’t be achieved without the industrial robots. The development of the technology helped the widespread of the robots not only in the industry but in other domains too. According this fact the medical use of the robots must be considered as well. This paper will present the possibilities of the robot implementation in different medical acts: it can be present in the medical care, in the investigation phases and even in surgical intervention. The direct use of robots in the mentioned medical acts is extended by the activities performed by them in the supporting actions (ex. 3D printing) needed for a more successful medical performance.

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Cardiothoracic surgery resident at Lahr heart Center / Fellow researcher at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany at

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Sherif Abdelaziz, Egyptian Cardiac surgery resident in Lahr Heart Center and a fellow researcher in Ludwig Maximillian University Munich. He received his bachelor degree in human medicine from Alexandria University Egypt and started his research career in Goethe University Frankfurt before joining Professor Ralf Sodian’s team in Munich to focus his Researching efforts on 3D-Printing and Virtual Reality Innovation, technology and uses in Cardiac surgery. 

Lecture abstract

Currently the preoperative planning of heart interventional and or surgical cardiac procedures includes techniques as computer tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)and or Echocardiography among other techniques. Using printed 3D-Models can render the understanding and visualization of the patients’ anatomy an easier more precise task, where the surgeon can not only have a life size anatomical presentation in hand but also facilitates the explanation to the patients of the procedure of complicated operations. As a proof of concept, we fabricated life-like models using Medical rapid prototyping (MRP) and data from CT and MRI. Using the technology on variety of complicated cases proved very helpful for patient-specific operation planning and follow up.

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PhD Student at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Dr. Wei graduated from West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University in 2010. She is currently a burn surgeon by training, and she is also doing a PhD study at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a research project focusing on burn rehabilitation and scar management. Through 3D scanning and 3D printing techniques, Dr. Wei developed the 3D-printed transparent facemask which is more effective and convenient than traditional pressure garment on facial hypertrophic scar management.

Lecture abstract

Introduction:

Facial hypertrophic scar after burn injury is a serious complication which can lead to facial deformation. It severely affects the physical and psychological development of the pediatric burn patients. Pressure therapy and silicone gel are commonly used rehabilitation strategies for the prevention and treatment of facial hypertrophic scars. Transparent facemask has been used as a form of pressure therapy to manage facial hypertrophic scars for decades, however, traditional fabrication method is difficult to use on pediatric patients since it involves multiple molding steps which is intolerable for young children and it is inconvenient to apply. With the advancement of 3D scanning and 3D printing technology, we developed 3D-printed transparent facemask with silicone linings and investigated its biomechanical features, as well as the clinical efficacy on pediatric burn patients.
Method:
The facial contours of the pediatric patients with facial burns were scanned with a portable 3D scanner as soon as their wound healing time exceeds 21 days, which was considered as a critical time limit for developing hypertrophic scars. The scanned 3D file was processed with CAD software to produce the STL file of the customized facemask for 3D-printing. The design of the facemask should follow the biomechanical principles demonstrated in the biomechanical study, which showed that the facial areas with bony structures underneath undertook higher compression pressure while facial areas with more soft tissues bore lower pressure. Therefore, contour modification was made accordingly to balance the pressure distribution. The transparent facemask was printed out with transparent and biocompatible material. Subsequently, medical grade silicone gel was lined on the inside surface of the mask. The facemasks were fitted on the pediatric patients’ faces with elastic straps connecting the printed anchoring bolts at the outer surface of the facemasks. Additional silicone gel could be added on areas with insufficient blanching of the scars. The 3D-printed facemask needs to be worn for at least 20 hours per day, for at least 6 months until the scar matures. Monthly follow-up is needed to adjust the facemask pressure. 
Results:
We followed 3 children being treated with the 3D-printed transparent facemasks for 6 months. The treatment was well-tolerated and no complication was reported. At the one-month and three-month follow-ups after treatment, a decrease of scar thickness and redness was observed and the facial appearance was satisfactory with no significant facial deformation. At 6 month after injury, some of the scars were matured and most scars are on the process of maturation. The pediatric patients were psychologically comfortable with the wearing of the facemasks and were actively involved in daily social activities during the treatment process.
Conclusion:
Our newly developed 3D-printed transparent facemask with silicone linings is convenient and efficient to fabricate, easy to apply on pediatric patients. It is effective in the prevention and treatment of facial hypertrophic scars after burns in pediatric patients with satisfying clinical outcomes. Successful rehabilitation of pediatric facial burns needs the cooperation of the children themselves, their families and the whole society. Their acceptance and adherence of the treatment is the key to success.

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development engineer at Dent-Art-Technik Kft.

Speaker bio

Bálint Hegedüs mechatronic engineer has been working for Dent-Art-Technik laboratory since the beginning of 2017. Bálint Hegedüs was born in Pincehely on 17 September 1992. He completed his early studies in Tamási and in 2017 he graduated from BSc in Mechatronics engineering at Széchenyi István University in Győr. In 2014 he improved his knowledge in the field of integrated management systems and internal/ supplier auditor. In 2015 he has began to become acquainted with 3D printing technologies, and since then 3D printing has become his specialty. 

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Presentation of Dent-Art-Technik Ltd., company position, innovations, latest technology; laser sinter system and Sint & Mill. Presentation of the process of the after-milling system, highlighting difficulties and benefits. Efficiency test of the system from two sides: the customer dentists reviews and dental technician's opinion. Finally, how can the Dent-Art-Technik process be better than the purchasable system?

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University Lecturer in Bioengineering at University of Cambridge

Speaker bio

Shery Huang completed her MEng degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Imperial College London in 2007 (1st Class; top of the class). With a Cambridge Gates Scholarship, she then pursued a PhD in Physics at Cambridge, focusing on nanotechnology. After graduating from her PhD in 2011, she was awarded an Oppenheimer Fellowship and a Homerton College Junior Research Fellowship. Since Aug 2013, she is a University Lecturer in Bioengineering at Cambridge. She was the lead organizer for the Biofabrication Symposium at the MRS 2016 Spring Conference. She was also selected as one of the 26 women to present at the 2013 Book Project ‘The Meaning of Success: Insights from Women at Cambridge'.  

Lecture abstract

Multi-material and multi-process bioprinting technologies offer promising avenues to create mini-tissue models with enhanced heterogeneity and complexity. This presentation will first overview the application of 3D bioprinting and microfabrication techniques to fabricate tissue-on-a-chip systems for in vitro drug testing and screening. I will then talk about strategies used in my lab for multimaterial integration, with applications in building a generic cancer metastasis model. Finally, key hypothesis and future directions are highlighted. 

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volunteer at e-NABLE Magyarország

Speaker bio

Krisztian Sztojanov has studied as system engineer and has since worked in Hungary – mainly at his own company, Uni-Top Computers. 
3 years ago while participating an exhibition he has become touched by the spirit of the global e-NABLE community and became a member. Soon he has started to work with Joe Cross, the founder of the Hungarian community. He could use his IT skills in 3D printing and creating prosthetcs for kids.
So far he has made great efforts to help operating the hungarian organisation - the e-NABLE Hungary has already handed over 15 prosthetic hands.

Lecture abstract

The e-NABLE Community is a group of individuals from all over the world who are using their 3D printers to create free 3D printed hands and arms for those in need of an upper limb assistive device.
They are people who have put aside their political, religious, cultural and personal differences – to come together and collaborate on ways to help improve the open source 3D printable designs for hands and arms for those who were born missing fingers or who have lost them due to war, disease or natural disaster.
The e-NABLE Community is made up of teachers, students, engineers, scientists, medical professionals, tinkerers, designers, parents, children, scout troops, artists, philanthropists, dreamers, coders, makers and every day people who just want to make a difference and help to “Give The World A Helping Hand.”

The Hungarian group started to operate in 2014 giving the possibility to make this community more known, especially in the region of central Europe. 
Following the fundamentals of the mother community, e-NABLE Hungary wishes to meet the local requirements and fit to the local needs. Those who need help can be supported in their own language by us. And also teamwork for certain projects appears to be more successful and fruitful with more personal involvement. 
Since 2014 we have successfully delivered more than five hands and two arms to children in Hungary.
Joe Cross, the founder of the Hungarian group could deliver hands to Ghana in February 2016. These hands were made by Hungarian volunteers in order to help children in Ghana.
We are continuously looking for an opportunity to find recipients in Hungary. Fortunately nowadays we get more and more publicity. The e-Nable Hungary soon will be formed to an official organization. Our most important goal is to connect those who wish to help with those who need help. Also we would like to be the source of knowledge to make and develop 3D printable prosthetics. 

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Senior Researcher at zLense

Speaker bio

Vamsi Kiran Adhikarla recently joined ZLense, Hungary as a senior researcher after pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship at Max-Planck-Institute for informatics, Germany. He received an industrial Ph.D. in 2015 jointly from Holografika and Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Budapest. His research mainly focuses on the applications of multiview imaging, video Processing and 3D computer vision.

Lecture abstract

3D Depth sensors are increasingly becoming compact and robust with the miniaturization of the optical and electronic components. 3D depth sensing has created a greater degree of interest in various applications including gaming, free-view point imaging, autostereoscopic displays, light-field imaging, AR and VR. However, viability of depth sensors for medical imaging applications has not been properly reviewed. Depth sensors allow automatic acquisition of valuable data for disease screening and monitoring, e.g., assessment of patient posture and movement. Depth data also enables 3D reconstruction of patient models for computer-assisted surgery. In this talk, I will introduce the depth sensing technologies at Zinemath and show the potential of these techniques in medical applications.

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CEO at REGEMAT 3D

Speaker bio

MSc. José Manuel Baena, research associate "Advanced therapies: differentiation, regeneration and cancer" IBIMER,CIBM, Universidad de Granada. Founder of BRECA Health Care, pioneer in 3D printed custom made implants for orthopedic surgery, and REGEMAT 3D, the first Spanish bioprinting company. Expert in innovation, business development and internationalization, lecturer in some business schools, he is passionate about biomedicine and technology. In his free time he is also researcher at the Biopathology and Regenerative Medicine Institute (IBIMER). 

Lecture abstract

Cartilage is a dense connective tissue with limited selfrepair properties. Currently, the therapeutic use of autologous or allogenic chondrocytes makes up an alternative therapy to the pharmacological treatment. The design of a bioprinted 3D cartilage with chondrocytes and biodegradable biomaterials offers a new therapeutic alternative able of bridging the limitations of current therapies in the field. We have developed an enhanced printing processes-Injection Volume Filling (IVF) to increase the viability and survival of the cells when working with high temperature thermoplastics without the limitation of the scaffold geometry in contact with cells. We have demonstrated the viability of the printing process using chondrocytes for cartilage regeneration. An alginate-based hydrogel combined with human chondrocytes (isolated from osteoarthritis patients) was formulated as bioink-A and the polylactic acid as bioink-B. The bioprinting process was carried out with the REGEMAT V1 bioprinter (Regemat 3D, Granada-Spain) through a IVF. The printing capacity of the bioprinting plus the viability and cell proliferation of bioprinted chondrociytes was evaluated after five weeks by confocal microscopy and Alamar Blue Assay (Biorad). Results showed that the IVF process does not decrease the cell viability of the chondrocytes during the printing process as the cells do not have contact with the thermoplastic at elevated temperatures. The viability and cellular proliferation of the bioprinted artificial 3D cartilage increased after 5 weeks. In conclusion, this study demonstrates the potential use of Regemat V1 for 3D bioprinting of cartilage and the viability of bioprinted chondrocytes in the scaffolds for application in regenerative medicine. 

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associate professor at University of Pecs

Speaker bio

Krisztian KVELL MD PhD has primary expertise in immunology and biotechnology. He works in the field of immune senescence. Currently he is working at Pharmaceutical Biotechnology / Faculty of Pharmacy and the Wnt-signaling Group / Szentagothai Research Center at the University of Pecs, Hungary. He is currently involved in research utilising 3D bioprinting and 3D organoid structures to initially model, then ultimately prevent immune senescence.

Lecture abstract

Thymic aging occurs in every person, although at different pace. Thymic aging significantly increases the incidence of infections, cancer and autoimmune diseases. Some external factors may increase thymic aging. Thymic biological age may be more advanced than chronological age due to certain chemicals (copper-chelators), hormones (androgens), infections (viruses, fungi, protozoa). Our current goal is to optimize a protocol that allows for the establishment of functional, personalized thymus, starting from peripheral blood. This would provide a valuable tool for immunological research, and also to compensate lacking thymic function, preventing the above diseases.

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CEO at Philament

Speaker bio

Chemical engineer, in the past decade he has researched the areas of use of biopolymers, especially PLA. 2 years ago he established his own company which produces 3D filaments for special industrial applications.

Lecture abstract

More and more industries take the advantages of 3D printing. As the technology is widely used, the users become more creative and want to explore new areas where 3D printing could support their work. One of the biggest roadblock to 3D printing has been materials. 

The head of research of Philament speaks about the boundless and feasible at the same time product development possibilities. In his lecture he presents, how limitations of standard PLA filaments could be eliminated, and demonstrate their main researches which among others resulted in antibacterial, conductive, heat resistant or reinforced 3D filaments.

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Head of department at University of Pécs, Department of General and Physical Chemistry

Speaker bio

Sándor Kunsági-Máté received his M.S. diploma (1987, physics), dr. univ and PhD (1994, 1997, molecular physics, spectroscopy) and received the dr. habil. in Chemistry (2008, role of the entropy in weak interactions). Effects of the molecular environment on the weak molecular interactions (www.weakmolinter.hu) associated to the function of some chemical sensors or some surface processes, interactions between biologically active molecules with calixarenes, cyclodextrins and proteins are presently in the focus of his team.

Lecture abstract

3D imaging of bulk and surface structural properties of semiconducting materials and their composites was performed by micro-Raman scanning microscopy: i) Raman signals detected near the (001) surface of GaAs were applied to model the unexpected temperature-dependence of excess arsenic content obtained during low-temperature growth of GaAs crystals. ii) Low-frequency vibrations of carbon nanotubes coupled with in-plane vibration of wall carbon rings were identified as source of representative Raman signal to reflect surface coverage of semiconductor surfaces by carbon nanostructures. This information was applied for characterization of structured composites formed at nanometer scale by carbon nanotubes or graphene with wide-band-gap CeO2 and ZnO semiconductors. iii) Preliminary 3D scanning was taken to determine the distribution of some bioactive compounds in large living cells with micrometer resolutions.

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Medical Researcher at University of Pecs, Medical School

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Manager at Formlabs Business Development

Speaker bio

Nicolas is part of the business development team at Formlabs, focusing on the Dental market and on Formlabs' continuing education program in Europe. Before joining Formlabs, he worked in management consulting and at a travel start-up. Nicolas holds a bachelors degree in political sciences and a masters degree in corporate communication.

Lecture abstract

Nicolas is part of the business development team at Formlabs, focusing on the Dental market and on Formlabs' continuing education program in Europe. Before joining Formlabs, he worked in management consulting and at a travel start-up. Nicolas holds a bachelors degree in political sciences and a masters degree in corporate communication.

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Assistant professor at University of Pécs

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CTO & Head of 3D Academy at FreeDee Printing Solutions

Speaker bio

Having a strong knowledge in digital architecture and several years of international work experience in 3D design, Peter’s goal is to help the spread of 3D technologies in Hungary, as well as to adapt additive manufacturing in the engineering and artistic workflow.

During his university years he was already attracted by the most exciting geometries of contemporary design; the organic, algorithm-based, parametric models. This passion led him towards the technology that makes it possible to manufacture those intricate forms: 3D printing. His enthusiasm turned him into the expert of parametric design and 3D technologies. He’s founded and led several companies (Gigamax3D, parametric art) and joined the team of FreeDee Printing Solutions lin 2015, where he works as a CTO and Head of 3D Academy giving lectures in 3D printing, modeling and scanning.

Lecture abstract

If you want to benefit from additive manufacturing technologies and bespoke fabrication in the medical sector, it’s a common misbelief that you need to invest a huge amount of money or study complex technological procedures for months. Owing to the fast-paced development of 3D technologies a great deal of the medical applications from dentistry to surgery can now be fulfilled with affordable and high-quality desktop 3D printers. These machines aren’t toys anymore nor they are developed to manufacture toys: they have a significant role in the future of personalized healthcare.

The focus of the lecture will be the most common medical applications of affordable 3D printing technologies for bespoke healthcare solutions. Peter will present several Hungarian case studies to demonstrate how our desktop 3D printers supported local healthcare projects.

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Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech

Speaker bio

Blake N. Johnson received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering and certificate in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2008) and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University (2013). His Ph.D. research on electromechanical biosensors received the award of Outstanding Dissertation from Drexel University. His postdoctoral research in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University focused on the development of advanced manufacturing technologies for neural and bio-engineering applications. Currently, his research as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech is focused on additive and advanced biomanufacturing, biosensing, and bioembedding. He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Chemical Society, and the Institute of Industrial Engineers.  

Lecture abstract

Additive manufacturing approaches have expanded the design space for devices fabricated from plastics and composite materials, and recently, have also shown great promise for creating customized systems which contain integrated and hierarchical biological functionality. In parallel, clinical evidence suggests that mimicking the properties of native tissue within artificial scaffold design using appropriate physical and biochemical cues, referred to as biomimicry, has the potential to control biological outcome, such as eliciting a desired regenerative response. Uniting design and fabrication techniques via advanced manufacturing technologies could enhance traditional tissue and device engineering approaches, thus enabling new translational and fundamental research opportunities. In this talk, I will discuss newly developed additive manufacturing approaches for the design and fabrication of nerve regeneration technology based on a combination of structured-light scanning and 3D printing techniques.

Speaker position

volunteer at e-NABLE Magyarország

Speaker bio

Krisztian Sztojanov has studied as system engineer and has since worked in Hungary – mainly at his own company, Uni-Top Computers. 

3 years ago while participating an exhibition he has become touched by the spirit of the global e-NABLE community and became a member. Soon he has started to work with Joe Cross, the founder of the Hungarian community. He could use his IT skills in 3D printing and creating prosthetcs for kids.
So far he has made great efforts to help operating the hungarian organisation - the e-NABLE Hungary has already handed over 15 prosthetic hands.

Lecture abstract

On our workshop you can learn abount 3D printing and together in groups you can build a real ROBOT hand

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Head of Department of Technological Informatics at University of Pécs

Speaker bio

MSc in Information Technology Engineer at the Pannon University (former University of Veszprém) in 2001;

PhD. in IT, on field of MEsopic Vision in 2008;
Working at the University of Pécs, faculty of Information Technology and Engineering since 2006;

Member and leader of several drone related and vision, machine vision related projects. Current main field is color correction of different camera systems.

Lecture abstract

authors: Tamás Storcz, Géza Várady

Depth perception in machine vision and image processing is a key feature, which is under strong development. Most of the applications require better and better spatial resolution for depth images, although, there are fields, where speed is more relevant than accuracy. Such an application can be the real-time navigation of drones or other robotic vehicles. There are different types of sensors on the market, which aim the fast and accurate depth perception for such applications. Most of them utilize active techniques, where some signals have to be sent out and read back for measuring distance in the given direction. Such techniques involve ultra-sonic waves or infra-light or laser lights at different wavelengths. These active techniques need expensive devices, extra power, extra sensors and active parts possibly interfering with the environment, are slower and have limitations based on the used active components (Eg. sun light against IR sensors). All these requirements endure the strongly limited battery capacities of drones and autonomous vehicles.
Most of such vehicles are carrying one or more cameras by default. Using that or these cameras onboard, also for depth estimation, could save energy and weight, both very important for longer operation. These method is also cheaper and faster. Using mono methods, based on image focus and binocular methods as stereo vision can provide basic depth estimation, what could be sufficient for fast decisions in directional progress. Combining the low resolution mono methods and the more complex stereo methods could result in a cheap and fast depth estimation.
The presentation will show the possibilities, potential subsidiary advantages and preliminary results of such camera arrangements.

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PTE at Assistant professor

Lecture abstract

In order to correct limb deformity, custom assistive devices must be created. During the production of these devices mainly traditional techniques are used. The shape of the device is created manually, on the basis of photo snapshots, plaster casts or vacuum bed samples.

Using CAD technology and 3D printing these techniques can be succeeded by more accurate and faster methods. Recently such 3D cameras have 
appeared that are cheap and small enough to be placed into mobile phones, tablets or laptops. By means of the new technology the whole 
process of the design and creation of assistive devices can be performed by a single handheld tool and a 3D printer. Our research project is addressed to examine the possibilities of this change of technology.

Speaker position

assistant professor at PTE

Speaker bio

He makes lectures for Product design, Information visualization, 3D technologies. In 3D scanning topic has achivements in image improving algorithm‎s and applications, which is also published in Háber István: 3D adatfeldolgozás és gyártás, 2014, PTE”. ‎Lecturer and supervisor in the Marcel‎ Breuer phd school. Project leader in engineering research project TÁMOP-4.2.2.D-15/1/Konv-2015-0015 and faculty coordinator‎ PTE3D project known as GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00022 "3D nyomtatási és vizualizációs technológiákat alkalmazó interdiszciplináris kutatási, oktatási és fejlesztési központ kialakítása a Pécsi Tudományegyetemen".‎ Leader of the "Orca‎" project, the building of a fuel cell prototype vehicle with the Pollack Eco Team. The 3d technologies are utilized in his industrial works related to product design, rapid prototyping and simulations. Research topics: hibrid biocomposite by 3d printing, parametrized 3d printed implants, usage of 3d printing in automobile industry, etc...