Fraunhofer Direct Digital Manufacturing Conference 2025 that will be taking place in Berlin March 12-13, 2025. 

The Fraunhofer DDMC 2025 Conference will again present fascinating developments in additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies. AM experts from industry and research will provide around 50 presentations in more than 15 sessions. Please check out our full program for details. 

We are especially delighted to welcome six distinguished additive manufacturing experts as keynote speakers at our conference:

• Prof. Enrico Stoll (TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany):
  »The Challenges of In-Space Manufacturing and Assembly Using Small Satellites«
• Prof. Wojciech Matusik (MIT, Cambridge, USA):
  »Can Computers Beat Humans at Design?«
• Dr. Sebastian Piegert & Dr. Cynthia Wirth (Siemens Energy, Berlin, Germany):
  »The Future of Additive Manufacturing – Vision and Challenges on Setting up a Global Manufacturing Network at Siemens Energy«
• Ben Hartkopp (Quantica, Berlin, Germany):
  »The Building Blocks of Digital Manufacturing: Functional Materials and Precise Deposition«
• Prof. Bianca Maria Colosimo (Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy):
  »In-situ Monitoring in AM: Challenges and Opportunities to Unlock Real-time Qualification«

For more information, please check our website.

We would be happy to welcome you in person on March 12 and 13, 2025 in Berlin, Germany and are looking forward to lively discussions during extended coffee breaks and during the evening event on the first conference day

The AILEEN project seeks to address the skills shortage in the Aerospace and Defence (A&D) sector by establishing Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) across seven European countries. These centres will focus on advanced manufacturing areas like welding, brazing, additive manufacturing, and inspection technologies. The CoVEs will form a network of educational, research, and industrial organizations, fostering collaboration to meet industry skill needs.

Key objectives include specialized training, maintaining high-quality education, promoting flexible practices, and ongoing cooperation with A&D companies. The plan outlines creating a sustainable framework for CoVEs, with milestones such as defining training frameworks, continuous identification of best practices, and a recognition process for CoVEs.

The CoVEs must involve collaboration between training organizations, research centers, and industry partners, ensuring alignment with industry needs. Initial implementation covers eight CoVEs in Belgium, the UK, Turkey, Germany, Spain, Denmark, and Portugal, with further expansion plans. The project aims to support innovation, growth, and competitiveness in the A&D industry.

Read the full report Strategic Plan for Advanced manufacturing Aerospace & Defence CoVEs

The Innovative Advanced Materials initiative ( IAM-I) invites you to the IAM-I Day that will take place on November 19^th from 14H to 18:30H in Brussels at BluePoint (Address: Blvd Auguste Reyers 80, 1030 Brussels, Belgium). The session aims to share the status and next steps of the partnership on materials association. For that, we will count on the participation of the European Commission, among other stakeholders.

Tentative agenda:

• 14:00H - 14:30H - Welcome coffee
• 14:30H - 16:30H - IAM-I workshop
• 16:30H - 18:30H - Networking drinks

Registration (physically & remotely) is available here.