Registration, Coffee and Exhibition
(Butterworth Hall and Mead Gallery)
8.00am to 9.20am
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Main Stage Presentations
Jonas Nyvang // Stilride

STILFOLD is a Swedish start-up that has developed a novel technology that can create complex 3D shapes from a single sheet of metal, without any cutting, welding or joining. The technology uses a robotic arm and artificial intelligence to fold the metal sheet along curved lines, creating smooth and precise folds without cracking or tearing the material. The technology is based on the ancient art of origami, which can create beautiful and intricate shapes from simple and flat materials.
STILFOLD’s technology offers many advantages over conventional methods of metal fabrication, such as:
- Reduced material waste, energy consumption and production time
- Increased structural strength, durability and aesthetic appeal
- Enhanced flexibility, adaptability and customization
STILFOLD’s technology can be applied to various industries, such as automotive, aerospace, construction, energy, furniture, art and more
Sophia Lindner & Joshua Burghardt // act'ble


The ballet industry has seen little innovation over centuries. Bloody feet and exhausted bodies have been the hallmark of hard work. It’s time for change.
In this keynote, we invite you behind the curtain to discover how we’ve designed pointe shoes that adapt to the dancer’s feet. Our 3D-printed soles are revolutionising the industry, even lasting up-to five times longer than traditional shoes, and already gracing the feet of renowned dancers worldwide.
Through 3D printing, we have found a tool that offers the same precision and individuality as the athletes themselves. Beyond that, we’ll share how we’ve established a dynamic business model that enables continuous optimisation while entering the market in an early stage.
Coffee and Exhibition
(Butterworth Hall and Mead Gallery)
10.50am to 11.20am
Main Stage AM session #2
11.20am
Matthew Shomper // LatticeRobot

LatticeRobot’s interactive environment helps engineers explore what combination of base materials and lattice geometries create data-driven results. It combines lattice geometry and empirical, functional data to produce optimized implicit unit cells that work with modern latticing software. Data supplied by hardware, software, and consulting vendors refers users back to the referenced products and services, helping users discover the most fit products and services for their applications.
Manish Kumar // SOLIDWORKS and Christian Bagg // Bowhead

Bowhead is not alone. SOLIDWORKS clients around the world are taking their product development and business capabilities to the next level by connecting design data to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
Join Bowhead Founder and CTO Christian Bagg and SOLIDWORKS CEO Manish Kumar as they discuss how this platform approach enables you to collaborate, innovate, and help you Reimagine Design.
Dan Staples // Siemens Digital Industries Software + George Morris // Gravitilab


Siemens is making this technology available to SMBs in a packaged, affordable manner. Increasingly this technology is accessed in the cloud which lowers the cost of ownership and makes it more readily deployable.
In this talk, Siemens will present with George Morris from Gravitilab, a UK company democratising access to microgravity and space environments for research and testing services, while also making it more sustainable by significantly reducing vehicle emissions and by helping to prevent the build up of orbital junk that threatens the future of space services.
Bradley Rothenberg // nTopology

Incremental improvements on CAD haven’t been able to keep up with the increasing capabilities of modern manufacturing technology. Instead, implicit modeling, a totally new way to model 3D objects, is breaking the boundaries between analysis and design to take full advantage of the complexity that’s possible with digital manufacturing.
Powered by implicit modeling, Field Optimization is built for the future of product development and is already fueling innovation across a range of products from autonomous, swarming factory robots, to zero-energy-hydrogen-powered aircraft to custom orthodontics.
Lunch and Exhibition
(Butterworth Hall and Mead Gallery)
1.00pm to 2.00pm
Main Stage PM session #1
2.00pm
Benjamin Redford // Mayku

Discover how the Multiplier lets you create customised solutions that meet your exact needs, using various thermoplastic materials without compromising precision.
Real-world stories from users who’ve benefited from the Multiplier will provide practical insights. We’ll also touch on ongoing innovation in this field.
If precision in engineering and design matters to you, join us to explore the Multiplier’s role in shaping the future of plastic fabrication.
Wesley Essink // Altair

With implicit modelling, geometry is defined and controlled using 3D fields, offering you unmatched control and creative freedom. Experience seamless and intuitive manipulation of shapes, streamlining geometry creation and editing with robust tools that effortlessly shape your ideas. Get ready to embrace complete control over shape properties at every point in space. Witness the power of lightning-fast computation and rendering on the GPU, which will ensure your designs materialize with the speed of thought.
Despite the immense potential, implicit modelling has faced criticisms, leading to user frustration. Steep technical learning curves, unfamiliar user interfaces, lack of compatibility with traditional CAD workflows, and difficulties in interfacing with downstream CAE processes have been key concerns. However, this presentation will demonstrate how Altair has proactively tackled these pain points, making implicit modelling more accessible to engineers and designers. By addressing these challenges head-on, Altair has paved the way for smoother adoption and integration of implicit modelling into mainstream practices.
Join us as we demonstrate the transformative power of Inspire’s implicit modelling workflows, empowering you to redefine design processes and revolutionise engineering workflows.
Husman Khan // Aras x Ocado Technology
Stephen Graham // Hexagon

But that’s a rare luxury as we depend on colleagues in different departments, sites, or countries to get a product to market. Here, Design for manufacturing is hugely important – whether refining CAD for CAM or using simulation to predict how much a part will deform when it’s formed, forged, moulded… but what it you could avoid “throwing the design over the wall” and have the manufacturing experts “in the room” aswell?
In this talk, Stephen Graham will introduce the Nexus digital reality platform and walk through a Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) setup that is helping a 3D printing bureau work with their customer’s engineering team to design with manufacturing using a 3D Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams to combine generative design, build prep and PBF simulations in a single collaborative design review where the teams can solve problems together.
Coffee and Exhibition
(Butterworth Hall / Mead Gallery)
3.40pm to 4.10pm
Main Stage PM session #2 - 4.10pm
Carsten Asteheimer // Asteheimer Design

The insights from these projects and experiences, and the variety of sectors that Astheimer Design works in across mobility, including passenger vehicles, commercial, marine and air, have given the team an understanding of the market and future trends, and some clear thoughts on what design can do for a more sustainable future in mobility.
Runner up prize is a AMD Radeon Pro W7600 workstation graphics card.
To enter, visit DEVELOP3D Magazine on stand B3.
End 5.00pm
Registration, Coffee and Exhibition
(Butterworth Hall and Mead Gallery)
8.00am to 9.20am
Computational Design & Future Fabrication stream
Coffee and Exhibition
(Butterworth Hall and Mead Gallery)
10.50am to 11.20am
Computational Design & Future Fabrication
11.20am
Christoph Erhardt // Protolabs

The company’s proprietary analysis and programming software translate 3D CAD models into instructions for advanced additive, CNC machining and injection molding equipment. The result is quality parts shipped in a matter of days, creating an unprecedented time-to-market value for product developers and design engineers.
Previously Erhardt was Director Additive Manufacturing at Alphaform-Claho GmbH, which was acquired by Protolabs in 2015.
Henrike Wonneberger // Replique

Traditionally, businesses face a dilemma: prioritize customer satisfaction or operational efficiency. However, Miele, Siena Garden, and RehaMedPower have discovered a solution that delivers both. From an expanded range of accessories to improved availability of spare parts and customized production, these companies are leveraging the full potential of 3D printing and digital warehousing.
In this presentation, Henrike Wonneberger, co-founder of Replique, will dive into the three use cases and demonstrate how you can implement this customer-centric manufacturing approach practically and efficiently. While 3D printing serves as the enabler for cost-effective small-batch production, Henrike will also emphasize the importance of a digital inventory platform and a connected production network for effectively scaling this solution in an industrial context.
Tom Rees // TOffeeAM

He has previously worked at or collaborated with Rolls-Royce, the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Fluid Gravity Engineering, and the European Space Agency.
Lunch and Exhibition
(Butterworth Hall and Mead Gallery)
1.00pm to 2.00pm
Computational Design & Future Fabrication
2.00pm
Marcus Pont // Domin

How the world currently uses energy is inefficient, expensive, wasteful, and has a high carbon output. Meaningful change to reduce the amount of energy that we consume is needed.
Now. Achieving more with less is how we make this possible.
The focus is not about how we can make something slightly more efficient but instead going back to first principles and asking how much energy is needed to make something happen.
When we improve efficiencies, we reduce energy use, we reduce waste, we reduce costs, we improve sustainability, we improve profitability.
Using ground-breaking technology, including additive manufacturing, we have developed and manufacture novel hydraulic components and systems that create massive gains for a wide range of applications and increases the electrification of fundamental industries, including aerospace, automotive, and industrial manufacturing.
Computational Design
Love lattices? You should! The evolution of generative design software and maturing additive manufacturing technology means that products can be lighter, stronger and less wasteful with gyroid infills and lattices. We’ve assembled a panel of experts to get their views on computational design, how it will infiltrate our workflows and what they see in the future for design’s relationship with automation.
SJ // DEVELOP3D
Matt Shomper // LatticeRobot
Moritz Valentino Huber // Hyperganic
Brad Rothenberg // nTop
Alex Pluke // Additive Flow
Alice Wise // MTC (Manufacturing Technology Centre)
Francesco Leonardi // PuntoZero

The second part will showcase Puntozero’s approach to DfAM, featuring examples of projects and case studies as references for key concepts, both pertinent to the present and essential for the future. The focus of the featured projects will be on DfAM, approach and nature inspiration which are at the foundation of Puntozero.
Expect to learn about custom structures for 3D printing and optimisation of the flows, new approaches on topology optimisation and a workflow for product development.
Coffee and Exhibition
(Butterworth Hall / Mead Gallery)
3.40pm to 4.10pm
Registration, Coffee and Exhibition
(Butterworth Hall and Mead Gallery)
8.00am to 9.20am
Product Development & Visualisation stream
Coffee and Exhibition
(Butterworth Hall and Mead Gallery)
10.50am to 11.20am
Product Development & Visualisation
11.20am
Chris Cholmeley // Victrex

Victrex is typically involved at early stages of the product development cycle, in the material selection phase. Here it brings expertise from a materials point of view, together with the application development and parts design.
Aleck Jones // Callum x Nyobolt

CALLUM’s creative lead, Aleck Jones, discusses how Thomson’s initial design ideas were explored, developed and brought to life in this nimble, lightweight sportscar that takes inspiration from the Lotus Elise and brings it up to date. Proportions were exaggerated and packaging constraints overcome, with particular attention paid to developing the vehicle’s taut surfaces, utilising Autodesk Alias and the visualisation and VR capabilities of Autodesk VRED to create clean, structural lines.
Pat Parker // Numatic

Learn how Numatic International have decided to focus upon reusing their CAD data to become more efficient in the creation of their user manuals and support documentation.
Using the latest 3D technology they have started to modernise their offering, becoming greener and reducing costs.
Rob Jamieson // AMD

In this presentation, we will discuss some of the basic factors to consider when choosing your hardware, and how to pick the best options for your specific needs. From AI to drivers what’s the current state of play? Most of this was written by AI BTW…
Lunch and Exhibition
(Butterworth Hall and Mead Gallery)
1.00pm to 2.00pm
Product Development & Visualisation
2.00pm
Clair Baxter // Theorem

Discover how XR technology, and creative thinking, is delivering new efficiency benefits for design and manufacturing businesses, with real-world use case examples from Valiant TMS, a global leader in delivering intelligent automation solutions. Learn the importance of CAD data preperation and optimization when applying XR, and gain valuable advice for effectively implementing and capitalizing on the technology for your organization.
Renate Eder // Vizoo

Ivan Volchenskov // NewArc ai

Learn actionable steps to seamlessly integrate AI tools into your workflow and unleash a new dimension of creativity.
Coffee and Exhibition
(Butterworth Hall / Mead Gallery)
3.40pm to 4.10pm
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