LIA to host Laser Additive Manufacturing conference

The Laser Institute of America, Orlando, Fla., has announced it will hold the 2018 Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM®) conference in Schaumburg, Ill., March 27-28, 2018. For the first time in its 10-year history, the conference will be co-located with the Lasers in Manufacturing Event® (LME®). LAM attendees will be granted free access to the LME exhibit, which takes place March 28–29.

The LAM conference is a networking and educational event for anyone interested in working with or learning about laser additive manufacturing technology.

The first keynote speaker, a representative from America Makes, will address the benefits of public-private partnerships in the additive manufacturing industry. On the second day, keynote presenter Ehsan Toyserkani of the University of Waterloo will discuss recent developments in additive manufacturing in Canada.

The educational sessions will feature industry experts from companies including GE Additive, Flow Science, Caterpillar, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology. The presentations will cover laser cladding and welding, laser metal deposition, powder bed fusion, directed energy deposition, process monitoring, quality assurance, sensor technologies, additive manufacturing standardization, and strategies for growing the metal additive manufacturing industry.

At the end of the LAM sessions, attendees will be invited to attend a reception on the LME show floor.

For more information and to register, visit www.lia.org/lam.