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Program

Monday, June 29, 2026

19:00 - 23:00
Welcome Reception at  HERMANN 

(Evening event with catering inluded in participant fees)                                                                                                                                                        

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

09:00 - 09:30
Opening and Registration

09:30 - 09:40
Opening Ceremony

09:40 - 10:10
Plenary talk I

Use of silicon nitride materials from additive manufacturing processes in earth observation instruments:
review of characterization tests and synthesis of development and achievement
Philippe Grasset (Thales Alenia Space)

10:10 - 10:35
Coffee Break

10:35 - 12:15
Lecture Session I (Topic: New Materials & Technologies for AM)
10:35 - 10:55 Manufacturing high quality Hydroxyapatite components on a low-cost SLA hobby printer
Dr. Gurdial Blugan (EMPA)
10:55 - 11:15 Alumina and zirconia filaments for FFF printing
Dr. Dominique Hautcoeur (Belgian Ceramic Research Centre)
11:15 - 11:35 NUWAM - additive manufacturing of high performance ceramics in industrial scale
Anika Lorenz (NUWAM GmbH)
11:35 - 11:55 Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics: Optimization of Composite Filament for FFF 3D Printing
Dr. Petr Roudný (University of Pardubice)
11:55 - 12:15

3D Printing of Continuous Carbon Fibre Reinforced Silicon Carbide Ceramic Matrix Composites
Daorong Ye (University of Birmingham)

12:15 - 13:15
Lunch Break
13:15 - 14:15

Workshop I
How to network in AM
as early stage researcher?         

Workshop II
AM for functional applications

Workshop III
From laboratory to industry                                    

14:15 - 14:40
Coffee Break

14:40 - 17:00
Lecture Session II
 
Topic: Design for AM
14:40 - 15:00 Design and production of printed ceramic parts using CRAMIO: Analysis of two cases studies
Dr. José Antonio Reglero Ruiz (CRAMIK ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS S.L.)
15:00 - 15:20 Tailoring the electromechanical response of FFF-printed barium titanate through infill density control
Gaurav Vajpayee (Fraunhofer IWM)
15:20 - 15:40

Enhancing Efficiency in Ceramic 3D Printing through Simulation? Reducing Material Usage, Costs, and Development Time through Topology Optimization
Dr. Wolfgang Hoffmann (Sico-solutions)
 
Topic: Post-Processing of AM-printed parts
15:40 - 16:00 Perfect surface finish of ceramic 3D printed implants
Frederic Bajard (Binc Industries SAS)
16:00 - 16:20

Heat Treatment Strategies for Silicon Carbide Ceramics 
David Clemens (Carbolite Gero GmbH & Co. KG)
 
Winner of the 3DCeram Awards at yCAM
16:20 - 16:40 TBD
Ipeknaz Özden Moser (Jožef Stefan Institute)
16:40 - 17:00

TBD
Pia Popovic (Jožef Stefan Institute)

17:00 - 17:10
Summary Workshops I, II & III
19:30 - 23:30      
Conference Dinner at Greiffenegg Schlössle Restaurant

(Evening event with catering inluded in participant fees)
 

Wednesday, July 01, 2026

08:30 - 09:00    
Opening and Registration                                                                                                                                                                                                               

09:00 - 09:30 
Plenary talk II

Strategies for improving the mechanical properties of 3D-printed ceramics: advances in materials and technologies
Dr. Helen Reveron (INSA Lyon)  

09:30 - 10:50
Lecture Session III (Topic: New Materials & Technologies for AM)
09:30 - 09:50 Additive Screen Printing for Large Scale Industrial Production
Dr. Tim Dörenkamp (Exentis Group AG)
09:50 - 10:10 Ceramic Fused Filament Fabrication (CF³) of Ceramic and Glass parts
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanemann (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
10:10 - 10:30 Material Jetting: Challenges in the Development of Dense Sintered Ceramics
Dr. Dieter Nikolay (WZR ceramic solutions GmbH)
10:30 - 10:50 The Duality of Ceramic Suspensions in Stereolithography: Slurries vs. Pastes
Petar Kotevski (3DCERAM & INSA Lyon)
 

10:50 - 11:20
Coffee Break

11:20 - 12:20
Lecture Session IV (Topic: Characterisation & Quality Control of AM-printed parts)
11:20 - 11:40 Non-contact, non-destructive, high resolution optical scanner for 3D quality control of AM-printed ceramics
Prof. Dr. Ole Bang (Technical University of Denmark)
11:40 - 12:00 Enhanced Mechanical Performance of ZrO2 AM Components through a Hybrid Mex-AM Printing–Milling Process
Dr. Frank Clemens (EMPA)
12:00 - 12:20

Additive manufacturing via CerAM VPP - Next steps toward serial production with novel cleaning, characterizing and hybridizing opportunities
Dr. Tassilo Moritz (Fraunhofer IKTS)

12:20 - 13:20
Lunch Break
13:20 - 14:20

Workshop IV
Are AM-printed ceramics sustainable?  

Workshop V
New trends of Ceramic AM   

Workshop VI
Production of bioceramics by AM                                   

14:20 - 14:50
Coffee Break

14:50 - 15:50
Lecture Session V (Topic: Applications of AM)
14:50 - 15:10 Towards the next generation of solid oxide cells and stacks by additive manufacturing of functional ceramics 
Dr. Natalia Kostretsova (IREC - Catalonia Institute for Energy Research)
15:10 - 15:30 Inkjet printing of barium titanate piezoceramics
Ines Ketterer (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
15:30 - 15:50

FFF technology for lunar autonomy: adaptation, characterization and improvements with regolith simulants
Louis Quinot (IMT Mines Albi)

15:50 - 16:15
Closing Ceremony and Summary Workshops IV, V & VI