Program

Monday, June 30, 2025

19:00 - 23:00

Welcome Reception at FREIHEIT 15          

(Evening event with catering inluded in participant fees)                                                                                                                                                        

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

09:00 - 09:30

Opening and Registration

09:30 - 09:40

Opening Ceremony

09:40 - 10:10
 

Plenary talk I:
Exploring the potential of liquid ceramic precursors in additive manufacturing feedstocks
Prof. Dr. Giorgia Franchin (University of Padova)

10:10 - 10:40
 

Plenary talk II:
Ceramic Additive Manufacturing in Series Production: Industrial Applications and Perspectives
Nikolai Sauer (Bosch Advanced Ceramics)

10:40 - 11:00

Coffee Break

 

Lecture Session I (Topic: AI and AM)
11:00 - 11:20 Artificial intelligence and Automatization in Additive manufacturing for 3D Printing ceramics
Richard Gaignon (3DCeram Sinto)
11:20 - 11:40 CharAM - A new methodology to analyze the mechanical and geometrical properties of additively manufactured ceramics
Dr. Uwe Scheithauer (Fraunhofer IKTS)
11:40 - 12:00 CRAMIO - CeRamic Advanced Manufacturing for Industrial InnOvation
Dr. José Antonio Reglero Ruiz (CRAMIK ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS S.L.)
12:00 - 12:20 Challenges of printing of large ceramic parts by SLA 3D printing
Maxence Bourjol (3DCeram Sinto)
 

12:20 - 13:20

Lunch Break
13:20 - 14:20

Workshop I
How to network in AM?         

Workshop II
From powders and feedstocks to AM shaping

Workshop III
How do ceramics enable green technologies?                                      

14:20 - 14:40

Coffee Break

 

Lecture Session II (Topic: Sustainabilty within AM)
14:40 - 15:00 The Impact of Debinding and Sintering Conditions on Additively Manufactured Technical Ceramics
Dr. Tim Küsters (Carbolite Gero GmbH & Co. KG)
15:00 - 15:20 Sustainable construction through 3D Printing Process: low-carbon advanced materials and applications
Dr. Sandra Abdelouhab (BCRC)
15:20 - 15:40 Fused pellet fabrication of thermal shock resistant alumina for hydrogen-combustion applications
Dr. Florian Kerber (TU Bergakademie Freiberg)
15:40 - 16:00 Challenges of 3D-Printed Silicon Carbide Sintering: Debinding Atmosphere, Carbon Additives, and Sintering Conditions
Dr. Fatima Hammoud (ENSICAEN CRISMAT)
16:00 - 16:20 Energy-efficient ceramic sintering devices 
Vincent Poirier (NOVADDITIVE)
16:20 - 16:40 Advanced manufacturing of ionic conductors for solid oxide cells
Dr. Antonio Gianfranco Sabato (IREC)
16:40 - 17:00 Optimization of sintering processes in ceramics through simulation-based process engineering
Dr. Wolfgang Hoffmann (Sico-solutions)
 
19:30 - 23:30   
Conference Dinner at Lichtermeer

(Evening event with catering inluded in participant fees)
 

Wednesday, July 02, 2025

08:30 - 09:00    

Opening and Registration                                                                                                                                                                                                               

09:00 - 09:30 

Plenary talk III:

Reaction bonded technical ceramics via binder jet 3D printing
Dr. Clara Minas-Paymayar (Schunk Ingenieurkeramik GmbH)

09:30 - 10:50

Lecture Session III (Topic: Applications of AM)
09:30 - 09:50 A Path to Scalable Production for Ceramic AM 
Dr. Johannes Homa (Lithoz GmbH)
09:50 - 10:10 3D-Printed Metal-Ceramic Composite Structures for High-Performance Refractory Applications
Patricia Kaiser (TU Bergakademie Freiberg)
10:10 - 10:30 Micro Particle Jetting: Opportunities and Applications
Dr. Anna-Katharina Hofer (D3-AM GmbH)
10:30 - 10:50 Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Molds for Casting Technology and Prospects for Medical Applications
Carla Reddersen (Fraunhofer IGCV)
 

10:50 - 11:10

Coffee Break

 

Lecture Session IV (Topic: Design for AM)
11:10 - 11:30 A comparison of 3D printing processes for ceramics: a race for speed, complexity and cost
Dr. Dieter Nikolay (WZR ceramic solutions GmbH)
11:30 - 11:50 Advanced binder jetting of ceramics through bimodal powders, high-viscosity inks, and innovative recoating techniques
Dr. Matteo Baldassari (Concr3de Printing bv)
11:50 - 12:10 Multiscale simulation of composite materials with the consideration of microstructural evolution and fracture during co-sintering
Yuanbin Deng (RWTH Aachen)
12:10 - 12:30 Fabrication of multi-scale porous structures for hydrogen evolution: direct ink writing of strontium titanate pH-responsive emulsion gels
Dr. Esther Garcia-Tunon (University of Liverpool)
 

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:30

Workshop IV
Functional foundry components via AM   

Workshop V
Post-treatment of AM printed ceramics   

Workshop VI
Production of bioceramics by AM                                   

14:30 - 14:50

Coffee Break

 

Lecture Session V (Topic: Design for AM)
14:50 - 15:10 Pellet or Filament Extruder Head? A Comparison Using Thermoplastic Ceramic Porcelain Feedstocks 
Dr. Frank Jörg Clemens (EMPA)
15:10 - 15:30 Numerical prediction of curl distortion in SLA printed ceramic green parts
Alonso Aruffo Gweni (Limoges University)
15:30 - 15:50 Optimized Kelvin cell architectures by SLA printing
Swantje Funk (FAU Erlangen Nürnberg)
15:50 - 16:10 Powder bed fusion (PBF) of SiC: powder packing modelling for density prediction
Dr. Yaan Liu (University of Exeter)
 

16:10 - 16:30

Closing Ceremony and Summary Workshops