Empowering Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SME)

Through Effective Additive Manufacturing (AM) Data Management

Workshop Agenda

Updated (6/5/23)

Day 1 June 6, 2023: 

Time Agenda Item

0700 Registration, Badging, Refreshments

0800 Welcome & Opening Remarks

Paul Witherell & Yan Lu (NIST)

• Opening Remarks

• Charles “Chuck” H. Romine (Associate Director of Laboratory Programs, NIST) “Welcome 

from NIST”

• Workshop Goals, Objectives, and Approach

0840 Keynote Speakers – Business/Procurement Focus

William Frazier (Pilgrim Consulting)

• R. Chris DeLuca (OUSD) “Data and Advanced Manufacturing”

• Neil Orringer (ASTRO) “AM Forward Explained – One year later”

0940 Networking - Refreshment Break

1000 Panel 1: Small & Medium Size Enterprise Perspective

Bill Bihlman (Aerolytics)

• Carl Dekker (Met L Flo)

• Youping Gao (Castheon)

• Neil Goldfine (JENTEK) “In-process Sensing for Metal AM Parts, Using Eddy Current 

Arrays”

• Derek Hass (CCAM) “Gaps in the Digital Thread Across the Multiple Tiers of 

Manufacturing Supply Chains: An R&D Perspective”

1130 Lunch / Networking

1300 Panel 2: Large System Integrator Perspective

William Frazier (Pilgrim Consulting)

• Dave Abbott (GE)

• Jesse Boyer (P&W)

• Nick Mule (Boeing) “Digital Additive Manufacturing at Boeing”

• Abdala Nassar (John Deer) “Empowering SMEs Through Effective AM Data 

Management” 
1415 Transition & Break

1430 Working Groups – Identification of Data Management Challenges.

Process Development | Production | Delta Qual/Restart

1700 Working Group Report

1730 Adjourn

1830 Networking - No Host Social

GUAPO’S Cantina**

9811 Washington Blvd

Gaithersburg, MD 20878

(301) 977-56555

https://www.guaposrestaurant.com/location/gaithersburg-guapos-restaurant/

**Note: See map of GUAPO’S location below.

Day 2 June 7, 2023

Time Agenda Item

0700 Registration, Badging, Refreshments

0800 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Brandon Ribic (America Makes)

0830 Keynote Speakers – Customer/End User Perspective

William Frazier (Pilgrim Consulting)

• David Furrer (P&W) “Modeling and Data to Design and Control AM Processes”

• Slade Gardner (Big Metal Additive) “Small Business Data Management Points”

0930 Networking - Refreshment Break

1000 Panel 3: Consortium Perspective

Brandon Ribic, (America Makes)

• Kareem Aggour (GE) “Additive Manufacturing Common Data Model”

• Mahdi Jamshidinia (ASTM) “Additive Manufacturing Industrialization Through 

Collaborative Research and Standardization” 

• Kevin Slattery (Barnes GA) “Supporting Army readiness through a robust digital additive 

manufacturing supply chain”

1130 Lunch / Networking
1300 Panel 4: Software & Data Analytic Tool Provider Perspective

Alex Kitt (EWI)

• Anil Chaudhary (AO)

• Vadim Shapiro (Intact Solutions) “Leveraging Design, Process, and Physical Data in 

Simulation-First Worksflows” 

• Michael Taylor (Hexagon) “AM Data and Innovation”

• Mike Vasquez (3Degrees)

1415 Transition & Break

1430 Working Groups -Approaches to Data Management Challenges

Process Development | Production | Delta Qual/Restart

1700 Working Groups Report

1730 Adjourn

Day 3 June 8, 2023

Time Agenda Item

0700 Registration, Badging, Refreshments

0800 Welcome & Opening Remarks

Chris Cosgrove (RAMP MD)

• Todd Sabin (Department of Commerce, State of Maryland)

0830 Keynote Speakers

William Frazier (Pilgrim Consulting)

• Jason Bridges (LM) “Challenges for Small Business Data Sharing with Primes”

• Wayne King (Barnes Global Advisors) “How do we broaden the use of Laser 

Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing”

0930 Working Groups Report

Process Development | Production | Delta Qual/Restart

1030 AM Product Realization

11:45 Concluding Remarks

1200 Adjourn

No-host Reception, 6pm, June 6, Guapo’s Cantina, 9811 Washingtonian Blvd, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
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