Phil became CEO of MolyWorks Materials Corp. this year after joining the company as VP APAC following a long career with Schlumberger. He holds a Masters Degree in Engineering from Cambridge, UK and spent most of his prior career working globally in oilfield technical roles including wireline, drilling, well testing, artificial lift and well completions.  He was field operations manager in multiple locations, engineering manager for real-time telemetry systems and software, and global head of engineering and manufacturing for well completions. He was President Director of Indonesia businesses for 5 years, managed the integration of Cameron into Schlumberger for Europe and Africa, and was recently Global VP of commercialized technology and MRO (TLM).

Sissi Chao is the Founder of social enterprise REMAKEHUB. The environmentalist and sustainable fashion advocate promotes the reduction of waste through hi-tech recycled materials and creative upcycling. She has been made a United Nations Young Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals, a My World 2030 Advocate and a member of PWC China’s NextGen Club.

With more than 20 years’ experience in Information Technology (IT) and control engineering experience under his belt, David Tan is the founder and CEO of Netatech Group of companies, which specializes in Design & Build of Environmental Engineering Projects and high tech cross-border Agriculture technologies.

Under his leadership, Netatech group soon established itself as the leader in Skyrise Greenery and PUB ABC Waters Design Features and has been given the mandate by Netafim to be the Skyrise Greenery Knowledge Hub in the region.

With experience in Water and sustainable Engineering, as well as a dream of achieving Smart Agriculture, he is researching for a sustainable solution to solve the present-day water and food challenges.

John has a 25+ year career in product development and aerospace with Honeywell, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works™, Australia’s CSIRO, and Arconic (formerly Alcoa and RTI International Metals). He’s been involved in metal additive manufacturing throughout this career beginning in the late 1990s where he was part of the Sandia National Labs LENS™ CRADA. Since then, he has been in and around AM working both technical and business cases for implementation and development efforts in materials, powders, processing, and printing to mature the technology for applications. John is recognized internationally for contributions to additive manufacturing, product development, and leadership in engineering. His groups boast world firsts in medical, therapeutic, and aerospace additive manufacturing. John is a Materials Engineer by background but has developed expertise in manufacturing, airframe structures, gas turbines and low observables. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University, and an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Monash University, both in Melbourne, Australia.  In 2014, he was Purdue University’s Materials Engineer of the Year, and in 2017, he was invited to join the Additive Manufacturing Technical Community as a  SME Advisor based upon active industry contributions, reputation, and personal commitment to expand the use of additive manufacturing.

Sherry Handel is the Executive Director of the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), a global nonprofit organization founded to promote the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing to key industries and the general public at large.  The AMGTA seeks to promote the adoption of AM as an alternative to traditional manufacturing methods, develop best practices for AM, and help the organization’s members grow their businesses and acquire new customers.

Ms. Handel is an award-winning leader focused on making a meaningful impact through non-profit management, entrepreneurship, and volunteering.  She has board-level experience scaling non-profits in the sustainability and tech startup education & training sectors.

Ms. Handel is the Co-Founder and previous Chief Operating Officer of Energy Harvesters LLC, a clean-tech startup developing the Walking Charger^TM, a patented device that charges smartphones and other mobile device batteries as the user walks.

Ms. Handel earned a BS in Business Administration from Northeastern University and has studied sustainability at the University of Vermont and Boston Architectural College.

Dr. Heuser has been with Siemens for over 20 years in various management positions within Siemens businesses including Corporate Technology, OSRAM, Energy and is now the VP of Additive Manufacturing in Siemens Digital Industries. Besides that he is in the AG AM advisory board of the VDMA and heading the Siemens Company Core Technology Field AM. Dr. Heuser has a Ph.D. in solid state physics from the University Augsburg as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Management from ESMT.

Blake Perez manages nTopology’s APAC business and presense as the company grows to address great growth of the AM sector in the region. He is a mechanical engineer with a PhD in Engineering Product Development from the SUTD-MIT International Design Centre in Singapore and is a manufacturing specialist with experience from semiconductor to oil & gas with a focus on Design for Additive Manufacturing.

Nora Toure has been an additive manufacturing expert since 2010, particularly skilled at building strategy alliances and strong business relationships. She has  a deep understanding and experience of the manufacturing ecosystem with a passion for working at innovative companies driving social value through technology.

During her decade of experience in the 3D Printing industry within leadership positions Nora established and managed strategy, programs, partnerships, and teams, with a proven ability to grow business at a global scale, from sales to operation execution.

Besides her career achievements, Nora founded the non-profit Women in 3D Printing in 2014 to promote women leaders in the additive manufacturing industry. She has since then grown the platform to 15,000+ members spanning over 25 countries through 65 local chapters.

Nora was awarded 40 Under 40 East Bay Area in the leadership category, by Diablo Magazine (2018), Community Advocate of the Year, by 3D Printing Industry (2018), received the Certificate of Honor in Manufacturing by the City of San Francisco (2017) and was named among the 20 most influential women in Additive Manufacturing every year since 2015. She is a 2019 TEDx speaker on How 3D Printing will disrupt the supply chain.

Pursuing her vision for more social inclusion, she joined 3D Africa as Board Advisor and sits at various other Advisory Boards, such as 3DHeals’, the Journal of 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing, TCT Group’s, and De Anza’s Design and Manufacturing Technologies Department.

Jonathan is Executive Chairman of Singapore Space and Technology Limited (SSTL), Singapore’s lead, industry organisation focused on developing the space technology industry through industry meets, its own accelerator programmes and spacetech training. His international work experience includes management roles with the Rheinmetall-Contraves Group, CAE Inc., ST Engineering Electronics and Flex, where he’s credited for establishing and leading their successful Advanced Innovation Centre in Asia. Earlier in his career, Jonathan was at the Singapore EDB as Centre Director for Middle East & North Africa Operations; and handled portfolios in aerospace, marine/offshore and super yacht sectors. In particular, he led the development of the space incubator unit that is presently EDB’s OSTIn.

Jonathan currently serves on the Board of Synspective, International Lunar Observatory Association, and is an ExCom Member of the JAXA’s APRSAF.

He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, double majoring in Aerospace Science and Aviation Business Administration.

Anna is a Founder and CEO of a robotics-construction company Apis Cor, Boston. Before founding Apis Cor Anna got a speciality in Space Physics and managed government projects of deployment the ground navigation system to navigate visitors around the infrastructure around Olympic Games in Sochi, 2014.  Apis Cor specializes in utilizing 3D printing technology to build housing, providing a faster and cheaper alternative to traditional construction. Apis Cor became a finalist at NASA’s 3D Printed Habitat Challenge in 2018 and later in 2019, Apis Cor delivered the world’s largest 3D printed building recognized as such by Guiness record.   Anna is also wholly involved in a community of innovators as part of the Residency Programme in Autodesk Technology Center in Boston and as an Active Member of Artisan’s Asylum, Inc.

Adam is the CEO and Founder of Gilmour Space Technologies, a venture-funded rocket company in Queensland, Australia that is developing a new breed of hybrid launch vehicles for small satellite/payload customers.

Graduating with an Honours degree in B.Bus (Banking & Finance) from Monash University in 1994, Adam moved on to pursue a 20-year banking career in Singapore. A lifelong space fan, he started Gilmour Space Technologies in 2015 and in 2017, Gilmour was awarded an R&D grant by the Singapore’s NAMIC to develop a 3D printer for aerospace carbon-composite parts.

Having successfully launched their first hybrid sounding rocket in 2015, it became the world’s first flight demo of 3D printed rocket fuel. Other Gilmour milestones include developing and test-firing the world’s largest single-port hybrid rocket engine at 80 kN of thrust, signing a NASA Space Act Agreement, and developing and testing a privately-developed mobile launch system for rocket launches.

Gilmour’s successes have helped to attract venture capital funding from top-tier venture capital firms Blackbird Ventures, Main Sequence Ventures and 500 Startups. As one of Australia’s leading space companies, Gilmour is committed to growing the space-launch-related advance manufacturing capabilities and space supply chain in Australia and the region.

Aditya Chandavarkar is an established entrepreneur with business interests in manufacturing, innovative technology, training and consulting.

 He is the co-founder of Indian 3D Printing Network, which is a knowledge sharing and business networking platform for the Additive Manufacturing (AM) industry in India. As a part of the Indian 3D Printing Network he constantly engages with the AM community, to jointly develop initiatives to catalyse the growth of AM.

Their latest initiative – Additive Academy – aims to provide cutting edge and comprehensive training and education programs to upgrade the Additive Manufacturing skill base in India. They are working with global partners including The Barnes Global Advisors and Purdue University.

Aditya also speaks at leading conferences in India and worldwide on the development and evolution of inkjet printing and Additive manufacturing.

On the social responsibility front he is a active part of a community (Chitrapur Saraswats) which is involved in rural upliftment and women empowerment projects.

Dr Ling Ka Yi is a developmental and stem cell biologist with over 10 years expertise in tracing and studying stem cells during development. Ka Yi received the prestigious A*STAR’s National Science Scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor’s and PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She worked closely with stem cell and developmental biology experts like James Thomson, Davor Solter and Barbara Knowles. Following graduation, Ka Yi did her postdoc at IMCB, A*STAR in Singapore. She is an active science communicator since her days in Madison; and frequently takes part in science outreach and speaks at food sustainability and career management events. She also did a podcast called “Science Now” and “Life after PhD” with fellow colleague/scholar. Ka Yi is passionate about marrying her experience in biotech research and her love for food to produce sustainable food products. In August 2018, she co-founded a cell-based crustaceans startup called Shiok Meats, along with Dr Sandhya Sriram. She was recognized as one of the MIT Tech Review’s “Innovators under 35 in Asia” 2020, the “Women and the Ocean: Changemakers” challenge 2020” and the Great Women Of Our Times 2020 by Women Weekly.

Gladys is a New Zealand Registered Dietitian and Accredited Dietitian of Singapore Nutrition & Dietetics Association (SNDA). She trained and worked as a dietitian in New Zealand before relocating to Singapore in 1995 to pioneer the nutrition diploma course at Temasek Polytechnic. She then returned to hospital dietetics in 2000.

Gladys relinquished her 17-year headship as Chief Dietitian at end 2017. Her current focus is on dietetic placement education, community and geriatric dietetics, institutional foodservices, health promoting and environmental sustainable type of initiatives.  Her latest collaborative projects include developing a commercially viable and sustainable food production model using 3D food printing and product development in the Food for Elders scheme.

She is a member of SNDA since 1985 and served as President/ Treasurer/ Membership Sub-Chair for numerous terms. She is an affiliated member of Foodservice Consultants Society International. She was also Chair of Dietetics Panel with Ministry of Health and is currently a member of National Diabetes Prevention & Care Taskforce.

Melissa Snover is an award winning entrepreneur and visionary in the food tech industry. Originally from New York and having studied Business Management and Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, Melissa moved to the UK to finish her studies at Lancaster University. Shortly after this, aged 23, she co-founded a financial services company, which she then sold in 2009 so she could redirect her creative skills into confectionery. Following that, in 2010 she founded the company FTF Sweets Ltd, UK, also known as Goody Good Stuff, which is the world’s first vegan, natural and allergen-free fruit gum. Then in 2015, she partnered with the successful German Katjes family corporation, so was able to immerse herself in the world of food technology and 3D printing, which has since led her to starting her current venture, Nourished – the world’s first truly personalised nutrition product.

Joris Peels is the Vice President Consulting at SmarTech Analysis, the leading intelligence, and market forecasting firm in 3D printing. Joris is also Executive Editor at 3DPrint.com and has spent over 12 years in the 3D printing industry advising and working for both startups and multinationals in strategy, business development, and marketing roles.