Alvin Foo began his career with PSA as a mechanical engineer in 1998. He held several managerial positions and has been Head of Engineering since 2017. Alvin possesses degrees in Mechanical Engineering from NUS and Electrical Engineering from University of Newcastle, Australia.

He has deep expertise in crane control system design, sizing, selection and system integration, particularly in drive converter system as well as drive fieldbus communication technology.  He is a certified productivity and innovation manager and is highly conversant in Reliability Centred Maintenance.

He is now a key member of a PSA cross-functional team to develop future ready strategic capabilities in areas of smart engineering, automated container handling, machine augmented workforce and sustainable environment solutions through optimized and orchestrated energy management.

Anna Cheniuntai is a founding partner and head of PR at Apis Cor. Anna is a key member of Apis Cor and has been involved in Apis Cor’s R&D and business development since the beginning, when it was only an idea.

Apis Cor intends to I wish to change the construction industry by making building process quicker, easier, eco-friendly and cheaper. Give an opportunity to millions of people to enhance their living conditions and make housing really affordable. Api Cor’s vision is to make the biggest international and the first interplanetary construction company that will offer 3D building construction services all around the world.

Arthur is a structural engineer, architect, innovator of the circular economy. He has spent over a decade turning post-consumer waste into innovative products for businesses and consumers through his company, Miniwiz. The founder and CEO of Miniwiz, Arthur is focused on accelerating the shift to a closed-loop circular economy, in which all products are made from recycled materials and are then eventually recycled themselves. Today, Miniwiz is a global leader in transforming post-consumer products into retail store interiors, factory campuses, and consumer goods.

Under Arthur’s leadership, Miniwiz has received the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneer title, the 2016 National Geographic Explorer, the Financial Times’ Earth Award, and the Wall Street Journal’s Asian Innovation Award, among other honors.

Arvid Eirich works for the German railway company “Deutsche Bahn (DB) Group” since 2013 and has been involved in the conception of various programs and innovation projects such as the DB Institute of Technology or the Startup Safari in the technology division. Arvid Eirich has been a member of the Group project “3D Printing at DB” since DB took its first steps towards 3D printing in 2015. In this project he was involved in establishing the international network “Mobility goes Additive”. In January 2017 he took over the technical management of the network and is the contact person for the members on technical and economic issues relating to additive manufacturing. As an industrial engineer with an affinity for digitization, Arvid Eirich is interested in all topics related to Internet of things, Big Data and Industry 4.0, both professionally and privately.

As GE Additive Materials Technology Leader, Behrang Poorganji leads teams of engineer and scientist in Alloy Design, Process Development, Powder, and Materials Behavior and Characterization to enable Customers for an accelerated adoption Additive Manufacturing by providing an end to end materials solutions in their AM journeys.

Behrang has served in different positions in Japan, Canada and USA, as Research Fellow, Lead Engineer, Project and Program Manager in Aerospace and Automotive companies, before joining GE Additive. Behrang has more than 15 years of experience in metallic materials development and processing with 6 years of direct experience in AM. At GE Additive, Behrang has a passion for Revolutionizing the Manufacturing Paradigms and developing Solutions for Day to Day Challenges of this innovative and disruptive technology. Behrang holds a PhD in Metallurgy and Materials Processing, and MBA in General management and Strategy

Dr. Chen Ching Kit completed his undergraduate medical studies at the National University of Singapore and post-graduate training in Paediatrics and Paediatric Cardiology in Singapore. He subsequently did a fellowship in paediatric heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.

During his 2-year fellowship, he participated in a range of research projects resulting in numerous abstracts and publications. Upon returning to Singapore, he has started a paediatric advanced heart failure program (including mechanical circulatory support for children) in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, and has successfully established a paediatric heart transplant and mechanical cardiac support programme in Singapore.

His clinical areas of interest cover dilated cardiomyopathy, exercise echocardiography in cardiomyopathy and congenital heart disease, and foetal cardiovascular flow dynamics, while research areas of expertise and experience include 3D printing of heart models, exercise echocardiography, and foetal cardiology.

Industrial entrepreneurship has stolen Daan’s heart at young age. Master degrees in both mechanical engineering and business administration have created a solid basis for his professional career and multiple ventures. Additive Industries is accelerating industrial additive manufacturing of high quality, functional, metal parts by offering a modular end-to-end 3D printing system including a seamlessly integrated information platform to high end and demanding industrial markets. With substantially improved reproducibility, productivity, and flexibility, Additive Industries redefines the business case for series production of additive manufacturing applications in aerospace, automotive, medical technology and high-tech equipment.

For more than 15 years, Daniel has been employed in roles directly related to Additive Manufacturing (AM). His initial experiences with AM were in a service bureau environment in England, gaining vast knowledge of materials and applications for Additive and Subtractive technologies. This knowledge later assisted him in managing an Australian company selling polymer and metal AM equipment, plus software, to enable total solution delivery.

Daniel has worked for Stratasys since 2011, where he successfully established Stratasys Korea and managed this business for many years as General Manager. He has now moved to Singapore, seconded as Deputy General Manager of Additive Flight Solutions Pte Ltd, a Joint Venture Company between SIA Engineering Company and Stratasys.  Additive Flight Solutions offers design, engineering, certification support and AM part production to customers worldwide, including airlines, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) providers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

Senior value-oriented business developer, with a focus on manufacturing sector. Large experience in helping organizations identifying levers to increase their performance, reduce costs and reimagine their business models leveraging IT in Digital Transformation initiatives.

With passion and skills acquired through 20+ years of experiences in strategy & management consulting, sales and business development, helping manufacturing companies run, grow, and transform their business networks to better serve their customers in a digitized world.

Espen Sivertsen is founder & CEO of Ivaldi Group. Ivaldi Group works with leading partners across maritime, offshore & construction to leverage on-demand manufacturing in reducing inventory, warehousing, delivery times and cost of logistics by sending files, not parts.

A serial entrepreneur, Espen is also Director of BAAM – a coalition of 3D technology companies under one roof at The Gate in San Leandro, California. Drawing on it’s BAAM partners, BAAM is able to provide an entire ecosystem of 3D products and services, propelling customers from initial idea to full volume production.

In October 2016 Espen stepped down as CEO of Type A Machines, a manufacturer of 3D printers and printing solutions. Espen co-founded the company in January 2012 and supervised double digit growth throughout his time there. Type A Machines is most known for their award winning Series 1 Pro 3D printers & Print Pod solutions, revolutionizing the industry through cost effective, massively parallel and scalable production.

With a background in business and psychology, Espen previously served as Team Leader with the KaosPilots, a Scandinavian school of entrepreneurship described by Fast Company as the “new curriculum for managing change”. Prior to this, Espen’s work was oriented around trend spotting as Head of Demolab at iLab, an international knowledge center for new technologies and trends. Together with a former co worker, he created MemeMaker.com – the first retailer in Denmark focusing on the Arduino prototyping platform. Born and raised in Norway, Espen is an avid traveller and has lived in England, Denmark, Singapore, China, Mexico and most currently with his wife and daughter in Livermore, California.

Gilad Reshef serves as Nano Dimension’s APAC director. In his role he leads the customer acquisition and support activities out of Nano Dimension Hong Kong office.

Mr. Reshef has been based in Hong Kong Kong for more than 8 years. Prior to his work with Nano Dimension, Mr. Reshef co-founded Made in Sense which successfully graduated from the Incu-Tech program at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP).

Before that, Mr. Reshef worked for DSP Group in Israel and Hong Kong. Mr. Reshef holds an L.LB.

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

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. 

Gladys relinquished her 17-year headship of Nutrition & Dietetics Department at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital end 2017 to concentrate on dietetic placement education, community and geriatric dietetics, plus special projects pertaining to health promotion and sustainability. 

Gladys is a prolific speaker who has delivered countless professional / public talks and workshops relating to a wide variety of nutrition-related topics.  Her latest project is towards developing a commercially viable food supply model using 3D food printing to produce consistent, nutritious and personalised puree meals for patients with swallowing difficulties. 

Chaw Sing is the co-founding Managing Director of NAMIC (National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster), a Singapore government initiative to catalyse innovation and scale industrial adoption of additive manufacturing technologies. By focusing on industrial applications and translational R&D, together with commercial strategies to co-create innovative products and services, the national initiative aims to position Singapore as one of the leading digital manufacturing hubs in the era of digitalization and smart factories. Since its inception two years ago, NAMIC has raised several millions in public-private funding to support various AM initiatives across industry verticals.

Before NAMIC, he was Head of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at HP Singapore, Printing and Personal Systems Group, where he oversaw technology partner relationships, IP strategy, and strategic innovation initiatives for the Supplies Business. Prior to this, he was the global head for Consumer Inkjet Supplies Business operations, overseeing manufacturing supply chain operations and product innovation in HP. Chaw Sing started his career in the semiconductor industry with Chartered Semiconductor and Globalfoundries, where he undertook various leadership and customer-facing roles in technology development and engineering operations.

Chaw Sing holds a doctorate in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Bachelor’s (honours) degree in Electrical Engineering majoring in Microelectronics from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is an avid inventor with several US/international patents. An advocate for 3D Printing and its role in the new economy, he has spoken in several global forums and workshops. He mentors a number of start-ups in the digital and healthcare space. He sits on a number of advisory and expert committees and is an appointed mentor under the GE Digital ASEAN Startup and Partner Program. He is personally interested in nurturing deep tech start-ups, as well as advancing STEM education and engineering as a profession.

Dr. Rezai is an engineer, a design visionary and an educator. One of the initiators of the concept of “fusion engineering”, he is the first and only engineer to receive the coveted title of “Designer of the Year” from the President of Singapore under the President’s Design Award (2016). He is very passionate about the process of advanced computational design, and a holistic approach to architecture + structure + environment.

Dr. Rezai’s high-profile contributions to industry discourse include his recent service as a member of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture’s Master Jury (2016), and as a Jury member for the President’s Design Award (2017 – 2018), amongst many other competitions and awards. DrRezaiis Founding Director of Web Structures and Web Earth. His latest initiative, Milan Research Lab aims to redefine the collaborative nature of designers working with machines to overcome the compound challenges faced by the building industries, and the environments within which they are deployed.

Hussain joined Lloyd’s Register’s Global Technology Centre (GTC) in Singapore last year from the Nuclear Development Group in London, where he was responsible for technology development, business development and technical support on the UK’s Advanced Boiling Water Reactor.

Reporting to the Vice President for Technology & Innovation; Hussain leads strategic technology and joint industry projects. He is also the commercial lead for digital and advanced manufacturing in Singapore. Hussain has established a strong Additive Manufacturing service delivery team in Singapore, which leverages Lloyd’s Register’s partnership with The Welding Institute (TWI) and £15 million in research investment.

Dr. Jonathan M. Morris, MD, Mayo Clinic, is co-director of the 3D Printing/Anatomic Modeling Laboratory, and a member of the Division of Neuroradiology where he specializes in minimally invasive thermal ablation of tumors. Dr. Morris has been involved with medical uses of 3D printing since 2001 and co-developed the hospital based 3D printing /Anatomic modeling laboratory at Mayo Clinic with his partner, Jane Matsumoto, MD.

Dr. Morris is an international leader within the field focusing on research, educational, clinical, and forensic applications of this disruptive technology. He has co-developed the only CME course for physicians dedicated to 3D printing as well as being nominated within the medical division of the Tekne Awards for technologic advances using additive manufacturing.

Working closely with regulatory agencies and medical societies, such as the FDA and RSNA, he aids in developing the future infrastructure needed for medical 3D printing. He cofounded the RSNA 3D printing special interest group (3D –SIG) and is a member of the SME Medical AM/3DP Workgroup.

Mr. Horibe received the Master of System Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology in 1997 and joined Yamazaki Mazak Corporation as mechanical engineer. In 2002, transferred to subsidiary in USA as  assistant manager of sales engineering department and focused on proposal of new machine sales projects for global customers.

Upon returned from USA in 2012, assigned to general manager of new technology / product strategy planning office. Since then, succeeded to develop Hybrid Multitasking machines which has 5-axis machining and additive manufacturing functions with patented design.

Kazuya is also responsible for the Mazak iSMART Factory project, which is digital manufacturing transformation of Yamazaki Mazak global factories as development leader of IoT/Industry 4.0 related technologies.

Kelvin Wee is the Sales Director for the APAC (excluding China and Japan) region in the Materialise Malaysia office. It also serves as the Asia Pacific regional office. He leads a high performing team comprising of sales managers, account managers, marketers, project engineers and application engineers who provide 3D printing software solutions In the South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Korea and India markets.

He has over 17 years of sales experience in various industries at a regional level. Equipped with a degree of electronic engineering and MBA, this enables him to carry out his vision to connect 3D Printing technologies to different applications and industries, which will eventually realise a better and healthier world.

Dr Lam Pin Min has been the Senior Minister of State for Health and Transport since 1st May 2017.

He was first elected as a Member of Parliament for the Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the 2006 General Elections. He was re-elected in 2011 and subsequently in the 2015 General Elections as the Member of Parliament for the Sengkang West Single Member Constituency (SMC).

Dr Lam was the Deputy Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Health from July 2006 to July 2008, before assuming the post of Chairman from May 2009 to May 2014. He was subsequently appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Health from August 2014 to April 2017.

Dr Lam was trained as an Aviation Medicine Specialist and had obtained his postgraduate Diploma in Aviation Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians (London) in 1997.  He served as a Flight Surgeon with the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) from 1995 to 2003.

He also holds a Master of Medicine (Ophthalmology) from the National University of Singapore and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh). As a trained surgeon and specialist in paediatric ophthalmology, he worked at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital from 2005 to 2013, before going into private practice in 2014. He is currently a Visiting Senior Consultant at the Singapore National Eye Centre.

Dr Lam is married with two daughters.

Named one of the “Economic Times Most Influential Business Leaders in Asia” by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, in 2017, Larissa Tan is one of the few female leaders in the technology and automotive industry and heads up Singapore’s first electric automotive company, Vanda Electrics. As a thought leader, she is a public speaker on digital disruption, innovation and technology, the future of transport; and women in business and leadership. Under her leadership, Vanda Electrics has successfully launched the Dendrobium, Singapore’s first hyper car, with Williams Advanced Engineering, the engineering team for Williams F1 as Vanda’s technical partner. With a passion for innovation and technology, she has also launched the iconic designed Motochimp, a fast charging electric scooter for urban transportation and Ant Truck, a mini electric logistics truck, both under the Vanda Electrics’ Umbrella.

Larissa first started her career in the field of banking and finance before moving towards strategic branding and marketing, an experience which proved to be fundamental in the pursuit of her career. Having been in the marketing field for over 15 years, Larissa was once the marketing lead for STIKFAS, a company that made a global impact in the toy industry in the early 2000s. Since then she has held senior branding and marketing roles in the luxury industry, where she created and managed luxury brands. Prior to her role as CEO of Vanda Electrics, Larissa headed up the branding and restructuring for Wong Fong Industries, where she saw to the rebranding strategy of the entire group in preparation for its IPO.

Larissa is particularly passionate about how moving into an era where innovation, technology and digital will affect or help companies and businesses, especially our workforce and the cultural transformation required for companies to succeed in this disruptive era.

Dr. Lim Geok Hoon is a senior breast surgeon working at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. She is the course founder of the Singapore Breast oncoplastic surgery symposium (SBOSS) which is an international meeting aimed at imparting oncoplastic breast surgery skills and knowledge.

She is also an adjunct assistant professor with Duke NUS medical school and had published widely. With an interest in 3D printing, she had secured NAMIC grants to explore and enhance the role of 3D printing in breast surgery.

Dr. Lim Jing is the Chief Technology Officer at Osteopore International Pte Ltd, a Singapore medical device manufacturer that adopted 3D printing technology to manufacture bioresorbable scaffolds for bone regeneration.

He has been leading the Research and Development, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance teams for the past 3 years. During this time, he led the company through successful ISO 13485 and Korea GMP audits; re-certification of CE Mark and India CDSCO, attained new certification in the Philippines and new product registration with HSA, as well as trained numerous interns and regulatory staff.

In the area of Product Development he added new products in the Craniofacial group, created new products in Plastic Aesthetic and Orthopaedic reconstruction. He is passionate about providing safe and effective implants for patients, and believes that devices with unique technology can be made beneficial to the stakeholders of our healthcare system: hospitals, surgeons (doctors), and patients.

Lim Siang Yong is the Chief Operations Officer at 3D Matters and 3D Metalforge, responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operational, quality and design functions. Siang Yong is focused on business innovation and leverages a combination of technology and new business approach for operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Siang Yong brings a global perspective with more than 20 years of experience in senior level roles across functions including operations, marketing, strategy and business development in multiple industries. His extensive international experience includes stints in China, Europe and Singapore in global MNCs such as Spencer Stuart & Associates, Infineum, NXP Semiconductors, Philips International and McKinsey & Company.

Siang Yong graduated with an M.B.A. from Cornell University and earned a Bachelor of Engineering with first-class honours and a Master of Science in semiconductor physics from King’s College, University of London.

Mahendran Reddy has 20 years of international professional experience in the creative and tech industries in both the private and public sectors. As a trained architect and a media personality, he has held key strategic appointments in driving innovation and initiatives in the civil service, notably the establishment of the National Design Centre in Singapore.

As director of business development, he has driven the adoption of Additive Manufacturing in its fledgling form in South East Asia mainly in the consumer segment of the business of a large MNC in Singapore, UCT Asia Pacific.

He is a graduate of NUS School of Architecture and holds a post graduate degree from Barlett School of Architecture, UCL.

Maltesh Somasekharappa, is the Director and Co-Founder of Supercraft3D® PteLtd which has its registered office in Singapore. His company is involved in design and development of patient specific solutions for pre and post-surgical applications including diagnostic models, surgical cutting guides and implants. Over the last couple of years, Supercraft3D® has demonstrated in more than 100 cases the usefulness of application of 3D Printing in the field of medical solutions.

Prior to Supercraft3D®, Malteshwas the General Manager at Wipro Enterprises where he established the first metal 3D printing setup in India. During this stint he initiated design, development and manufacture of several aerospace and space components using materials like Inconel, Aluminum and Titanium. Some of these parts have been successfully validated as flight worthy and flown to space.

He is a graduate of London School of Economics with a dual master’s in law & accounting. In his spare time, he enjoys delving in etymology.

Mark has over 15 years of experience in the fields of advanced materials and processes, injection molding process simulation and product lifecycle management of advanced manufacturing software tools. He is currently part of the team at Autodesk that carves the company’s strategy for manufacturing software with a special focus on plastics, composites and additive simulation technologies. Mark started his career at Moldflow Corp and holds a Bachelor of Science in Plastics Engineering Technology from Penn State University.

Dr. Matheu founded Prellis Biologics in October 2016 with a design for an optical based printing system on paper and a vision to create fully vascularized human tissues and organs for transplantation. Melanie’s combined PhD-level specialties in laser-based microscopy, Immunology, Chemistry, Physiology, and Biophysics have allowed her to bridge the gap between seemingly disparate fields to make real human organ engineering a reality.

During her academic career Dr. Matheu authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and a book chapter detailing methods and approaches for high-resolution imaging in tissues. Melanie was inspired to find a way to reverse-engineer her laser based imaging systems into a printer when she realized that the final road-block in building human organs for transplant was a simple and well-defined engineering problem: How can micro-vasculature be printed at scale? Prellis Biologics developed technology that solves this problem by effectively decoupling printing speed from resolution with a novel patent-pending laser based projection system.

Dr. Matheu’s vision is to shift the focus of health and medicine from palliative care to curative solutions, giving patients their lives back.

Melissa Snover, aka Melissa Burton, is an entrepreneur, visionary, and a trendsetter in the world of food technology. She is currently the Managing Director of the Katjes Magic Candy Factory; the world’s first 3D food printer to be available to the consumer market! The innovative idea for a 3D printer that could print candy was conceived in 2015 and in just under 6 months her first prototype was launched into a beta test store in Berlin. This is just her latest innovative idea that she has brought to fruition. She has been working successfully with her innovative and trend-setting concepts for over 12 years.

Still in her mid-thirties, she has already won numerous awards and prizes for her business achievements having been recognized as the Best Entrepreneur 2011, Business Woman of the Year 2014, and Insider Magazine 100 Most influential Women 2014, to name a few. Her company, Katjes Magic Candy Factory, has also won several awards in the short time since launching in 2015, including Top Innovation of the Year at ISM 2016 and Best Confectionary Innovation at the Free From Foods Awards 2016.

Miles Podmore graduated from Limerick University Ireland with a degree in Electronic Engineering and has over 25 years of experience in the IT and Healthcare industry. In 1995, he founded Eye 2 Eye Communications Pte Ltd in Singapore and has set up regional offices in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam.

Eye-2-Eye Communications is a leading company in the Additive Manufacturing area covering a wide range of vertical markets such as Manufacturing, Engineering Design, Architecture, Healthcare, and Jewelry. Eye2Eye provides a wide range of Additive Manufacturing Technologies to produce products in Plastics/Polymers, Ceramics and Metals.

Armed with experience in 3D printing and DICOM, he has launched his latest venture, Medairum Pte Ltd, which provides services for segmenting DICOM images to 3D printing models. Medairum also provides Augmented Reality for medical education purposes.

Dr.Mohsen Seifijoined ASTM International in 2016 as a director of additive manufacturing (AM) programs, in which he facilitates’ standardization activities across all ASTM AM related technical committees and building new partnerships as well as development of new AM standards related programs within diverse ASTM portfolios. He has also appointment as an adjunct assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University in OH, USA.

He has co-authored more than 30 peer reviewed publications and has presented more than 50 invited and keynote talks at various technical meetings, industries and government agencies while also receiving various technical society honorsand awards.

He is currently serves as a global director of AM programs at ASTM International Washington DC office responsible for ASTM AM centerof excellence (CoE) program. ASTM AM CoEhas four founding partners and one strategic partner at this point with about seven different locations across the globe. He holds MS and PhD degrees from Case Western Reserve University in materials science and engineering with emphasis on metal AM qualification and standardization and has conducted extensive work on the field funded by various organizations.

As Vice President Technical Solutions & Marketing, Marine Products for Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS), Nakul is instrumental in the ongoing execution of the company’s digitalization strategy.

Supporting a renewed focus on customer co-creation and speed of execution for product development, along with customer experience innovations, such as ChatBots and Augmented Reality, Nakul is an active advocate of the positive role 3D printing, automation and robotics can play in operations.   

Nakul combines a wealth of maritime sales, operations and management experience, with qualifications in marine engineering and direct seafaring experience from his years working as an engineer. A keen commentator on maritime innovation and digitalization, Nakul is a valued public speaker and industry panelist.

Nora is a 3D Printing expert since 2010, passionate about how products are made: from design to manufacturing, using emerging technologies, such as IoT, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, robotics and 3D printing / Additive Manufacturing. Nora’s expertise is in building strategic alliances and strong business relationships.
Named among the 20 most influential women in Additive Manufacturing every year since 2015, Nora also received the Certificate of Honor in Manufacturing by the City of San Francisco in 2017 for her work with Women in 3D Printing, and was awarded Community Advocate of the year 2018 by her peers.

She started her career in the Additive Manufacturing in 2010 by joining online 3D Printing service leader, Sculpteo. After 3 years in France, she relocated to San Francisco to open Sculpteo’s first overseas offices. After leading the Business Dev. department from the San Francisco office from 2013 to 2017, she acted as General Manager of Sculpteo Inc until April 2018.

She now serves Ivaldi Group as the VP of Strategy. Ivaldi Group leverages cutting-edge additive manufacturing solutions to provide on-site parts on-demand services for the maritime, construction and offshore industries.

Nora founded Women in 3D Printing in 2014 to promote women leaders in the Additive Manufacturing industry. She also co-initiated and co-organizes #3DTalk, an industry-specific and educational event series featuring women in the 3D Printing and related industries. #3DTalks are global events hosted in various cities across the USA and Europe.

Ken Lip is formerly Head of Additive Manufacturing at Singapore Technologies Dynamics (part of ST Engineering). In this role, he oversaw various aspects of how 3D printing is integrated into the company’s manufacturing pipeline. He was active in multiple aspects of AM, ranging from lab-scale translation to design prototyping, high-complexity industrial production as well as testing and qualification processes. He previously held  management roles in  various Fortune 500 companies around the world and has an MBA from UCLA as well as engineering degrees from Northwestern University, USA.

Professor Paul C. Ho received his B. Pharm. (Hons) and Ph.D. degrees in pharmacy from University of Queensland. He was then a post-doctoral fellow at the respective Upjohn Center for Clinical Pharmacology, USA and Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia, before he joined National University of Singapore.

His current research interests are on pharmacokinetics and formulations of CNS medicines. Dr Ho has published over 170 scientific research articles, and 4 chapters in books distributed by Elsevier and Wiley respectively, and 1 MCQ book by Pharmaceutical Press (London) in his field of study. He is currently on the editorial boards of the Journal of Chromatography B, and Therapeutic Delivery. He has been external reviewer of research proposals of granting agencies in Asia and Europe, consultant to some international and regional pharmaceutical companies; and external reviewer for the Health Sciences Authority, Singapore. In 2011, he was awarded the mentor of the outstanding graduate student research award in pharmaceutical technologies by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists in Washington DC, and in the same year the outstanding scientist award by the Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore. Professor Ho is also the honorary professor of Xi’an Jiaotong University. Professor Ho is one of the thrust leads in the Centre for Additive Manufacturing (AM@NUS), contributing to 3D printing for pharmaceutical application.

Mr. Klein Raimund is the Executive Vice President of Siemens Divisions Digital Factory and Process and Drives ASEAN.

Raimund is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of working in manufacturing industry. He is skilled in Business Strategy, Business Planning, Sales, Business Development, Marketing Strategy, and Operation Development. In Industry4.0 –Raimund is driving the development of the Digihub-Industry4.0 an Eco System for digitalizing the Customer Value Chain, R&D to new digital services.

He implemented an intricate Go-to market strategies and was profoundly involved in the overall design and execution of the new digital models and its G2Market Sales and Service business models. He developed Siemens intra/intern digitalization solutions to increase sales productivity and efficiency, applied market opportunity transparency models and bridge the transparency gap between Siemens and its contracted business partners. He also developed a new pricing system to optimize the order to cash cycle.

As Head of the Johnson & Johnson 3D Printing Center of Excellence, Sam Onukuri is responsible for integrating 3D printing technology across the J&J Enterprise. He and his team of dedicated engineers drive new materials, processes and software technologies to evolve the business model from what has historically been a product-orientated to a solutions-orientated business model at point of care.  Sam works closely with J&J leaders in Supply Chain, R&D, Commercial, Quality, Regulatory, Legal, and IT across all segments to execute multiple front-end pipelines of technologies related to 3D printing and netshape technologies.

Developing a network of over 50 external partnerships, J&J is emerging as one of the leaders in 3D printing resulting in product design freedom, consumer and patient-specific product personalization, speed to market, supply chain transformation and materials innovation.

Sam has over 25 years of experience in medical devices and an extensive background as a metallurgist and in material sciences. Other J&J roles include Advanced/Front-end Technology leadership for J&J Medical Device and Senior Fellow Engineer within the Ethicon family of companies. Prior to J&J, Sam worked at General Electric and Baxter Healthcare. He is based in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Ethicon Campus.

Dr. Sastry Kandukuri is a passionate and experienced materials technology professional with 25 years of diverse experience in many different fields such as Maritime, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors. Currently he is working as a global AM solutions lead at DNV GL’s newly established Global AM Technology Centre of Excellence in Singapore.

Dr Sastry has been working intensely with Additive Manufacturing Technology service in DNV GL over the past few years for both Maritime and Oil & Gas and currently developing internal and external standards for qualification, certification and verification of 3D printed materials and components.

He is the lead author of DNV GL class guideline (DNV GL-CG-0917) on ”Additive Manufacturing – Qualification and Certification process for Materials and Components.”

Dr. Sastry obtained his PhD in Additive manufacturing 3D printing area from Katholic University Leuven Belgium in 2006. Later in has worked in Canada with DaimierChrysler/ University of Windsor partnership in developing a 3D printing technique using cold spray technology.

Shamil Hargovan is a tech entrepreneur, who has contributed thought leadership and invention to the emerging fields of additive manufacturing, augmented reality, and IoT. Shamil serves a Chief Executive at Wiivv, a leading technology and consumer experiences company transforming footwear, supportive apparel, and wearable devices, so that everyone can move and live your best. The Wiivv Fit Technology adaptive platform combines AI, biomechanics research, computer vision on the phone, and on-demand digital manufacturing to make custom for the body at scale possible. By 2022, Wiivv is on a mission to make over 1 million unique products for people who need pain relief, that are seeking wellness, and that are in pursuit of sports performance, in the United States, Canada, and around the world.

Mr. Hargovan was named Forbes 30 Under 30 for Manufacturing and Industry in 2016 and Forbes 30 Under 30 Alumni All-Star in 2017. Shamil co-founded Wiivv, after leaving his job at Hewlett-Packard. During his time at HP, he built devices and app-based services—that resulted in revenues over $3B. He played a key strategic role in developing HP’s business opportunity and foray into the 3D printing industry. Prior to that, Shamil was a management and strategy consultant at Clarkston Consulting, serving clients in the consumer products and life sciences industries. He got his start in tech at SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute), where he worked on digital media start-ups within their ventures group. There, he had a transformational cafeteria conversation with the computer mouse and hyper-text inventor, Douglas Engelbart—that changed his career outlook forever.

Based in the Pacific Northwest, Shamil is an active community volunteer, outdoorsman, scholar of global affairs, and supporter of the arts. He is an alumnus of Claremont McKenna College, a highly selective California-based liberal arts institution, specializing in economics and public affairs. He was an Edward J. Sexton Fellow in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and completed additional scholarship with the Kravis Leadership Institute. To-date, Shamil has lived in and worked for organizations ranging from 2 to over 200,000 people in Australia, Africa, and North America.

Dr. Srinivas Bhylahalli (MS, PhD, MBA) is currently the CEO and Director of Anatomics (Asia). He joined the Anatomics group in January 2017 as VP of Business development (Asia) and was promoted as CEO in January 2018. Anatomics is an Australian headquartered medical devices company founded in 1996 that pioneered the use of additive manufacturing in the design and manufacture of patient specific surgical implants and tools enabled by additive manufacturing.

Prior to joining Anatomics Srinivas held various roles over 12 years in the healthcare industry in functions spanning R&D, IP management, Business development and Technology commercialization. He has facilitated the creation of 4 medical devices start-ups and co-founded 2 start-ups.

Mr. Tan Ming Jie, a Molecular Cell Biologist by training, graduated from Nanyang Technological University. He specialised in humanised 3D Asian skin Organoid that can serve as flexible and powerful platform that caters to a wide range of testing methods. He cofounds DeNova Sciences in late 2012 where he assumes the roles of Chief Scientific Officer overseeing the technology and innovation operation and development.

He joined Cosmetic Toiletry Fragrances Association of Singapore (CTFAS), Society of Cosmetic Scientist Singapore (SCSS), Dermatology Association and ISO workgroup. He has keen interest in various topics such as wound healing, stem cells and diabetic compromised skin. Not only he is passionate about his skin research areas, he also hopes to bring the science research communities and personal care industrial players closer to better enhance innovation and technologies exchange.

Recent time, he has ventured into the 3D Bioprinting field to start numerous collaborations in bioprinting of Asian Skin organoids to increase reproducibility and up-scaling potential. He vision DeNova to create an organoids systemic platform that can better evaluate and understand the product in the most ethical way to safeguard the consumer health and enhance quality of products.

Theo Salet is a full Professor in the Department of the Build Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and visiting Professor at the Singapore Centre of 3D Printing (SC3DP) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He combines this positions with a partnership at the consulting engineering firm Witteveen+Bos.

During his professional carrier, he worked on the design of underground buildings and large scale prefabricated tunnels and bridges like the North South metro line in Amsterdam, the Oresund link between Denmark and Sweden and the Confederation bridge in Canada.He is a member of the board of the Dutch Concrete Association, a member of the steering committee of the “Betonakkoord” aiming to realize a sustainable concrete industry in The Netherlands and the chairman of Stufib, the Dutch Association of Structural Engineers in Concrete Structures.

His main topic of research is 3D printing of concrete structures, including innovative design strategies, experimental research and numerical modelling. He studied structural engineering and obtained his Doctorate of Philosophy from Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.

Thomas Schroepfer is Professor and Founding Associate Head of Pillar of Architecture and Sustainable Design at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). His research and design work investigates the increasingly complex relationship between design and technology in architecture and relates to advances in environmental strategies, structure and form, performance and energy, computer simulation and modelling, digital fabrication and building processes.

He has been recognized as a creative leader in the industry and has sought-out as a keynote speaker at international symposiums and workshops. His work has been exhibited at important international venues, including at the World Architecture Festival, Venice Architecture Biennale and World Congress of Architecture. His book publications have been translated into several languages and include Dense + Green: Innovative Building Types for Sustainable Urban Architecture (2016), Ecological Urban Architecture: Qualitative Approaches to Sustainability (2012) and Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality (2011). He is the recipient of prestigious awards and recognition including the World Architecture Festival Award, Singapore President’s Design Award, German Design Award and Asia Education Leadership Award.

Trevor graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Prosthetics & Orthotics from LaTrobe University, Australia in 2000 and completed his Masters in Prosthetic Rehabilitation Studies from Strathclyde University, Scotland in 2015. Trevor has worked throughout Australia before coming to Singapore in 2004.   He is the current President of the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics – Singapore chapter.

Trevor has been a pioneering figure and influence in Singapore in the area of prosthetics for more than a decade. He has worked with various prosthetic companies to bring the latest development and prosthetic devices to our local population. He has fitted our patients with the world’s most technologically advanced microprocessor and artificially intelligent legs, as well as fitting quadruple amputee patients with the advanced myoelectric hands.Trevor has also introduced new technology for our amputee patients such as Modular Socket System (MSS) which is able to allow Prosthetists to laminate a socket directly to a patient’s stump.  His 3D printed interests have seen the collaboration with industry partners create a 3D printed Ankle Foot Orthosis (AFO) for stroke patients and a 3D printed prosthetic arm.

Trevor divides his time between clinical work & education, research & development and his administrative duties. He has presented in various international and local conferences in various aspects of prosthetics and orthotics. Currently, he is part of a 3D-printing workforce committee in TTSH which is studying the benefits of additive manufacturing to replace our current conventional fabrication methods.  He still finds time to work closely with the Ministry of Health for matters relating to the Prosthetics & Orthotics profession in Singapore.