Invited Speakers

  • Alokesh Pramanik

    Curtin University, Australia

    Dr Alokesh Pramanik is in world’s top 2% scientists ranking 1739 in ‘Mechanical and Aerospace’ discipline. He is a senior lecturer at Curtin University and has more than 20 years of research experience in the fields of manufacturing, composite materials, and alloys at different universities. He has published more than 200 research articles which include several books, many book chapters and many reputed journal articles. His publications were cited more than 10000 times with H-index 51 and i10-index 158 (Google scholar). Dr Pramanik is associate editor and editorial board member of several reputed international journals, and he was invited as keynote speakers to many international conferences.

  • António Pontes

    University of Minho, Portugal

    António J. Pontes is Associate Professor w/ habilitation at Department of Polymer Engineering since 2002, with a PhD in Polymer Processing and Design. He develops its teaching and research activities in the areas of design and development of polymeric products and nonconventional processing of polymers. He was Director of the Degree in Polymer Engineering (Jan 2003 - Jan 2007). He is author or co-author of 20 book chapters and more than 250 scientific publications (including articles in international journals and conferences). He coordinated more than 45 research projects including with industry. Is the responsible since 2012, from UMinho side, of the partnership coordination Bosch-UMinho.

  • Cláudia Quaresma

    NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal

    Cláudia Quaresma holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and is an Assistant Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA FCT), where she is also a member of the Scientific Council and the LIBPhys Research Center. She is President of the 3D Printing Center for Health Association and serves on scientific and quality councils of other academic institutions. Her research focuses on biomechanics and rehabilitation technologies. She has coordinated around 40 projects with hospitals and companies, authored numerous publications, and received 13 awards for scientific and innovation work.

  • Martin Jacobi

    Franzen, Germany

    Curious by nature and an engineer at heart, I’ve spent my career exploring how materials and processes shape industries of today and tomorrow. Starting in the automotive supply chain, I mastered the balance of quality, cost, and timing before moving into plastics, where I spent over a decade pioneering in thermoplastic foaming, injection, and blow molding. Today, as Business Development Manager at Franzen Solutions – a company with more than 150 years of innovation – I focus on creating new opportunities in the medical field and beyond, from advanced inhaler systems to exoskeleton technologies. My keynote addresses explore how curiosity drives innovation, how established industries reinvent themselves, and how technical expertise can open doors to transformative applications.

  • Paulo Bartolo

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Paulo Bartolo is Presidential's Chair in Additive Manufacturing, Professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Executive Director of the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing, and Programme Director of National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC) hub at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He is also Fellow of CIRP (the world leading organization in production engineering research), Counselor of the Portuguese Diaspora Council established with the High Patronage of the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic), member of the Advisory board of the Technological Centre for moulfmaking Special Tooling and Plastic Industries (CENTIMFE, Portugal), member of the External Advisory Board of the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development at the Polytechnic University of Leiria (Portugal), member of the Nanyang Polytechnic School of Engineering’s Engineering Advisory Committee, visiting professor at several universities in Europe, Asia and America, and advisor of several research funding agencies across the world.

  • Rodrigo Rezende

    University of Araraquara, Brazil

    Professor and Researcher of the Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology (PPGB) of the University of Araraquara (UNIARA), Brazil. Post-Doctorate at the CTI Renato Archer funded by FAPESP in Information Technology applied to Biofabrication. PhD and Master in Chemical Engineering at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). FCT Scholarship holder at ESTG/IPLEIRIA, Portugal. Graduated in Electrical Engineering on Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). Coordinator of the Center for 3D Technologies at UNIARA. Chair of the 1st and 2nd International Digital Congress on Biofabrication and 3D Bioprinting (3DBB). He was General Coordinator of Institutional Competencies of the Renato Archer Information Technology Center (CTI).

  • Mika Salmi

    Aalto University, Finland

    Mika Salmi D.Sc. (Tech.) works as a professor at the Aalto University Department of Mechanical Engineering and as research director at the Aalto University Digital Design Laboratory. He completed his Ph.D. in 2013, focusing on medical applications of additive manufacturing in surgery and dental care. He has published more than 100 scientific and technical papers on the industrial and medical applications of digital manufacturing. He has docent positions at the National Defence University in Digital Design and Manufacturing Technology and at the Helsinki University in Medical Digital Design and Manufacturing. He has worked on additive manufacturing issues closely with the industry for over fifteen years. He is the president of the Finnish Additive Manufacturing Association, FIRPA, and editor of the Journal Progress in Additive Manufacturing.