APICAM 2025: Showcasing Global Leadership in Additive Manufacturing

Source: Sally Wood

The 2025 Asia-Pacific International Conference on Additive Manufacturing (APICAM)—the fourth of its kind to be held in the Asia Pacific region—was held in Melbourne from 30 June to 3 July.

APICAM was created to provide an opportunity for industry professionals and thought-leaders to come together, share knowledge and engage in the type of networking that is vital to furthering the additive manufacturing industry.

Attendees heard from some of the leading minds in the industry, who presented highly informative and engaging presentations on pressing issues, as well as the ways in which innovations can navigate challenges.

The Plenary Sessions included:

• Professor Dr.-Ing Christoph Leyens on Advanced materials and system technology developments for Additive Manufacturing

• Professor Huiping Tang on Progress in Metal Additive Manufacturing in China: from Powder Development to Industrial Applications

Just some of the keynote presentations included: Advances in Additive Manufacturing by Professor Paulo Jorge Da Silva Bartolo (Nanyang Technological University); Biomimetic and Adaptive Structures: Interface of Technology with Additive Manufacturing by Professor Laila Ladani (Arizona State University); Additive manufacturing process chain development of amorphous alloys for soft magnetic applications by Dr Isabella Gallino (Technische Universität Berlin); Design and Additive Manufacturing of a Lattice-Based, Ultra-Light Forearm Prosthesis by Associate Professor Matteo Benedetti (University of Trento); and Modelling of Implant Biocompatibility in Additive Manufacturing by Professor Lihai Zhang (University of Melbourne.

The keynote addresses were complemented by countless other presentations, across a variety of subject areas, including metal, polymer, ceramic and concrete additive manufacturing, bioprinting and biomaterials, digital manufacturing, modelling and simulations, and emerging additive manufacturing technologies.

Poster Session

The Poster Session gave attendees the chance to become better acquainted with the significant volume of technical and academic research being undertaken in Australia’s additive manufacturing industry.

Each technical poster was accompanied by the academic who created it, giving attendees the opportunity to discuss the research and have all their questions answered.

Our congratulations go to Patjaree Aukarasereenont (CSIRO) who won the award for best poster for Porous metallic structures: Alternative oxygen cathodes for Li-air batteries.

The Conference Dinner

Sponsored by the CSIRO, the Conference Dinner at ZINC was a highlight of APICAM. The Dinner was an opportunity for industry professionals to get together in a more relaxed setting and to forge friendships that might otherwise be impossible.

Speakers at the Dinner included Dr Kathie McGregor, Research Director for the Advanced Materials and Processing Program in CSIRO Manufacturing, and a member of the Manufacturing Business Unit Leadership Team.

The Dinner also saw the presentation of the Materials Australia Silver Medal to Professor Jian-Feng Nie; Professor Barry Muddle was awarded Honorary Membership of Materials Australia; and Dr Tingting Song was awarded the Ian Polmear Early Career Research Award. Our congratulations go to all the award winners for their valuable contributions to our industry.

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Of course, none of this would have been possible without our conference sponsors. Materials Australia would like to extend our gratitude to Joel, our Gold Sponsor; the CSIRO, our Dinner Sponsor; Flow-3D AM, our Program Sponsor; American Elements, our Lanyard Sponsor; Amiga Engineering, our Student Bursary Awards Sponsor; and Metal AM and Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing, our Media Partners.

Materials Australia would also like to thank all our exhibitors, including the Additive Manufacturing CRC, ATA Scientific, AXT, Bruker, DKSH, Emlogic, Emona, Evident Scientific, InssTek, LECO, Malvern Panalytical, Objective3D, Zeiss.

Last, but by no means least, Materials Australia would like to thank everyone involved in organising APICAM, including: Conference Chairs, Distinguished Professor Ma Qian and Professor Jian-Feng Nie; the Organising Committee including our conference secretaries Dr Tingting Song and Dr Jordan Noronha; and Tanya Smith, Executive Officer of Materials Australia.

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