Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 139) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health in over 45,000 patients. He is currently helping those companies and serves as a professor at Brown University, Saveetha University, Hebei University of Technology, UFPI, University of the Basque Country, and others. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including: 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); 2022, Best Materials Science Scientist by Citations (Research.com); and is a fellow of over 8 societies. Prof. Webster is a former President of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials and has over 1,350 publications to his credit with over 55,000 citations. He was recently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Prof. Webster also recently formed a fund to support Nigerian student research opportunities in the U.S.

Plenary speaker

Lutz Feldmann Vice President EMEA at FibreSeek Lutz graduated with a Diploma in Plastics Engineering back in 1988 in Darmstadt and followed the 3D Printing Industry since then. For over 25 years he hold senior positions at SolidWorks and Dassault Systemes and was always closely attached to engineering and design. The last six years Lutz is managing the channel partners for major 3D Printing vendors, specializing in the field of continuous fiber supported composite printing. In his current role he is building up a channel ecosystem for FibreSeek .

3D Printing with Continuous Fibre reinforcement

Dr. Devid Zille is a Brazilian-trained maxillofacial surgeon and expert in medical 3D printing, virtual surgical planning, and additive manufacturing. He serves as Director of the Medical Visualization and Printing Lab at Tampa General Hospital and Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine, leading clinical, research, and educational programs. He previously established and directed the additive manufacturing laboratory at Hospital Sírio-Libanês and held leadership positions at CPMH, Acumed, and Osteomed. He earned his dental degree with honors from the University of Brasília, completed a maxillofacial surgery residency at Base Hospital in Brasília, and undertook training at John Peter Smith Hospital in Texas. His contributions include scientific publications, patents and innovations in patient-specific implants and surgical guides.

From Imaging to Impact: Medical and Healthcare Applications of 3D Printing