Champion

Jack Roach, Director, SIMT

Objective

Product development, product marketing, and industrial design professionals exploring best practices in communicating visually through 3D CAD, 3D virtual reality, and rapid prototyping technologies.

Manager

InnoVenture LLC

Forum

Florence, SC - February 24, 2010 (Map and driving directions)

Preliminary Agenda

 8:30 am – 8:45 am      Registration

 8:45 am – 9:00 am      Welcome and Opening Remarks

 9:00 am – 9:45 am     Keynote Speaker
                                     State of the Additive Manufacturing Industry
                                     Terry Wohlers, Wohlers Associates, voted the #1 most
                                     influential person in rapid product development and rapid
                                     manufacturing

 9:45 am– 10:00 am     Break

10:00 am -10:20 am     Additive Manufacturing Success Story
                                     Michael Lane, Struthers-Dunn

10:20 am -10:40 am     Additive Manufacturing Success Story
                                     Scott Echerer, Entrepreneur

10:40 am -11:00 am     Break

11:00 am -11:20 am     Case Study-Using AM Instead of Traditional Machined
                                      Parts      
                                      Aaron Blackmore, Stratasys-Fortus

11:20 am -11:40 am     Direct Digital Additive Manufacturing for Consumer
                                     Product Applications
                                     Bill Watson, Anvil Prototype

11:45 am – 1:00 pm     Lunch

 1:00 pm - 1:25 pm      Keynote Speaker
                                    Interactive 3D in Commercial Applications
                                    Mats Johansson, CEO of EON Reality, the world's leading                                     interactive 3D visual content management and virtual reality
                                    software provider.

 1:25 pm - 1:45 pm      Matt West, Strategic Marketing International-Marketing
                                    Success through Virtual Reality         
                        
 1:45 pm - 2:05 pm      Jonathan Wilke, SiMT - Creating CAD Assets Using Laser
                                    Scanning

 2:05 pm - 2:25 pm      Trey Davis, SiMT – Converting Clients’ CAD Assets to
                                    Virtual Reality

 2:25 pm – 2:45 pm      Break
 
 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm     Tours and case studies of best-in-class in VR and AM
                                    capabilities

4:00 pm –  4:15 pm      Forum Wrap-Up

Projects

• Develop a directory of 3D visualization professionials.

Colleagues

Milliken - James Bryant
Mechanical Enterprises - Mickey Dorsey
Sealed Air - Joe Owensby
3D Systems - Rajeev Kulkarni
Precision Southeast - Dick Averette
Anvil Prototype&Design - Bill Watson
TriMech Solutions - Meric Gambel
SC Engineering Cluster - Lee Stogner
Nexsen Pruet - David Dubberly
Sonoco - Dave Rykard
Pro/Vide - Robert Crockett
KIYATEC - David Orr
Skyline Exhibits - Steve Hoffman
ModernTech Mechanica - Austyn Piel
Criterion - Mike Cobb