2027 AMUG Conference

The conference program covers additive manufacturing, industrial 3D printing, and supporting technologies through technical presentations, real-world case studies, and strategic perspectives for manufacturers, engineers, product leaders, and decision-makers. Its nine tracks are Aerospace, Defense, Healthcare, Transportation, Energy, Consumer Products, Process Development, Materials Development, and Essential AM. The program also includes Executive Perspectives panel discussions on additive manufacturing trends, industry evolution, opportunities, and challenges. Event features include showcases for aerospace and defense suppliers, healthcare applications, startups, and local additive manufacturing service providers, as well as hands-on exhibits of additive manufacturing technologies and applications. Conference content is organized around evaluating possibilities and applications, implementing and integrating technology, and maximizing performance and efficiency.

Technical programming covers aerospace materials and applications, including additive manufacturing; advanced forming and thermomechanical processing; aerospace coatings; AI and integrated computational materials engineering; composite materials and structures; emerging materials and processes; extreme-environment and gas-turbine materials; light alloy technology; low-cost manufacturing and affordable structures; materials characterization and failure analysis; modeling and simulation of manufacturing processes; multifunctional materials; residual stress for aerospace components; space and cryogenic applications; sustainable and enabling materials and processes; titanium alloys and manufacturing technologies; tribology and wear of aerospace materials; and welding and joining. The conference also includes keynote presentations, panel discussions, an exposition, and professional development opportunities. The detailed schedule and keynote lineup have not yet been published.

ASME’s Manufacturing Engineering Division sponsors MSEC as a forum for advanced manufacturing research, with technical presentations, poster sessions, panels, workshops, and an early-career forum. It is co-located with NAMRI/SME’s 55th North American Manufacturing Research Conference and JSME’s International Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing/Materials & Processing. Technical tracks include additive manufacturing (including smart, solid-state, metal and hybrid processes, multi-material processing, and sensor fusion); advanced materials manufacturing and semiconductor packaging; biomanufacturing; circular manufacturing and critical-material supply chains; manufacturing equipment, robotics, and automation; manufacturing processes and systems; in-space manufacturing; energy technologies; microelectronics metrology; and quality and reliability. Research themes include in-situ monitoring and control, digital twins, AI and machine learning, process qualification, and energy and material efficiency.

The program combines technical and management sessions, exhibits, and presentations for foundry professionals, suppliers, casting designers, buyers, and OEM representatives. Topics include additive manufacturing, casting design and purchasing, engineering, environmental health and safety, ferrous and nonferrous alloys, Industry 4.0, marketing and sales, melting, molding, pouring, quality control, workforce development, and casting case studies, reshoring, material selection, and casting quality. The program also includes the Hoyt Memorial Lecture on integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) and artificial intelligence for sustainable metalcasting. Its themes include alloy design, process innovation, digital manufacturing, workforce development, and using physics-based ICME with AI and machine learning to improve casting development, manufacturing processes, and prediction of microstructure, defects, and mechanical properties.

Technical programming includes presentations, panels, tutorials, and discussions in materials and process engineering. The exhibition features materials, equipment, processes, and solutions from companies across the supply chain. Themes span advanced materials and processes applied in aerospace, defense, transportation, energy, manufacturing, and other industries, connecting technical knowledge with real-world applications. Technical papers selected for the conference program undergo review by subject-matter experts and must include tests, analysis, and results. The program also includes ITAR-restricted technical presentations on defense-related materials and manufacturing; participation in those sessions requires applicable clearance.

The event brings together the ACerS Annual Meeting, AIST Steel Properties & Applications, the TMS Fall Meeting, and the Advanced Materials Show. Planned technical symposia cover additive manufacturing, including modeling, AI and machine learning, process control, ceramic 3D printing, and qualification and certification of computational materials tools. Other materials topics include ceramics, glass, electronic and nanostructured materials, advanced alloys, and high-temperature phase transformations. Steel and ferrous-metallurgy programming addresses alloy design, steel processing and coatings, medium- and high-manganese steels, decarbonization, scrap recyclability, and materials for transportation, defense, energy, hydrogen, carbon capture, geothermal, and nuclear applications. Energy-focused symposia cover clean hydrogen, electrochemical storage and conversion, thermal management, and alternative-energy devices, including solid-state batteries, electrolyzers, fuel cells, and thermoelectric systems. Additional planned topics include corrosion and degradation in extreme environments, nuclear materials and waste-storage forms, and materials for advanced manufacturing. The co-located Advanced Materials Show focuses on high-performing materials technology and the materials manufacturing supply chain.

An international technical conference on solutions for improving semiconductor manufacturing. Technical presentations highlight industry innovations with specific results, and papers presented at the conference are peer-reviewed by the ASMC Technical Committee; select manuscripts are published in the IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing special section. The 2027 call for abstracts covers Advanced Equipment Processes and Materials; Advanced Metrology; Advanced Process Control; Defect Free Manufacturing; Defect Inspection and Reduction; Big Data Management and Cybersecurity; Equipment Optimization; Manufacturing for Sustainability; Novel Device Technologies; Patterning, Design & Technology Optimization; and Smart Manufacturing & Factory Operations.

The program brings together energy, industrial transformation, and advanced manufacturing, with cross-cutting themes of workforce development, standards, finance, AI and digital transformation, policy, and resilience planning. Roundtables, workshops, and demos are designed to address tradeoffs involving affordability, risk, standardization, and deployment speed. Program tracks include Powering Growth, with sample sessions on data-center power and cooling, new nuclear deployment, solar cost reduction, and scaling geothermal; Industry Reimagined, covering industrial heat electrification, next-generation steel, and EPC project-delivery costs and risks; Next-Gen Manufacturing, addressing hardware investment and bankability, additive manufacturing, and sustainability tradeoffs in product design; and Future Workforce, on nuclear workforce readiness, apprenticeships, and aligning training programs with real projects. Additional sessions are in development in areas including energy storage, fusion, industrial efficiency, critical minerals, and sustainability tradeoffs. The listed sessions are samples and subject to change.

Trade show and conference covering automation across manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, energy, and other industries. The conference combines show-floor technology exploration with expert-led sessions; its 2027 programming and speakers are still in development. Show-floor programming includes Keynote Stage presentations, Show Theater sessions and panels on emerging technologies, practical applications, and market trends, and Innovation Stage presentations featuring new hardware, software, technologies, and approaches to work. Other featured programming includes startup pitches, live demos, the Startup Challenge, Innovation Awards, Humanoid Pavilion & Stage, and AMR technology demos.