7:00am-5:00pm 

Registration

8:00 am - 8:15 am

LIA Welcome

Opening Remarks
Paul Denney; Senior Laser Applications Engineer, Lincoln Electric Company

8:15am - 9:00am

Presentation 1: Keynote I   
The Future of Additive Manufacturing; Terry Wohlers, Wohlers Associates

9:00am - 9:30am

Presentation 2: 
Applications in Direct Part Manufacturing; Jim Sears, Quad City Manufacturing Laboratory

9:30am - 10:00am

Presentation 3: 
EOS - The Global Leader in Laser-Sintering Systems; Scott Killian, EOS North America, Inc.

10:00 am

Morning Break Sponsored by POM Group, Inc.

10:30am-11:00am

Presentation 4:
Laser Deposition and Laser Sintering; Richard Grylls, Optomec

11:00am-11:30am

Presentation 5: 
Laser-based Free Form; Nick Wald, RPM and Associates, Inc.

11:30am-12:00pm

Presentation 6: 
Recent Advancements in Laser Deposition for Repair and Additive Manufacturing; Ted Reutzel, ARL, The Penn State Univ.

12:00 pm

Lunch Sponsored by IPG Photonics Corporation

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Presentation 7:
MRO Focused on Wear and Corrosion Protection Applications; Tim Biermann, Joining Technologies, Inc.

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Presentation 8:
Laser Additive Manufacturing of Functional Products Using TiAI6V4; Maximilian Munsch, The Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Presentation 9:
Reducing Wear with Laser Cladded Metal Matrix Composite Coatings; Filip Motmans,VITO-Flemish Institute for Technological Research NV; Institute of Laser and System Technologies (iLAS)

3:00 pm

Afternoon Break Sponsored by TRUMPF, Inc.

3:30pm - 4:00pm

Presentation 10:
Internal Bore Cladding; Jim Sears, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Presentation 11:
Laser Cladding  vs. Thermal Spray; Steve Roy, Hayden Laser Services, LLC

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Presentation 12:
New Advancements in ID Cladding Technology; Aravind Jonnalagadda, Fraunhofer USA, CCLA

5:00pm - 6:30pm

Exhibitor Reception Sponsored by Shermco Industries

7:30am-12:00pm

Registration

8:00 am - 8:15am

LIA Welcome

Opening Remarks
Paul Denney; Senior Laser Applications Engineer, Lincoln Electric Company

8:15am - 9:00am

Presentation 13: Keynote II
High Speed Laser Additive Manufacturing; Ingomar Kelbassa, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT)

9:00am - 9:30am

Presentation 14:
Functional SLM Parts Using Shape Memory Alloys; Christian Noelke; Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.

9:30am - 10:00am

Presentation 15: 
Die Hardfacing and Remanufacturing Using Direct Metal Deposition (DMD); Bhaskar Dutta; POM Group, Inc.

10:00 am

Morning Break Sponsored by Titanova, Inc.

10:30am - 11:00am

Presentation 16: 
Latest Development Work on Induction Assisted Laser Cladding Processes; Christoph Leyens, Fraunhofer IWS

11:00am - 11:30am

Presentation 17: 
Power Supplies for Hot Wire Cladding; Paul Denney, Lincoln Electric Company

11:30am - 12:00pm

Presentation 18:
Applications for Hot Wire Cladding; Wayne Penn, Alabama Laser

12:00 pm

Lunch Sponsored by Joining Technologies, Inc.

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Presentation 19:
Intelligent Manufacture from Powder by Advanced Laser Assimilation (IMPALA); Emma Ashcroft, TWO Technolgoy Centre (Yorkshire) Ltd

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Presentation 20:
Laser Cladding with Modern High Power Fiber Laser - Dynamic Beam Modification Characteristics to the Cladding Process; Joonas Perkkarinen, Lappeenranta University of Technology

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Presentation 21:
Advanced 8kW Direct Diode Laser Optimized for Large Area/High Deposition Rate Cladding; Keith Parker

3:00 pm

Afternoon Break

3:30pm - 4:00pm

Presentation 22:
Laser Cladding by Using Solid-State and Direct Diode Laser Sources; 
David Locke, TRUMPF, Inc.

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Presentation 23:
Repair; Kristin Schipull, Caterpillar, Inc.

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Presentation 24:
Mechanical Performance of Laser Cladded Structures; Filip Motmans, VITO - Flemish Institute for Technological Reseach NV & Institute of Laser and System Technologies (iLAS)