At North America's Largest Advanced Design and Manufacturing Event
Where Manufacturing Minds Meet
Pacific Design & Manufacturing connects you with serious professionals for three days of industry immersion you can't find anywhere else. Connect with over 20,000 engineers and executives who are ready to forge business partnerships. Learn from industry luminaries presenting their insights. This is your chance to find answers to your current design engineering challenges — from CAD software to 3D printing — while keeping up with the latest innovations reshaping the industry.
The nation's largest advanced design and manufacturing conference offers three in-depth, expertly curated educational programs covering 3D printing, smart manufacturing and medtech. Learn from renowned experts and get the latest insights that can help advance your projects, and your career – all with unlimited track hopping.
Test drive new technologies, find suppliers for all your design engineering needs, and get inspired by the latest innovations at the largest advanced design and manufacturing showcase. The expo also offers free educational sessions, demos, tours and teardowns, plus exhibitor-attendee matchmaking and fun prize giveaways.
After the expo it's time to unwind and have some fun! We're hosting a very special attendee event at the House of Blues and we want you to be there. Once you register for the expo, you'll receive an email that will allow you to RSVP to the party. You must be on the RSVP list and bring your expo badge to attend the event. Space is limited!
Five Leading Shows. One Powerful Event.
Advanced design and manufacturing's leading trade shows come together on one floor for the nation's most comprehensive industry event. Your pass gives you access to a full spectrum of solutions spanning medtech, automation technology, plastics, packaging, and design engineering. Join over 20,000 industry professionals and more than 2,000 top suppliers as you explore groundbreaking technologies and gain new insights.
Expanded Conference Series: Smart Manufacturing, 3D Printing & Medtech
The global smart manufacturing market is predicted to be worth more than $390 billion by 2020. 3D printing alone is expected to be worth over $30 billion by 2023.
Offering its biggest conference program yet, Pacific Design & Manufacturing gives you access to the expanded three-day Smart Manufacturing Innovation Summit and a brand new 3D Printing Innovation Summit, plus three days and four tracks of up-to-the-minute medtech thinking. This is your chance to join industry leaders to understand where manufacturing is headed — and how new breakthroughs can help your projects.
Celebrate exceptional efforts — by start-ups and giants alike — at America's biggest awards event for the advanced design and manufacturing industry. Don't miss meeting 2018's innovative winners, including the Rising Engineer Star and Gadget Freak of the Year.
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Advanced Manufacturing 2017 Schedule Viewer
Use the scheduling tool below to browse all the available sessions, speakers and topics at this year's event. Find the content and sessions to fit all of your educational needs and ensure you get the most out of your time at the show.
Dan Yarmoluk (ATEK Access Technologies), Michele Nash-Hoff (California Chapter of the Coalition for a Prosperous America), Frank Raya (Brenner-Fiedler & Associates)
When selecting a material for a medical application, either primary/secondary packaging or medical devices, it is necessary to understand not only the technical requirements of the final product, but also the regulatory requirements and services each material in the market has to offer. Healthcare differs from commercial material grades in many aspects, including both technical and regulatory. In this presentation, Nexeo Solutions explains in detail the differences between healthcare and commercial grades, and describes a criteria that companies could follow when selecting a material for their healthcare application.
Title: IoT and Data Science Business Development Company: ATEK Access Technologies
Welcome! You can use the Session Scheduler tool to browse sessions and build a custom event schedule. Once you've saved your personal schedule, you can access it from the free GDC Europe Mobile app (available approximately 30 days before the event). Note: use the same login/password on the Mobile app that you set up on this web site.
Instructions
Step 1. Create an account. Use the "Create Account" button at the top of the right-hand corner.
Step 2. Choose a view. Select either the "List" or the "Grid" icon. (It's the same data, just a different view of the sessions.)
Step 3. Choose your sessions. Click the "Add" or "Remove" button next to each session to add it to, or remove it from, your personalized schedule.
Step 4. Review your schedule. Push the "My Schedule" button in the left column to view your selected sessions.
