The REPAM Hybrid Event was successfully held on 21 April 2026 at GaziteknoPark, Ankara, bringing together project partners, researchers, industry representatives, students, and online participants to exchange insights on the future of resource-efficient additive manufacturing.
The event focused on how circularity, advanced materials, monitoring technologies, recycling routes, data-driven process understanding, and artificial intelligence can contribute to more sustainable and efficient additive manufacturing value chains.
Watch the Event Recording
The full event recording is available on KTH Play:
Resource Efficiency in Additive Manufacturing
https://play.kth.se/media/Resource+Efficiency+in+Additive+Manufacturing/0_4ycb4i6c
About the Event
The hybrid event provided a platform to discuss key challenges and opportunities in resource-efficient additive manufacturing. Throughout the programme, participants explored how material efficiency, process monitoring, circular feedstock routes, recycling, and artificial intelligence can support the development of more sustainable industrial manufacturing systems.
The event also created an opportunity to present the broader REPAM project vision and to strengthen dialogue between academic, industrial, and innovation stakeholders working across the additive manufacturing ecosystem.
Event Programme
The programme included opening remarks and expert presentations covering additive manufacturing technologies, monitoring and data, recycling routes, artificial intelligence, process optimisation, powder metallurgy, and socio-economic, health and safety aspects.
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Topic |
Speaker |
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Opening Remarks |
Suat Sevencan |
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Additive Manufacturing Technologies and Industrial Perspectives |
Prof. Dr. Oğuzhan Yılmaz |
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From Monitoring to Insight: Sensors and Data for Atomization and AM Processes |
Samira Gruber |
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Closing the Loop: Recycling Routes from Scrap, Chips, Powders, and Wires |
Sertaç Altınok |
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Artificial Intelligence in Additive Manufacturing |
Prof. Dr. Sachin Sopana Salunkhe |
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Digital Process Intelligence: Modelling and AI for Process Control and Optimization in REPAM |
Mohammad Hoseini Athar |
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European Powder Metallurgy and Additive Manufacturing Perspective |
Lionel Aboussouan |
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Beyond Technology: Socio-Economic Value and Health & Safety in Circular Additive Manufacturing |
Luc Plancke |
Key Topics Discussed
The discussions addressed several core topics relevant to REPAM and the wider additive manufacturing community:
- Resource efficiency in additive manufacturing processes
- Circular material flows and sustainable feedstock use
- Monitoring, sensors, and data collection for process understanding
- Recycling routes for scrap, chips, powders, and wires
- Artificial intelligence and modelling for process control
- Industrial relevance of circular additive manufacturing
- Socio-economic value, health, and safety considerations
Closing Note
REPAM would like to thank all speakers, participants, project partners, and contributors for their valuable engagement and active participation.
The event demonstrated the importance of collaboration across research, industry, and innovation ecosystems in shaping more circular, resource-efficient, and AI-supported additive manufacturing processes.
Through events such as the REPAM Hybrid Event, the project continues to support knowledge exchange, stakeholder engagement, and awareness around sustainable additive manufacturing in Europe and beyond.