| 8:00 am – 8:45 am | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:45 am – 9:00 am | Opening Remarks by Prof. Tim Osswald |
| 9:00 am – 9:30 am | Keynote: Recent Advances in Polymer Viscoelasticity from General Rigid Bead-Rod Theory Prof. Dr. A. Jeffrey Giacomin , University of Nevada, Reno |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | The use of plastics in supporting vehicle electrification and autonomous driving
Carlos Pereira, SABIC |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Advancements in FFF Technology: Rotating Nozzles for Enhanced Speed and Mechanical Properties Dr. Allen J. Román, Argonne National Laboratory |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Morning Break and Poster Session |
| 11:00 am – 11:30 am | Keynote: The application of Molecular Dynamic Simulation in Polymer
Dr. Rong-Reu Chang, Advanced Molecular Dynamics Inc. |
| 11:30 pm – 12:00 pm | Enhancing weld line visibility prediction in injection molding through transfer learning and physics-informed neural networks Prof. Dr. Giovanni Lucchetta, University of Padova, Italy |
| 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm | Digitalization of digitalization – Why a digital twin is not enough? Cristoph Hinse, SimpaTec Inc. |
| 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Keynote: Moldex3D simulation solution for EV and Battery manufacturing
Harshal Bhogesra, Moldex3D Northern America Inc. |
| 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Understanding and avoiding surging in extrusion by means of unsteady flow simulations
Dr.-Ing. Malte Schön, Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and Craft at RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Influence of Post-Processing on the Mechanical Properties of Laser Sintered Parts
Ruben Schlutter, SKZ – KFE gGmbH |
| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Afternoon Break and Poster Session |
| 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Keynote: Advancing Plastics Identification and Quantification in Industrial Recycling with Thermal Analysis Dr. Alec Redmann, NETZSCH |
| 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Influence of varying material components in representative polyethylene recyclates on the mechanical properties of blown films
Elena Berg, Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and Craft at RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Lightweight construction and functional integration using fiber composite plastic-elastomer hybrid designs – Which potentials and challenges arise in product design?
Moritz Rayer, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Moritz Wilkowski, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
| 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm | New technology for the polymer industry to cover the European Green Deal
Ingo Schwarz, Schwarz Plastic Solutions |
| 5:30 pm |
Closing Remarks by Prof. Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng |
| 7:00 pm | Evening Reception at Monona Terrace
Grand Terrace – West (Monona Terrace), 1 John Nolen Dr, Madison, WI 53703 |