Provisional Programme:

08:00-09:00 Coffee and Registration

09:00-09:10 Harry Hothi, PhD: “Welcome and introduction”.

09:10-10:00 Theme 1: The Unmet Need

Rob Nelissen, MD: The Challenge of Regulating 3D Printed Implants.
Johann Henckel, MD: The Clinical Rationale for 3D Printed Implants.
TBC: The Clinical Science of 3D printing.
Alister Hart, MD: What has 3D Printing done for my Practice?
Riccardo Toninato, PhD: 15 years of AM mass production. Challenges & opportunities.
Ross Cotton, PhD: Pre-Competitive Imaging of 3D Printed Implants.

10:00-10:45 Theme 2: Pre-Competitive Problems Facing Industry.

A panel discussion involving engineers from industry: Riccardo Toninato (LimaCorporate); Christopher Bünning (ImplantCast); Alessandro Laurita (Medacta); Patricia Graf (B. Braun); Simon Collins (MatOrtho); Dennis Chung (AK Medical).

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee and networking session

11:15-12:00 Theme 3: Post-Market Surveillance

12:00-12:30 Theme 4: The Regulation of 3D Printed Implants

12:30-13:00 Discussion and summary

13:00-14:00 Meeting close and lunch

3D Printed Orthopaedic Implants