1st Edition Conference Series on Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials

This conference focusing on Additive Manufacturing (AM) of soft materials will assemble diverse communities of researchers from both academia and industry. It plans to cover a broad scope of angles from new printing technologies and the integration of digital design, to multiscale simulations, artificial intelligence and machine learning, multimodality manufacturing methods, material synthesis, multi-material printing, composite manufacturing, and performance engineering materials. AM invites a diverse cadre of researchers, from sustainability scientists and manufacturing engineers to entrepreneurs, as well as drawing on a wide range of materials expertise—from thermosets, vitrimers, and thermoplastics to hydrogels, organogels, and composites— for various AM technologies.

While (AM) is advancing rapidly, the next generation of technologies geared toward soft materials demand the integration of different modalities including rheology, photopolymerization, material science, sustainability and beyond. This will advance the field of AM technologies to fully exploit their potential in fields such as aerospace, transportation, medicine, membrane technology or energy generation and storage. As AM technologies are set to play a crucial role in the advancement of modern manufacturing, it is also increasingly pertinent to consider environmental impacts during the development of smart sustainable materials of the future.

The conference is five days long and will be held in beautiful San Sebastian, Spain, from the 6th to the 10th of October 2025. In addition to premier talks and oral contributions, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and a one day Symposium for Young Researchers (6^th of October 2025) to facilitate the collaboration between a new generation of scientists working in AM technologies.