Workshop 6: Industry Career Roundtable Workshop

This workshop considers the intersection of fabrication hardware, material innovation, and translational applications related to biofabrication and 3D printing. This workshop will review recent developments in biofabrication and 3D printing technologies, which involve the processing of three-dimensional structures via the joining of materials in a layer-by-layer manner, for processing biomaterials into artificial tissues as well as biosensors, drug delivery devices, and medical instruments. The workshop will include presentations and live demonstrations of technologies such as suspended bioprinting, melt electrowriting, and hybrid 3D printing. The session will also consider how open-source platforms support reproducibility and access across biofabrication and 3D printing labs. This workshop aims to stimulate new research directions and partnerships, including industry-university collaborations, involving 3D printing of biomaterials for use in medicine, surgery, and dentistry.

Industry Participants include:

Ahmed El-Ghannam, Ph.D
Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Adam Jakus
BioThera3 Advising & Consulting, LLC

Stephanie Steichen
Lead Scientist
Liveo™ Healthcare Solutions

Lauren Costella
LunaLabs

Gerald Hodgkinson
Medtronic

Hallie Brinkerhuff
Zimmer Biomet

Sean Peel
Red Rock Regeneration

Bruce Anneaux
Full Circle Biomedical

Steven Zong
Abbott

Moderator:
Dr. Jennifer Woodell-May
Zimmer Biomet