The One Formnext 2025 Event Focused on Solving AM’s Certification Problem
Register now for the full-day AM Innovation & Standards Summit in Frankfurt on the day before Formnext 2025.
If you’re immersed in the world of additive manufacturing (AM) — whether you’re engineering parts, developing certification pathways, shaping standards or strategizing adoption across your supply chain — here’s an event worth carving out time for while you’re at Formnext: the AM Innovation and Standards Summit.
The summit takes place on Nov. 17, the Monday before Formnext kicks off, at Messe Frankfurt (Hall 4, Saal Europa). It’s organized by a strong lineup of stakeholders: U.S. Commercial Service, ASTM International, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and America Makes in partnership with the hosts of Formnext.
The theme is “Bridging Sector-Specific AM Certifications: Shared Standards and Post-Deployment Challenges”. In other words: how do we move AM from isolated applications into broadly trusted, cross-industry use via standards, certification, real-world examples and global alignment?
What you’ll dive into
Here are the major threads you’ll see woven throughout the day:
- Emerging cross-sector needs in AM qualification and process certification.
- How to implement and scale ISO/ASTM standards in high-performance industries (think aerospace, automotive, energy, semiconductors).
- Sector-specific case studies from aerospace, oil & gas, automotive, semiconductors (and more).
- Insights from governments and standards bodies on global alignment and what that means for supply chains and industrial adoption.
- An interactive, hands-on breakout workshop: small groups will review key standard sections, explore real-world applications, and identify where further guidance is needed.
Who this summit is made for
If your work touches any of these areas, this summit has relevance:
- Executives, engineers and technical managers in AM-enabled companies.
- Quality and certification leads. (AM CoE)
- Standards professionals, policy and government representatives.
- Researchers, academics and advisors working in AM policy, adoption or standard-setting.
- Anyone tasked with scaling AM in a responsible, cost-effective way (not just prototyping, but deployment, certification, supply chain integration).
There are a lot of events happening at formnext by the reason why you may want to attend this, the organizer say, is to gain first-hand insights from major OEMs, government officials and standards leaders on the real-world qualification and certification challenges facing everyone in the AM industry.
At this summit you can explore real-world case studies and strategic opportunities for cross-sector alignment (so you don’t reinvent the wheel, but rather learn from what’s already happening). There’s also a breakout workshop: this isn’t just listening, it’s engaging — small groups, practical standard-sections, application context.
The AM Innovation and Standards Summit at Formnext 2025 features an impressive lineup of global experts bridging technology, policy, and standards. Key speakers include Martin White of ASTM International, addressing standards integration across industries, and Radu Donose from ASML, sharing insights into additive manufacturing within the semiconductor sector. Dr. Sophie Cox of Birmingham University will discuss medical applications, while Dr. Sebastian Piegert of Siemens Energy and Jesse Boyer from Pratt & Whitney will explore energy and aerospace perspectives. The day concludes with a fireside chat featuring Kimberly Gibson (America Makes) and Vincenzo Belletti (CECIM) on the vital role of standards in building secure, resilient supply chains.
You’ll leave with practical take-aways you can bring back into your organization: from certification strategy, to standards implementation, to supply chain resilience.
The summit brings together two crucial realities for additive manufacturing: innovation and standards. Often the conversation is heavy on innovation (new machines, materials, design freedom) — but the scaling challenge is very much about standards, certification, post-deployment reliability, supply chain readiness. This event sits precisely in that convergence.
If your ambition is to move AM beyond novelty into robust, certified, cross-sector deployment — this is a forum designed for that work.
Registration Fee: $100 (and note: a free pass to Formnext 2025 is included with the registration). Register Here.
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