Wednesday, August 19
Badging and registration will begin at 7:15 a.m. at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Visitor Center. Breakfast will be served from 7:15–8:30 a.m.
Student posters will be on display from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
| Time | Event | Presenter | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30–8:55 a.m. | Opening Sessions | Kick off & safety minute: Ryan Dehoff, ORNL Welcome and introductions: Stephen Streiffer, ORNL Opening remarks: U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann | Tennessee Rooms, ORNL Visitor Center |
| 8:55–9:30 a.m. | Fireside Chat with AMMTO Director Diana Bauer | Stephen Streiffer, ORNL, and Diana Bauer, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office, DOE Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation | Tennessee Rooms, ORNL Visitor Center |
| 9:30–9:45 a.m. | Lincoln Electric Partnership Announcement | Shaun Gleason, ORNL; Robert Wagner, ORNL; Mark Douglass, Lincoln Electric | Tennessee Rooms, ORNL Visitor Center |
| 9:45–10 a.m. | Break | Mezzanine, ORNL Visitor Center | |
| 10–11 a.m. | Voice of Industry: National Laboratory Needs. Industry perspectives from hydropower, oil and gas, nuclear, and the industrial base. | Moderated by Robert Wagner, ORNL associate laboratory director for energy science and technology Panelists: Lillie Ghobrial, GE; Curt Jawdy, TVA; Leo Christodolou, Autonomous Resource Corporation; Jud Marte, MP Materials | Tennessee Rooms, ORNL Visitor Center |
| 11–11:30 a.m. | Near-Net Shape and Supply Chain Survey Insights from Industry | Alaa Elwany, DOE AMMTO Fellow | Tennessee Rooms, ORNL Visitor Center |
| 11:30–11:45 a.m. | Special Partnership Announcement | Robert Wagner, ORNL; and Anthony Nickens, Idaho National Laboratory | Tennessee Rooms, ORNL Visitor Center |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Working Lunch and MOU Signing | Robert Wagner, ORNL; Gavin Dillingham, SLB | Tennessee Rooms, ORNL Visitor Center |
| 12:45–1:45 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions | ||
| Concurrent Session A: Manufacturing Supply Chain for Oil and Gas | Moderated by Matt Ringer, NLR; and Yarom Polsky, Manufacturing Sciences Division Director, ORNL Panelists: SLB, NOV, ExxonMobil, and Arc Specialties | Tennessee Rooms, ORNL Visitor Center | |
| Concurrent Session B: Extreme Environment Materials for Defense and Energy | Moderated by Mike Kirka, Group Leader, Deposition Science and Technology, ORNL Panelists: ATI, America Makes, AFRL, Siemens Energy | Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS) Auditorium, ORNL main campus. | |
| Concurrent Session C: Tour ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source or Building Technologies Research and Integration Center | Shuttle service and tour of DOE user facility. | SNS / BTRIC | |
| 1:45–2:45 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions | ||
| Concurrent Session A: Hydropower Supply Chain and R&D Needs | Moderated by Ken Ross, PNNL; Shih-Chieh Kao, ORNL Panelists: Voith, DOE H2O, Emrgy, TVA, US Bureau of Reclamation | Tennessee Rooms, ORNL Visitor Center | |
| Concurrent Session B: The Composites Industrial Base for Energy and Defense Applications | Moderated by Vlastimil Kunc, ORNL Panelists: Hexcel, Epsilon USA, ACMA, and General Atomics | JICS Auditorium, ORNL main campus | |
| Concurrent Session C: Tour ORNL's Building Technologies Research and Integration Center, Spallation Neutron Source, or critical materials labs. | Shuttle service and tours of DOE user facility. | BTRIC / SNS / critical materials labs | |
| 2:45–3 p.m. | Break | ||
| 3–4 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions | ||
| Concurrent Session A: Nuclear Energy Supply Chains | Moderated by Will Jenson, INL; Ryan Dehoff, ORNL Panelists: E-energy, GE Vernova, Cadogan Technology Consulting | Tennessee Rooms, ORNL Visitor Center | |
| Concurrent Session B: Critical Metal Components for Defense: Capacity, Technology, and the Path to Production | Moderated by Brian Post, ORNL Panelists: Scot Forge, Big Metal Additive, and GKN Aerospace | JICS Auditorium, ORNL main campus | |
| Concurrent Session C: Tour ORNL's Critical Materials Laboratories | Guided walk to facility tour. | ORNL's critical minerals and materials research. | |
| 4–4:15 p.m. | Licensing Ceremony: Branch Technology | Jennifer Caldwell, ORNL; Robert Wagner, ORNL: Cynthia Jenks, ORNL; David Goodloe, Branch Technology | Tennessee Rooms, ORNL Visitor Center |
| 4:15–5:15 p.m. | Lightning Talks: Innovation Crossroads | Entrepreneur-fellows from ORNL's Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program node, Innovation Crossroads, will deliver their company pitches. Remarks from AMMTO leadership and Dan Miller, Innovation Crossroads director. Companies: Ateios, Skuld, Ascend Mfg, Eonix, Lumios, Applied 2D, Perseus, Endeavor Composites, Fibarcode, AtomQ | Tennessee Rooms, ORNL Visitor Center |
| 5:15–7:15 p.m. | Reception | Hosted by Innovation Crossroads. Reception will include a short program, remarks, and student poster winner announcements. Small group tours of Frontier will be offered. | ORNL Main Street |
| 5:15–7:15 p.m. | Shuttles Departing for Event Hotels | Shuttles to hotels will leave from ORNL at 5:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. |
Thursday, August 20
Badging and registration will begin at 7 a.m. at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility on ORNL’s Hardin Valley Campus (2350 Cherahala Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37932). Breakfast will be served from 7–8 a.m.
| Time | Event | Presenter | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8–8:10 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Stephen Streiffer, ORNL and U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett | MDF 112 |
| 8:10–8:25 a.m. | AMMTO Keynote: Advanced Technologies and Innovation Ecosystems for the Energy Industrial Base | Diana Bauer, DOE AMMTO Director | MDF 112 |
| 8:25–8:45 a.m. | MDF Portfolio: Current Focus and Future of Manufacturing | Ryan Dehoff, MDF Director | MDF 112 |
| 8:45–9 a.m. | How DOW leverages MDF capabilities to strengthen the war fighter | Zach Boykin, US DOW OSD Warfighting, Investments, Resourcing & Execution | MDF 112 |
| 9–9:15 a.m. | DMG MORI Partnership Announcement | Shaun Gleason, Moe Khaleel, Robert Wagner, and Mark Mohr | MDF 112 |
| 9:15–9:30 a.m. | Break | ||
| 9:30-11 a.m. | Accelerated Qualification: Technical Barriers, Research Needs, Standards, and Deployment | Moderated by Vincent Paquit, ORNL Panelists: NIST, CESMII, Siemens Energy, USCAR Optional MDF tours during panel. | MDF 112 |
| 11 a.m.–12 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions | ||
| Concurrent Session A: Working with MDF: Industry Perspectives on Solving Real-World Challenges | Moderated by Shaun Gleason, ORNL Panelists: Bob Slattery, ORNL; Kairos, Juggerbot, Rescale, DARPA | MDF 112 | |
| Concurrent Session B: Tour the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility | MDF | ||
| 12–1:20 p.m. | Working Lunch: ORNL Partnerships | Jennifer Caldwell, ORNL | MDF 112 |
| 1:20–1:30 p.m. | Licensing Ceremony and Remarks: A.J. Tuck | Jennifer Caldwell, Robert Wagner, Gina Tourassi, and Dara Williams Photography session will take place in the high bay. | MDF 112 & High Bay |
| 1:30–2:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions | ||
| Concurrent Session A: MDF Digital Tools: Pelican, Peregrine, Damara Tern, Simurgh, and simulation tools | Zack Snow, ORNL | MDF 112 A | |
| Concurrent Session B: Machining and Machine Tools | Moderated by Scott Smith, ORNL Panelists: NIST, OSD WIRE, DMG MORI, Boeing (Retired) | MDF 112 B-C | |
| Concurrent Session C: Tour the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility | MDF | ||
| 2:30–3:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions | ||
| Concurrent Session A: Can AI be our Trojan Horse? A discussion on robotics and automation. | Joshua Vaughan, ORNL | MDF 112 A | |
| Concurrent Session B: PM-HIP | Moderated by Soumya Nag, ORNL Panelists: Amaero, ATI, BPMI, EPRI, MPIF, E-energy | MDF 112 B-C | |
| 3:30–3:45 p.m. | Break | ||
| 3:45–4:45 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions | ||
| Concurrent Session A: Non-Destructive Evaluation | Moderated by Amir Ziabari, ORNL Panelists: Kairos Power, GE Aerospace, EOS North America, AOS/TPAC | MDF 112 A | |
| Concurrent Session B: : Pre-cast Composites/Concrete for nuclear energy | Moderated by Ahmed Hassen, ORNL Panelists: ORNL, Tindall, EPRI, Seaboard I | MDF 112 B-C | |
| 4:45–5 p.m. | Closing Remarks and Adjournment | Ryan Dehoff, MDF Director | MDF 112 |
| 5–6:30 p.m. | Airport Bus and Closed-Door DOE Session | MDF 311 |