Formlabs Announces Fifth Annual User Summit, Celebrating 100 Million Innovations and Counting

Somerville, MA, Jul 19, 2022 – Formlabs, the leading 3D printing company, announces the return of its global Formlabs User Summit, a free virtual event from October 26-27, 2022. The world’s largest 3D printing user conference reconvenes for its fifth year to celebrate more than 100 million innovations printed on Formlabs 3D printers, the positive impacts of these designs, and groundbreaking 3D printing applications. Formlabs customers, community members, and anyone curious to learn more about 3D printing can register now here. Attendees who register by August 21 (11:59 p.m. ET) will be entered to win their choice of a Formlabs Form 3+ or Form 3B+ stereolithography (SLA) 3D printer.

At the 2022 User Summit, Formlabs will unite users and enthusiasts to inspire the next generation of boundary-breaking innovations. The event will feature discussions about extraordinary 3D printing innovations, from generative and nature-inspired product design and hyper-realistic props and prosthetics from your favorite TV shows, to how access to additive manufacturing tools prepares students for future careers, and how in-house rapid tooling adds flexibility to manufacturing workflows. Formlabs has assembled an enticing speaker lineup for the User Summit, tapping thought leaders who are using Formlabs 3D printing in a variety of industries, including:

• Sheri Thorn, Aerospace Engineer, NASA Goddard

• Amy Alexander, Unit Head Biomechanical Development & Applied Computational Engineering, Mayo Clinic 

• Dr. Alejandro Pineda, Director, Clinica Lhasa

• Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg, Co-Founders, Nervous System

• Ryan Mandell, Director, Innovation Hub Makerspace, Penn State 

• Jaco Snyman, Founder and Lead Production Designer, Dreamsmith 

The Summit will offer sessions in eight languages, including a multi-level Formlabs University track that will help users boost their 3D printing skills, a User Talk Track highlighting case studies and applications across engineering, product design, manufacturing, education, entertainment, jewelry, automotive, aerospace, and more. Innovations in dental and medical industries will also be featured, including a women-led Medical Talk track that will address 3D printing’s application in personalized healthcare.

Formlabs co-founder and CEO Max Lobovsky said: “Each year, the Formlabs User Summit is an opportunity to celebrate everything that our community has accomplished and inspire future innovators. Our users achieved an amazing milestone, printing more than 100 million parts with Formlabs printers. This year’s Summit and expanded Impact Awards will shine the spotlight on the many ways that their 3D printed designs, prototypes, and devices have made an impact on the medical, automotive, and entertainment industries, to name a few.”

To register for the Formlabs User Summit visit summit.formlabs.com/fus-2022-event-registration. For more information and the terms and conditions for the Form 3+ Giveaway visit formlabs.com/contests-and-sweepstakes. For media assets, click here.

About Formlabs

Formlabs is expanding access to digital fabrication, so anyone can make anything. Headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts with offices in Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, Hungary, and North Carolina, Formlabs is the professional 3D printer of choice for engineers, designers, manufacturers, and decision makers around the globe. Formlabs products include the Form 3, Form 3B and Form 3L, powered by an advanced form of stereolithography (SLA) called Low Force Stereolithography (LFS)™ 3D printing, Form 2 SLA 3D printer, Form Wash and Form Cure post-processing solutions, Fuse 1 SLS 3D printer, and Form Cell manufacturing solution. Formlabs also develops its own suite of high-performance materials that continue to push the boundaries for 3D printing, as well as best-in-class 3D printing software.

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