AM-Summit 2026
The AM Summit brings together the brightest minds in additive manufacturing for two days of hands-on workshops, strategic insights, and high-value networking.
AM Pitch Night
The AM Pitch Night opens the Industrialized AM Summit Hamburg with an evening of startup pitches, networking, and exchange.
After welcome drinks and registration, selected startups will present innovative technologies, business ideas, and solutions for industrial additive manufacturing. The pitches are followed by informal dinner, drinks, and networking with startups, industrial companies, AM specialists, investors, research partners, and the IAMHH e.V. network.
A short award ceremony will recognize the most promising pitches before the evening continues with open networking and targeted exchange with AM specialists.
Agenda
18:00 | Welcome, Registration & Happy Hour
18:30 | Startup Pitches
19:30 | Networking Dinner & Drinks
20:30 | Awards
More information and application details: linked here
Industrialized AM Summit Hamburg Program
5 on 5 Presentations
In this compact presentation format, selected IAMHH e.V. members and partners will introduce current activities, new developments, and areas of expertise. Each presentation provides a concise insight into practical AM capabilities, technologies, research topics, or collaboration opportunities.
Topic 1: Industry vs. AM Experts
The interactive workshop session brings together industrial companies and AM experts to discuss current challenges in the adoption and implementation of additive manufacturing. The focus is on identifying real barriers, practical needs, and possible solution approaches from both the user and expert perspectives.
Topic 2: AM Strategy
This workshop, led by IAMHH e.V. member AMPOWER, begins with a short impulse presentation on strategic perspectives in additive manufacturing. The session then continues in two parallel workshop groups, addressing different viewpoints within the AM ecosystem.
One group will focus on strategic questions for established AM players, including market positioning, communication of capabilities, and future development opportunities.
The second group will address companies that are beginning to explore additive manufacturing, with a focus on orientation, potential application areas, and first steps toward integration.
The workshop is designed to support a structured exchange between AM experts and industrial companies and to provide impulses for further strategic development.
Topic 3: AM Certification
Presentation: The certification workshop begins with short impulse presentations from representatives of certification bodies and selected IAMHH members. These presentations will provide an overview of the current status of certification in additive manufacturing, including relevant standards, practical challenges, and selected use cases from different industries.
Panel discussion/ Town Hall: Following the presentations, the workshop continues in a town hall format, giving participants the opportunity to ask questions directly to the speakers and discuss current barriers, requirements, and open issues related to certification and qualification in AM.
Workshops: Building on these discussions, participants will then split into smaller topic-focused groups, each addressing a specific area of certification, qualification, validation, or documentation in additive manufacturing. The goal is to deepen the exchange, collect practical input from different perspectives, and identify common challenges, possible approaches, and next steps for making certification processes more transparent and applicable for industrial AM use cases.
Agenda
09:00 | Welcome Speech & Event Introduction
09:30 | 5 on 5 Presentations
10:00 | Industry vs. AM Experts
14:30 | AM Strategy
17:00 | End of Day Program
18:00 | Dinner
The IAMHH e.V. Annual Members Meeting (for members only) will be held in the afternoon of 29.5.2026 following the main event! A seperate invitation will be sent out according to the associations bylaws.
Industrialized AM Summit Hamburg Program
Agenda
09:00 | 5 on 5 Presentations
09:30 | Certification Workshop
12:00 | Lunch
13:00 | IAMHH e.V. Yearly Member Meeting
15:30 | End of Day Program
From Initiative to Association
The IAMHH e.V. initiative began in 2022 as a collaborative effort led by Fraunhofer IAPT alongside partners from government, industry, and academia. After two years of development, strategic discussions, and project planning, IAMHH e.V. was officially founded in July 2024 and became a registered association (e.V.) in November of 2024. Today, IAMHH e.V. is the umbrella organization for a growing ecosystem of companies and institutions committed to advancing additive manufacturing.
Founding event of the Industrialized Additive Manufacturing Hub of Hamburg e.V.. pictures by © Ingo Boelter / Fraunhofer IAPT
How We Create Impact:
Networking & Knowledge Transfer
We connect the AM ecosystem so ideas turn into action. IAMHH e.V. brings together industry, research, and academia through two in-person networking events per year, monthly digital members meetings, and expert webinars. Expect real conversations, site visits, and topical deep dives that surface needs, match partners, and kick-off collaboration.
Fraunhofer IAPT
Collaborative Research
Our member-driven projects tackle concrete challenges in industrial AM. We identify needs through structured Deep Dive sessions, build the right consortium, secure funding, and coordinate execution from concept to implementation. Our first pilot projects focus on recycling (AKROPOLYS), decarbonization and Innovative Quality Assurance.
What topic do you want to work on next?
The IAMHH e.V. Team
Prof. Dr. Ingomar Kelbassa
Chairman of the board
Mahendran Reddy
Vice Chairman of the Board
Lennard Stoever
Member of the Board, Treasurer
Dr. Maximilian Heres
Chief Executive Officer
