On January 30 and 31st, 2019, MECC Maastricht hosted a two-day event focused on the latest 3D Printing innovations in medicine. The event included a conference with dedicated sessions to 3D pharma printing, 3D medtech printing, 3D bioprinting, 3D printing applications in surgery and dentistry, lab tours and demo corners and an exhibition.
On January 30, the program included dedicated sessions on 3D Bioprinting and 3D Dental Printing. Attendees found out the current status of designing biomaterials for tissue regeneration, custom-made 3D printed dental implants, smart materials for 3D dental printing, bioprinting of tissues and organs & understood why 3D printing is a must have for the production of certain dental applications.
The program of this day also included a MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine Lab Tour.
On January 31, the focus during the 3D Medical Printing Conference shifted towards 3D medtech printing (orthopaedic implants, surgery models) and 3D pharma printing (How far are we from 3D printing our medication?).
Dedicated sessions to Value-Based Health Care by implementing 3D technologies in regular hospital practices and Use of Surgical guides using 3D Printing / Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality provided insights into how can this new technology find its place in the current health system.
For instance, Alessandro Ricci from 3DIFIC, Italy, presented a case of a previously non-treatable tumour that was successfully treated using a 3D printed solution. Mohamed Alhnan from King’s College London talked about how 3D printing can be used to personalise medicine dosing so that it is tailored to an individual patient’s needs and preferences.
Below you can see the program of the conference.
Program Day 1, January 30 |
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08:45 | 09:30 |
Welcome and Registration |
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09:30 | 09:40 | ![]() |
Opening by Pieter Hermans, Matchmaker for Innovators, Jakajima, Moderator | ![]() |
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09:40 | 10:10 | ![]() |
Prof. Dr. Jules Poukens, Cranio-maxillofacial Surgeon, Zuyderland Medical Center / The Netherlands, Lecturer-Researcher, University Hasselt and Leuven, Belgium, on “Need a new skull or mandible? 3d print it!”, More information | ![]() |
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10:10 | 10:40 | ![]() |
Prasad Shastri, Professor and Director of the Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany, on “BioInks the Lynchpin of 3D Bioprinting: Challenges and Opportunities”, More information | ![]() |
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10:40 | 11:10 | ![]() |
Derek Mathers, Director, Strategic Accounts , Advanced Solutions Life Sciences (ASLS) , USA, on “A Precision Workflow for Clinic-based Bioprinting “, More information | ![]() |
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11:10 | 11:40 |
Coffee Break and visit Expo |
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3D Bioprinting Session
Moderator: Pieter Hermans, CEO, Jakajima |
3D Dental Printing Session
Moderator: Kris Binon, General Director, Flam3D |
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11:40 | 12:10 | ![]() |
Sandra Camarero Espinosa, PhD, Postdoctoral researcher, MERLN institute for Technology Inspired Regenerative Medicine, on “Designing biomaterials for tissue regeneration”, More information | ![]() |
Sohaib Shujaat, PhD Candidate, Department of Imaging & Pathology | OMFS-IMPATH Research Group, KU Leuven, Belgium, on “Accuracy of 3D printed models”, More information | ||||
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Tom Kamperman, CTO / CEO a.i. @ IamFluidics B.V. & post-doctoral researcher @ University of Twente, on “Microgel Technology to Advance Modular Tissue Engineering”, More information |
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Sandro Montecchiani, Owner of private dental practice, Italy, on “Surgical guides for dentistry: osteotomy and implants sites preparation using open software and freeware for virtual planning and guides project and production”, More information | ||||
12:40 | 14:15 |
Lunch Break and visit ExpoMERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine – Lab Tour (registration required, only for conference attendees; both tours are fully booked), More information |
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14:15 | 14:45 | ![]() |
Jasper van Dieten-Blom, Segment Leader Healthcare, DSM Additive Manufacturing, on “Qualification of Materials for medical applications”, More information |
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14:45 | 15:15 | ![]() |
Ernst-Jan Louwers, IP and tech lawyer, Louwers IP|Technology Advocaten, on “3D medical printing: throw the dice!”, More information |
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15:15 | 15:45 |
Break and visit Expo |
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3D Bioprinting Session | 3D Dental Printing Session | ||||||||
15:45 | 16:15 | ![]() |
Carlos Mota, PhD, Assistant Professor, Maastricht University / MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, on “Bioprinting of tissues and organs”, More information |
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Ludwig Schultheiss, Partner, INFINIDENT Solutions, Germany, on “3D printing of dental applications on an industrial production level from a digital service provider point of view”, More information | ||||
16:15 | 16:45 | ![]() |
Marko Milojevic, Researcher and PhD student, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Slovenia, on “Core-shell printing of Alginate-CMC scaffolds for engineering of tubular tissues”, More information | ![]() |
Sherif Kandil, GM / Cofounder, GM and Director of Research & Development, K Line Europe GmbH, Germany, on “Smart Material Applications in Dentistry”, More information | ||||
16:45 | 18:00 |
Drinks and visit Expo |
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19:00 | 22:00 | 30 January, Networking dinner at Restaurant The Harbour Club (registration required) |
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Program Day 2, January 31 |
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08:45 | 09:30 |
Welcome and Registration |
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09:30 | 09:40 | ![]() |
Opening by Pieter Hermans, Matchmaker for Innovators, Jakajima, Moderator | ![]() |
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09:40 | 10:10 | ![]() |
Kjeld Van Bommel, Senior Consultant, TNO, The Netherlands, on “Creation of oral dosage forms using powder bed printing”, More information | ![]() |
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10:10 | 10:40 | ![]() |
Holger Jahr, Head Biomaterials & Molecular Musculoskeletal Research, Univ. Hospital RWTH Aachen, on “Comparing different direct metal printed resorbable medical implants”, More information | ![]() |
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“Value-Based Health Care by implementing 3D technologies in regular hospital practices” | |||||||||
10:40 | 11:15 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Wouter Weijermars, Researcher, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, More information
Barry Kolenaar, Maxillofacial surgeon, head and neck surgical oncologist, Medisch Spectrum Twente, More information Mark van Kooten, Biomedical Engineer, Medisch Spectrum Twente, More information |
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11:15 | 11:45 |
Coffee Break and visit Expo |
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3D Medtech Printing Session | 3D Medicine Printing Session | ||||||||
11:45 | 12:15 | ![]() |
Fergal Coulter, Research Fellow, ETH Zurich – Complex Materials, Switzerland, on “Bioinspired Heart Valve Prosthesis and Cellular Scaffolds by Silicone 3D Printing”, More information | ![]() |
Mohamed A Alhnan, Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Medicine, King’s College London, United Kindom, on “On Demand manufacturing of oral dosage forms: A focus on multi-material and FDM 3D printing”, More information | ||||
12:15 | 12:45 | ![]() |
Richt Loorbach, Technical Director, Hulotech, on “Additive Manufacturing of orthopedic products”, More information | ![]() |
Thomas Ehmann, Managing Director, DiHeSys – Digital Health Systems GmbH, on “Personalized Healthcare – An integrated approach”, More information | ||||
12:45 | 14:00 |
Lunch and visit Expo |
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14:00 | 15:30 | Use of Surgical guides, using 3D Printing / Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality | |||||||
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Mark ter Laan, Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Center Nijmegen (NCCN), Radboudumc Nijmegen, on “Implementation of personalized 3D models in education of brain tumour patients”, More information | ![]() |
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Ewald Unger, Medical University Vienna, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, on “M3dRES – Additive Manufacturing for Medical Research and Education”, More information |
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Guido de Jong, Research Coordinator – Radboudumc – Department of Neurosurgery, on “GreyMapp – Augmented Reality app for training purposes”, More information | ![]() |
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Alessandro Ricci, Managing Director, 3DIFIC, Italy, on “Make treatable the untreatable”, More information
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15:30 | 16:00 |
Coffee Break and visit Expo |
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3D Medtech Printing Session | 3D Medicine Printing Session | ||||||||
16:00 | 16:30 | ![]() |
Benjamin Els, Project Manager and Designer, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München / Mecuris, Germany, on “3DPrint2Fiber – Combining the strength of carbon fibre with the versatility of 3D printing”, More information | ![]() |
David Alexander Gregory, Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of Sheffield, on “Reactive Inkjet Printing of Functional Silk Micro-motors”, More information | ||||
16:30 | 17:00 | ![]() |
Jaco Saurwalt, COO, Admatec Europe, on “Process with ceramic filled resins for stereolithography-based additive manufacturing of Bonelike Materials”, More information |
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Julius Krause, PhD Student, University of Greifswald, on “Design and characterization of a novel 3D printed pressure-controlled drug delivery system”, More information | ||||
16:45 | 18:00 |
Drinks and visit Expo |