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# Keynote: Metal Powder Industries Federation, Boston, MA – The Acceleration and Impact of New Manufacturing Methodologies and Technologies

When your industry is a primary supplier of product to various aspects of the manufacturing industry, you need good insight into the massive disruption that is sweeping your customer base. With that, the association brought me in to keynote their annual conference, with a look at the impact of 3D printing, mass customization, advanced robotics and cobotics, the acceleration of new material science and more – with a challenging message on the necessity for fast innovation in an era of accelerating change!

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