⚲ MTC, Coventry

Mastering AM returns in 2027, bringing together additive manufacturing practitioners from across defence, aerospace, power and energy for a day of practical learning, technical discussion and knowledge sharing.

Better additive manufacturing starts with shared experience

Mastering AM 2027 brings the additive manufacturing community together to share the practical experience behind better builds, processes and outcomes.

Join additive manufacturing practitioners from across defence, aerospace, power and energy to explore real challenges, compare approaches and learn from the successes and setbacks shaping industrial additive manufacturing.

Expect real parts, technical evidence and honest discussion, with the focus firmly on learning, not sales pitches.

✓  Explore technologies

✓  Network with industry

✓  Watch live presentations

✓  Attend a workshop tour

✓  Browse exhibitors

✓  Free to attend

Why attend?

The most useful lessons in additive manufacturing often come from experience: understanding why a build failed, how a process was improved or what it really took to move an application towards production.

Mastering AM brings those lessons into the open.

Hear directly from experienced practitioners, researchers and specialists as they share the challenges they've encountered, the approaches they've tested and what they've learned along the way.

You'll leave with new ideas, stronger industry connections and practical insight to help you make more informed decisions about AM within your own organisation.

What you'll discover

Explore the challenges shaping industrial AM

Across multiple technical streams, Mastering AM will explore the technologies, processes and decisions behind successful additive manufacturing adoption.

Directed Energy Deposition

Discover developments in process control and repeatability, repair and remanufacture, advanced applications, materials, deposition strategies, inspection and qualification.

Design & Simulation

Understand how DfAM, design optimisation, process simulation and validation can help connect design intent with materials and manufacturing requirements.

Defence AM

Hear about emerging additive manufacturing research and developments relevant to defence, including dedicated academic content within the programme.

Polymer AM

Explore material performance, process repeatability, quality and post-processing, with a focus on moving applications beyond prototyping and towards industrial production.

Metal PBF-LB

Explore process stability and repeatability, defect reduction, process optimisation, materials and parameter selection, inspection, qualification and certification.

Who should attend?

Mastering AM is designed for professionals actively working with additive manufacturing who want to strengthen their knowledge, learn from others and improve how AM is applied within their organisation. It brings together engineers, technical specialists, researchers and technology leaders from across defence, aerospace, power and energy.

Whether you're working in design, process development, materials, simulation, qualification, production or R&D, you'll hear practical insight from people facing similar challenges and explore approaches being used across the wider UK AM community. It's an opportunity to broaden your technical knowledge, make valuable connections and take useful ideas back into your own organisation.

Register your place

Join fellow additive manufacturing professionals at Mastering AM 2027 for a day of practical insight, shared experience and valuable connections. Discover new approaches, learn from the wider AM community and take ideas back to your organisation that can help improve how you develop and apply additive manufacturing.

Join us on Thursday, 22 April 2027 at MTC in Coventry.