At the end of last month, we were pleasantly surprised to hear about a significant 3D printing presence at the Iran Gold Expo, and in May the country is planning to hold its first additive manufacturing symposium. According to Ahmad Mokhtari of 3DBaz, the event was initially scheduled to take place in January, but was pushed back to a later date so that additional sponsors and speakers could be invited. Entitled “Additive Manufacturing: Opportunities and Challenges,” the symposium is now scheduled to take place in Tehran from May 9 to 10.
“As a 3D Printing enthusiast, I’m…so excited to see and know what is going to happen in this event,” Mokhtari tells 3DPrint.com. “…[3DBaz will] do our best to help and support this event since we are the biggest 3D Printing news agency in Iran. We’ve got worldwide information about AM and its applications. Combining with scientific achievements will make a huge impact to grow businesses, services and etc.”
Although, as Mokhtari says, there isn’t a tremendous amount of news coverage of Iran’s emerging 3D printing industry at the moment, I’d be surprised if the upcoming symposium doesn’t get some significant attention. Several expert keynote speakers have been lined up so far, including:
- Dr. Mahmood Shokrieh, Secretary of Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies – Vice Presidency for Science and Technology
- Dr. Mohammadreza Riahi, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology
- Dr. Farshad Barazandeh, Additive Manufacturing Technologies, Amirkabir University of Technology
- Dr. Mohsen Badrsamay, Additive Manufacturing Technologies, Isfahan University of Technology
- Dr. Ehsan Dorouzmehr, Isfahan University of Technology
- Dr. Farid Shirazi, Biomaterials, University of Malaya
- Dr. Amirhossein Behravesh, Additive Manufacturing, Tarbiat Modares University
- Dr. Abdolreza Simchi, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Sharif University of Technology
- Dr. Abbas Azari, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences