Full conference programming announced for CAMX 2022

The conference program’s list of featured sessions have been released for this year’s CAMX – The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo. Other details, including featured content, technical and education sessions, upcoming panels and interviews and comprehensive tutorials are also available for those attending (learn more at “What to expect at CAMX 2022”). CAMX is taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., U.S. from Oct. 17-20, 2022.

CAMX offers a robust conference program with sessions that focus on the industry’s hottest topics and continued growth. Inspiring featured sessions are hosted live and provide the latest knowledge and information on the issues that are impacting the industry today.

Attendees can plan to attend the following:

“Outlook for Sustainability in Composites Manufacturing” |Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.

• Presented by Jeff Sloan, editor-in-chief, CompositesWorld

Consumers and OEMs are increasingly demanding that the products and services they use conform to a host of new standards in terms of decarbonization, social equity, gender equity, waste reduction, energy efficiency and much more. The demands are flowing down the entire composites value stream, compelling material suppliers and fabricators to rethink, redesign and re-engineer how they apply and process composite materials. A sustainability strategy or roadmap is quickly becoming a must-have for anyone involved in composites manufacturing. This panel will help you understand what’s driving the sustainability movement, how it will impact your business, steps you can take to develop a sustainability strategy and what the outlook is for sustainability’s ongoing impact.

“Resin Chemistry Advancements Meeing Future Market Opportunities” Wednesday, Oct. 19, 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.

• Presented by Brent Strong, chief technology officer (CTO), UAMMI

Since the early days of the composites industry, resin chemistry has played an important role with meeting the needs of new markets and overcoming barriers to entry. Today, the same holds true with resins being developed for high performance, high temperature, sustainability and other market applications and opportunities which has fostered innovation. This panel of experts will share with attendees the lessons learned from past innovations as we look forward to the future with new requirements and trends in a broad range of market opportunities. The panelists will focus on today’s innovations and how this will ignite new markets and solving the barriers to acceptance in new markets.

“How Materials and Design Enable Future Transportation” | Wednesday, Oct. 19, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

As transportation and vehicles are evolving, greater attention is being given to options that are safer, more affordable and have a reduced impact on the environment. These priorities drive both the design and the materials being use for automated vehicles. In this discussion, developers will share how composite materials enable more advanced designs and how this will change the transport of goods and people for the future.

This session is developed with the support of the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI).

“Ceramic Composites Manufacturing Routes” | Wednesday, Oct. 19, 3:15 – 4:30 p.m.

• Presented by Steve Nutt, researcher, University of Southern California

The drive for lighter materials to withstand higher temperatures continues unabated, and has led to CMC (ceramic matrix composites) insertion into turbine engines, primarily in the aft sections. This trend has relied primarily on three distinct manufacturing approaches — reactive melt infiltration, sintering of slurry-infiltrated prepreg and PIP (polymer infiltration and pyrolysis) followed by sintering. The panel will discuss the processing/performance challenges, economic merits and limitations of the three approaches, as well as the applications and material systems to which each is best suited. Potential for new/alternative processing approaches and material systems will be discussed, along with challenges that must be overcome.

For more information about CAMX, visit thecamx.org