Speakers
CDFAM 23 is proud to present a distinguished lineup of speakers who will be sharing their wide range of knowledge and expertise in computational design and advanced manufacturing.
Our speakers include leading academics, researchers and engineers in the field, representing top universities and companies.
Keynote Speakers

Prof. Neil Gershenfeld
Roadmap to Replicators
Prof. Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, where his unique laboratory is breaking down boundaries between the digital and physical worlds, from pioneering quantum computing to digital fabrication to the Internet of Things. He’s the founder of a global network of over two thousand fab labs in 125 countries, chairs the Fab Foundation, and leads the Fab Academy.
Ronald Rael
Muddy Robots
Professor Ronald Rael is the Eva Li Memorial Chair in Architecture at the University of California Berkeley. He is an architect, author, and thought leader in additive manufacturing, borderwall studies, and earthen architecture. He is the co-founder of Emerging Objects, a creatively-driven design consultancy specializing in innovations in 3D printing architecture, building components, environments, and products; and FORUST, a company focused on 3D printing wood, and his new initiative is, Muddy Robots, is a new paradigm in building construction, coupling humankindโs oldest building material with advanced additive manufacturing technology to create housing that can save the planet.
His work is part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco, the Cooper Hewitt, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery has acquired their series, Bad Ombres v.2. Rael has authored several books, including Printing Architecture: Innovative Recipes for 3D Printing and Earth Architecture.
He has also presented a TED talk on โBorderwall as Architectureโ and has been the subject of several documentary films including those produced by The Museum of Modern Art, KQED, The New Yorker, and Mud Frontier: Architecture at the Borderlands bythe Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.


Nina Korshunova
Director of Technology Hyperganic

Mark Burhop
Principal Investigator Siemens

Chris McComb
Director, Human+AI Initiative Carnegie Mellon University

Onur Yuce Gun
Director of Computational Design New Balance

Jose Luis Garcรญa del Castillo y Lรณpez
Lecturer in Architectural Technology Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Matt Shomper
Director of Engineering Not a Robot

Ryan McClelland
Research Engineer NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Nathan Shirley
Lead Computational & Industrial Designer HP Computational Design

Thomas DโHuyvetter
Product Manager Twikit
Chelsea Cummings
Senior Additive Manufacturing Engineer The Barnes Global Advisors

Wes John-Alder
Director of Engineering Citrine Informatics

Behrooz Jalalahmadi
VP of Additive Manufacturing & Life Prediction Technologies Sentient Science

Kirill Volchek
Chief Technology Officer Oqton

Dr. Natalie Alima
Computational Designer BioLab Adidas

Prof. Tim W. Simpson
Professor Penn State University

Prof. A. John Hart
Professor MIT

Ryan Carter
Research Engineer Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Andrรฉ A.R. Wilmes
CEO Rafinex

Francis Bitonti
CEO Lexset AI

Alex C Roschli
R&D Staff Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Jaideep Bangal
Director, Simulation Driven Design and Manufacturing Altair

Ronnie Parsons
CEO Mode Lab

Karl D.D. Willis
Senior Research Manager, Autodesk Research Autodesk

Lieven Vervecken
Founder & CEO Diabatix

Trevor Laughlinย
VP of Product nTop

Hardik Kabaria
Head of Software Engineering Carbon

Michael Smell
Sr. Product Manager Autodesk

Daniele Panozzo
Associate Professor NYU
Rhushik Matroja
CEO Cognitive Design Systems

Adam Wentworth
Senior Clinical Engineer Mayo Clinic

Marek Moffett
Co-Founder & CINO General Lattice

Daniel Hambleton
CTO Metafold

Mike Grau
Pre-Sales Engineer Synera

Satish Rao
Chief Product Officer, Newlab
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