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Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials

Gordon Research Conference

Bioprinted, Multimaterial, and AI-Enabled Approaches in Soft Material Additive Manufacturing

July 19 - 24, 2026

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Southern New Hampshire University

2500 North River Road

Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

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Application Information

Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 21, 2026. Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. If the meeting is oversubscribed, it will be stated here. Note: Applications for oversubscribed meetings will only be considered by the conference chair if more seats become available due to cancellations.

Conference Description

The Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes an array of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.

Next-generation soft material additive manufacturing (AM) demands the seamless integration of light-driven chemistries, biofabrication strategies, intelligent systems, and advanced multimaterial platforms. Innovations in performance and fidelity remain critical to enabling functional, stimuli-responsive parts for healthcare, sensing, and beyond. This conference highlights emerging directions in soft matter AM, including bioprinting for medical applications, AI/ML-enabled systems-level design and optimization, and tooling innovations that support the fabrication of complex, multimaterial architectures. By uniting materials chemistry, digital design, instrumentation, and responsive functionality, we aim to address urgent technological challenges across human health and sustainability. This meeting brings together an array of voices from academia, industry, and government to catalyze interdisciplinary collaboration and advance the state of soft material AM.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm	Light-Based AM Discussion Leader:
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm	"Dual Cure and Covalent Adaptable Network Approaches in Additive Manufacturing"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm	Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm	"Tackling the Viscosity-Molecular Weight Relationship in Vat Photopolymerization: From Polyimide Ionic Liquid Precursors to Polyester Hot Lithography"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Stimulus-Responsive AM Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:05 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:50 am	"Designing Functional Polymers for Additive Manufacturing: Toward "Living" and Sustainable Systems"
9:50 am - 10:05 am	Discussion
10:05 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am	"Nanocomposite and Stimuli-Responsive Materials"
11:15 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm	"Exploiting Reaction Rate Differences for Advanced Multi-Material Formulations"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Novel Applications of Soft Material AM Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm	"3D Printing of Ionic and Electronic Conductive Polymers"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm	"Growing Objects From Lamps to Lungs"
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm	Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Tooling and Instrumentation for AM Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:05 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:50 am	"Multimaterial Actinic Spatial Control (MASC) Additive Manufacturing"
9:50 am - 10:05 am	Discussion
10:05 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am	"Towards Scalable Multimaterial Extrusion Additive Manufacturing"
11:15 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm	"Designing the Void: The Next Generation of Porous Material Additive Manufacturing"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Multi-Photon AM Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm	"Parallax Volumetric Additive Manufacturing"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm	"4D Grayscale Biomaterial Customization"
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm	Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Programmable Biomaterials and Biofabrication Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:05 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:50 am	"Additive Manufacturing of Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications"
9:50 am - 10:05 am	Discussion
10:05 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am	"Designing for Degradation: the Next Frontier of 3D Printing Resorbable Medical Devices"
11:15 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm	"Photo-FRESH: Bringing the Power of Photochemistry to Embedded 3D Bioprinting"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Smart Materials for Next-GenTherapies Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm	"Modeling Tumor Immunosurveillance"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm	"Cell-Dense Tissue Bioprinting"
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm	Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Business Meeting Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Systems-Level AM (AI/ML) Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:15 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:15 am - 9:20 am	Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:35 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:55 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:25 am	Coffee Break
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
10:30 am - 11:15 am	"Printing Can Make Polymers Flexoelectric"
11:15 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm	"Mapping Environment-Process-Structure-Property Relationships in Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Early Career Investigator Presentations Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm	"Complex Architected Materials at the Interface of Chemistry and Advanced Manufacturing"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm	"Augmenting Robotic Sensorimotor Capabilities with 3D Printed Material Systems"
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm	Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure

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Registration Fees

Conferee Single Room:

$1,400.00

Conferee Shared Room:

$1,350.00

Conferee Off-Site:

$935.00

Guest Single Room:

$1,180.00

Guest Shared Room:

$1,130.00

Guest Off-Site:

$715.00

Child 4-12 yrs Shared Room:

$565.00

Child 4-12 yrs Off-Site:

$358.00

Child Under 4 yrs Shared Room:

Free

Child Under 4 yrs Off-Site:

Free

Bus Arriving:

$65.00

Bus Departing:

$65.00

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