The Laser Institute of America's (LIA) annual workshop, Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM), returns this year to discuss when, where, and how to use laser additive manufacturing. The keynote presentation features "Additive Manufacturing at GE: The Vision." This year's workshop will be held February 21–22, 2017, at the Hilton Houston North.
America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have released for public review and comment a preliminary final draft of the AMSC Standardization Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing (Version 1.0) being developed by the America Makes & ANSI Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC). Final publication of the document is targeted for February 2017.