BIRMINGHAM, UK, May 18, 2015 – Delcam CRISPIN has announced its full line up of speakers presenting at its Footwear Technology Forum to be held at the Pensole Footwear Design Academy in Portland, Oregon, on May 20 and 21.
Philippe Ribera from Lectra, Andrea Mayer from Wolfvision and Tyler Reid from GOEngineer will be among the speakers at the Footwear Technology Forum
Keynote speakers from companies including Pensole Footwear Design Academy, Wolfvision, GoEngineer, Ember, SLEM, Crocs Inc, Feetz, Lectra, Robotic Solutions Inc and Yooshu Flip-Flopswill address delegates, talking tech for future innovation in the footwear industry.
The agenda is split into six sections across the two day event. These sessions will cover – an introduction to digital design, digital sign-off, 3D accessories and materials, the design lifecycle, the future of shoe manufacturing and the digital footwear solution.
D’Wayne Edwards, founder of Pensole Footwear Design Academy, will open the event with a presentation that asks what the future of technology is in the shoe industry. Delegates will then hear from Wolfvision sales manager, Andrea Mayer, on the opportunities the visualizer can provide to a footwear business. Paul Schmucker from VRED will look at the next generation of 3D rendering with VRED – a 3D software that uses digital prototyping to visualize ideas and evaluate designs.
Presentations will then be delivered by Kimberly Losey, product marketing manager for the Autodesk Ember 3D Printer, Nicoline van Enter, founder and creative director at SLEM, and Tyler Reid from GoEngineer. Kimberly’s presentation looks at 3D Printed digital customization for consumers, Nicoline will look at creating and applying new stretch materials for wearable 3D Printed shoes, and Tyler will discuss the driving force behind the rapid rise of 3D Printing in the commercial world.
Closing the first day will be Luigi Ferracuti from Crocs Inc, who is returning to FTF to demonstrate how Crocs use technology to design and manufacture its footwear.
Lucy Beard CEO and Founder of Feetz opens the second day,delivering a case study on wearable 3D Printed shoes. Phillippe Ribera, marketing director for Software at Lectra, will then make a presentation on The Future of Leather Cutting and Thomas Bentley, owner of Robotic Solutions Incwill demonstrate Robot Automation in the footwear industry. CEO of Yooshu Flip-Flops Scott Goldiec loses The Future of Shoe Manufacturing section with his company’s answer to automated custom footwear in the retail industry.
FTF brings together key industry professionals and gives delegates the opportunity to network with key influencers and decision makers who are looking for solutions to their business needs.
Alongside the Forum, an exhibition area will feature our FTF sponsors FATHOM, Acor Orthopaedic, GoEngineer, Robotic Solutions Inc, Uliko and Digital Scan 3D.
There is still time to join registered delegates from companies including Nike, Brown Shoe and Red Wing Shoes. Click here to book now.
For more information on FTF visit www.ft-forum.com or contact Simon Hamilton at Delcam CRISPIN on sah@delcam.com.
About Delcam
Delcam is one of the world’s leading suppliers of CAM software and associated services, and also supplies systems for product design, tooling design, reverse engineering and inspection. The company has grown steadily since being founded formally in 1977, after initial development work at Cambridge University led by the late Donald Welbourn. It is now among the largest developers of product design and manufacturing software in the UK, with subsidiaries in America, Europe and Asia. Over 330 people are employed at Delcam’s Birmingham headquarters, with almost 400 staff working in the company’s overseas subsidiaries and around 200 more in its international joint ventures.
Delcam’s software and services help manufacturing companies to increase productivity, improve quality and reduce lead times. The company’s software is used in over 90 countries by more than 45,000 organizations. These customers range from multi-national corporations to independent designers, toolmakers and sub-contractors, and come from a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, electrical appliances, footwear, healthcare, motor sport, packaging, toys, sports equipment, jewelry and signmaking. On February 6, 2014, Delcam was acquired by Autodesk and now operates as a wholly-owned, independently-operated subsidiary.
For further information, please visit www.delcam.com.
