NETWORKING
GENERAL SESSION
KEYNOTE
PLANT TOUR
TUESDAY | NOVEMBER 10, 2026
PRE-CONFERENCE
9:00 - 9:15 AM
Welcome
Scott Francis | CompositesWorld
PRE-CONFERENCE
9:15 - 10:30 AM
The Carbon Fiber Market Landscape
Jeff Sloan | JEC
PRE-CONFERENCE
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Following the Carbon: How Capital and M&A are Reshaping the Carbon Fiber Value Chain
Yannick Wilemin | Catalysium
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WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 11, 2026
KEYNOTE
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Composites in a Changing Defense Landscape
Collin Heller | Counterpoint Market Intelligence
GENERAL SESSION
10:00 - 10:30 AM
China's Commercial Aircraft Industry Indigenous Ecosystem: The Case of the Comac C919 and C929 Composite Structures
David Pritchard | SUNY Empire State University
GENERAL SESSION
11:00 - 11:30 AM
The Strategic Importance of Domestic Carbon Fiber Supply in an Evolving Global Aerospace Environment
Stephen Middleton | Hexcel
GENERAL SESSION
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Enabling Mass Production of High - Performance Composites
Aaron Guo | Hybron Technologies
GENERAL SESSION
1:00 - 1:30 PM
TBD
Blake Townsend | Beyond Gravity
GENERAL SESSION
1:30 - 2:00 PM
Raycarb C2®B, High Performance Rayon Based Carbon Fiber for Defense & Space Applications
Marie Lefebvre | Ariane Group
GENERAL SESSION
2:00 - 2:30 PM
Continuous Carbon Fiber Reinforcement: Delivering Metal-Strength Performance Without the Cost & Complexity of Metal
Joshua Thomas | Markforged
GENERAL SESSION
2:30 - 3:00 PM
Carbon Fiber 3D Printing: Promise, Strengths, and Limitations of a Forefront Technology
Ryan Dunn | Mantis Composites
GENERAL SESSION
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Improving Manufacturability and Cost Efficiency of High-Temperature Composite Systems Through Smart Formulation Design
David Leach | Kaneka Aerospace LLC
GENERAL SESSION
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Innovation to Industrialization: Material and Supply Chain Challenges for Emerging UAM and UAV Markets
Jean-Philippe Canart | Teijin Carbon America
GENERAL SESSION
4:30 - 5:00 PM
Perceived Challenges with Carbon Recycling
Bruno Douchy | Procotex
THURSDAY | NOVEMBER 12, 2026
KEYNOTE
9:00 - 9:30 AM
TBD
Hexcel
GENERAL SESSION
9:30 - 10:00 AM
Building a Carbon Fibre Industry in Saudi Arabia: From Feedstock Advantage to Global Market Integration
Anthony Hurley | Organized Chaos
GENERAL SESSION
10:30 - 11:00 AM
TBD
Stratview
GENERAL SESSION
11:00 - 11:30 AM
Rethinking the Hole: Integrated vs. Drilled in Structural CFRP
Moritz Moker | Holy Technologies
Dario Fuimarella | Holy Technologies
GENERAL SESSION
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Automated NDT for High Rate Inspection
Dr. James Bennett | Omni NDE
GENERAL SESSION
1:00 - 1:30 PM
Process-to-Performance Simulation of Injection-Molded Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics
April Brown | Moldex3D
GENERAL SESSION
1:30 - 1:50 PM
Hypersonics, Heat Shields and More from Thin Air, A Sustainable Route to Carbon Fiber
Aaron Fitzgerald | Mars Materials
GENERAL SESSION
1:50 - 2:10 PM
From Chemistry to Spinnability: Designing Better Fiber Precursors
Evan Stacy | Lumios Materials
GENERAL SESSION
2:10 - 2:30 PM
Precision Isotactic Polyacrylonitrile (iPAN) for Next-Gen High-Performance Carbon Fibers
Dr. Jon Barnes | Precision Carbon Technologies
DISCUSSION
2:30 - 3:00 PM