(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has announced the speaker line-up for the RAPID 2012 Conference and Exposition to be held May 22–25, 2012, in Atlanta. Keynote presentations, conference sessions, technical briefings, workshops, tours, the 3-D printing art gallery, and 3-D printing fashion show are among the highlights of the additive manufacturing industry’s premier event.

Keynote speakers for the event include Paul Doe, chief designer at Prodrive Rally Programs; and Terry Wohlers, industry analyst and president of Wohlers Associates. Doe’s presentation will provide an overview of Prodrive’s development of the MINI John Cooper Works World Rally car, and Wohlers will address additive manufacturing during his state-of-the-industry report.

“RAPID has become the most important meeting place in North America for those involved with additive manufacturing,” says Wohlers. “SME has created another world-class program, and I’m thrilled to be a part of it. Having it in Atlanta for the first time will attract new customer prospects from this region of the United States, and this is important to the growth of the industry.”

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