Meeting Details

Meeting Scope

The purpose of the meeting is to bring together engineers, scientists, regulators, and clinicians from academia, industry, and government to present leading edge research on advancements in medical grade UHMWPE, PEEK, and the rapidly growing field of polymer implant additive manufacturing technology. In addition to UHMWPE and PEEK, the Combined Meeting will also broadly showcase point-of-care additive manufacturing of implantable polymers, and hopefully attract submissions from not only the entire PAEK family, but also 3D printable HWPEs and other implant polymers that are being exploited by 3D printing such as EVA, PPSU, as well as bioresorbable polymers, such as polylactides and polycaprolactones.

Stay tuned for details on the 2026 Implant Polymers Conference!

2024 Final proceedings

The proceedings for the 2024 meeting can be downloaded here:

Proceedings

2024 Organizing Committee

  • Pierangiola Bracco, Ph.D. (University of Turin)
  • Steve Kurtz, Ph.D. (Drexel University)
  • Hannah Spece, Ph.D. (Drexel University)
  • Francisco Medel, Ph.D. (University of Zaragoza)

2022 Final Proceedings

The proceedings for the 2022 meeting can be downloaded here:

Proceedings

Additional proceedings from past International PEEK and UHMWPE Meetings can be viewed at the reference websites for PEEK and UHMWPE.