ADDITIV Medical 2026 Brings Surgeons, Engineers, and AI Together for Healthcare 3D Printing

ADDITIV Medical 2026 is a free virtual event taking place on Wednesday, October 21, from 10:00 AM to 12:40 PM EDT. Hosted by 3Dnatives, the summit is now in its ninth edition and expects more than 500 attendees from hospitals, medical device companies, and additive manufacturing providers. Speakers include surgeons from UCSF and Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, as well as leaders from Stratasys Medical, Axial3D, and Synergy3DMed.

The program is organized into three panels, each targeting a specific tension in medical 3D printing right now.

The first panel asks whether AI can be trusted to design patient-specific anatomical models. The question is not whether AI can generate a mesh from a CT scan, but who carries responsibility when an algorithm misreads that scan. Panelists will discuss where automated design ends and human clinical liability begins.

The second panel moves to money. Custom 3D-printed surgical guides and patient-specific implants offer clear clinical benefits, but hospitals still struggle to secure insurance reimbursement for them. This session covers capital costs, reimbursement pathways, and how institutions build repeatable return on investment from 3D printing programs.

The third panel is the most practical. Even experienced surgical teams encounter unexpected anatomy once a patient is on the table. Physical, patient-specific models and guides cut pre-operative planning time and reduce surprises. The discussion will cover where the scan-to-print pipeline still bottlenecks and how to fix it.

The event is free to attend. Registration is open now through the 3Dnatives website.