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About the Event

XLR8HI's Talk Story Series connects influential thought leaders and business experts with Hawaii's innovation community for a night of networking, knowledge transfer, and aloha. Hear from industry experts on topics like leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, investing, and more! Talk Story events are free to attend and open to the public.

*Limited Seating Available*

About the Speaker

One of Hawaii's leading experts on 3D printing, Dr. Harm-Jan Steenhuis is Professor of Management, International Business and Associate Dean of the College of Business at Hawaii Pacific University. Harm-Jan has a PhD on International Technology Transfer related to studying how to transfer aircraft manufacturing technology to developing countries. For over 20 years he has conducted research on topics related to technology and economic development in a business context. He also served on the board of SIRTI, a Spokane-based business accelerator, and currently serves on the boards of two management of technology oriented organizations, that is, IAMOT and PICMET. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management as well as the International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education and serves on the editorial boards of IEEE- Transactions on Engineering Management and the International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management. Harm-Jan has published three books and over a 150 scientific journal and conference articles and book chapters.

Dr. Harm-Jan Steenhuis’ most recent research has been focused on additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing. This is one of the underlying technologies of the 4th industrial revolution and Industry 4.0. The beginning of this interest came when visiting the AeroSud factory in South Africa in 2014 where they were developing the largest metal printer capable of printing titanium parts for use on aircraft. Since then, his research has been on technological developments and competitiveness issues. Studies have included but not limited to food 3D printing, desktop 3D printers as well as industrial printers. He has visited desktop 3D printing companies and also visited several organizations involved in 3D printing of shoes, 3D printing of jewelry 3D printing at nano scale and 3D printing of houses. Based on the research a course has been developed which is currently taught in HPU’s MBA program to make students aware of the drastic changes coming to many industries as well as where job opportunities are arising.