Association News

Association of Professional Model Makers P.O. Box 165 Hamilton, NY 13346

December 31, 2009

PRESS RELEASE – For immediate release to:

The Association of Professional Model Makers (APMM) announces the opening of registration for the 2010 APMM Conference “Revolutions in Model Making – Creating the Future Faster” on March 26-29, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge. Conference details and registration at: www.modelmakers.org/page/2010 and www.modelmakers.org .

The keynote speaker is Neil Gershenfeld, Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms and author of “FAB…THE COMING REVOLUTION ON YOUR DESKTOP – FROM PERSONAL COMPUTERS TO PERSONAL FABRICATION”. Saturday and Sunday are workshops on the latest model making materials, techniques, tools and resources as well as career essentials. Friday and Monday are tours of Boston area model facilities at DEKA, Continuum, BOSE, Rhode Island School of Design, Hasbro, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Boston City Model and MIT. The student model making competition has a $500 first prize and the winner’s school receives a RepRap personal fabricator machine that will be built at the conference.

For more information contact:

APMM
P.O. Box 165
Hamilton, NY 13346
877-663-2766
info@modelmakers.org

Ms. Samanthi Martinez
Executive Director



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