6th EMVA Conference in Berlin reaches record level of attendance - Cor Maas member of EMVA Executive Committee
The 6th European Machine Vision Business Conference took place in the German capital of Berlin on April 11th and 12th, 2008. With more than 170 participants from 20 countries the EMVA Conference once again drew a record number of attendees. The following countries were represented and made it a truly international event: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Slovenia, Turkey, UK and USA. Throughout the conference attendees benefited from ample networking opportunities, one of the primary goals of the conference. Four different sessions focused on machine vision in Germany, technology and business trends as well as machine vision markets. Attendees received first-hand information on vision markets in Germany, Italy and Israel - all of it novel and not previously presented.
At the EMVA General Assembly, Cor Maas, co-founder and president of LMI Technologies Inc. was introduced as a new member of the EMVA Executive Committee. He follows Martin Wäny, CEO of AWAIBA Lda., who had resigned from the Executive Committee due to personal reasons. The next elections for the EMVA Executive Committee will take place at the EMVA Conference in Dublin, Ireland, in 2009.
More information about the EMVA Conference 2009 will be available soon at www.emva.org.
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This is what attendees said about the EMVA Conference 2008:
"The EMVA Conference has been an excellent networking platform with the right people to talk about new business opportunities. Especially to introduce a relatively new infrared technology and its capabilities in machine vision. The ambiance was very open and friendly surrounded by a perfect event organization!"
Myriam Gillisjans, Marketing Specialist, XenICs, Belgium
"The EMVA Business Conference 2008 helps us to see and understand important market statuses and trends. This is critical in making decision of "what next"!"
Reuven Weintraub, Founder & CTO, GiDEL, Israel
"This conference is a must in machine vision business. A perfect outlook on upcoming trends and technologies and an excellent opportunity for networking!"
Ralf Brachtendorf, Portfolio Manager MV, SICK Vertriebs GmbH, Germany
"The EMVA continues to set new standards for professionalism and conference value!"
Bud Brown, Director New Business Development, Northwire, Inc., USA
"All in all a very good event. Excellent networking opportunities as usual with high caliber participants. Looking forward to showing the EMVA's my home town in 2009!"
Niall J. Worn, Sales Director, IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH, Germany
"A great opportunity to meet everybody in the industry and learn what is around the corner!"
Michael Cohn, CEO, Parameter AB, Sweden
"The success and "usefulness" of EMVA is proven by the growing number of participants. A good level of speeches and excellent networking opportunities. Two days well spent!"
Ignazio Piacentini, CEO, ImagingLab SRL, also representing IMVG, Italy
"A real good combination of business and pleasure!"
Roy Livneh, COO, GigaLinx Ltd, Israel
"We from ASENTICS have been joining the EMVA Business Conference since the early days. It's amazing to see the continuous growth of the conference and how it has already become a "must" for every important machine vision company. A great place for networking!"
Horst Heinol-Heikkinen, CEO & Managing Partner, Asentics GmbH + Co.KG, Germany
"Great conference, best networking ever - interesting presentations and excellent food and beverage!"
Sachio Kiura, Founder & President, Symco Corporation, Japan
"An excellent place to share experiences, expand your perspective and, of course, make business!"
Juan Hervás, M.V. Department Manager, AIDO, Spain
Contact: Patrick Schwarzkopf, Phone: +49 69 6603 1466, E-mail: schwarzkopf@emva.org
