3rd EMVA Business Conference Sets New Standards for Networking

The 3rd European Machine Vision Business Conference took place in Palermo on April 29th/30th, 2005. More than 100 top-level machine vision experts and executives from 18 countries made it the most successful EMVA Conference ever.

As the conference took place in Italy, conference track 1 focused on machine vision in Italy - both from the vendor's and the user's point of view. Track 2 delved deeply into alternative strategies for growth. Three successful international companies (Basler, ISRA, Innovalia) following different approaches for developing their businesses shared insights. Track 3 dealt with the latest technological trends in machine vision, such as standards, camera sensor technology or camera interfaces. Track 4 looked at machine vision in robotics (Adept Canada) and in the production of seals and gaskets (Freudenberg). Track 5 focused on tapping new markets with non-manufacturing machine vision applications. In addition, the activities of EMVA were presented, such as the first results of the new European Vision Technology Market Statistics, the EMVA 1288 Standard or the EMVA Machine Vision portal www.emva.org.

One of the major aims of the conference, however, was to provide ample opportunities for networking. Evening events and a guided tour of Palermo gave all attendees the opportunity to meet the people that matter and to make valuable contacts.

The next EMVA Conference is scheduled to take place in Tampere, Finland, in June, 2006..