5th EMVA Conference in Lyon Unites 19 Nations
The 5th European Machine Vision Business Conference took place in the French city of Lyon on June 15th and 16th, 2007. With more than 150 participants from 19 countries the EMVA Conference once again reached a record number of attendees. The following countries were represented and made it a truly international event: Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Slovenia, Turkey, UK and USA. Thanks to an intensive cooperation with Club Vision of Symop (the French national machine vision association and EMVA member) major players in the French market were present as well. Throughout the event, attendees benefited from ample networking opportunities, one of the primary goals of the conference. Also the city of Lyon welcomed the EMVA Conference 2007 in the beautiful historical City Hall of Lyon for a get-together that started the conference. Four different sessions focused on machine vision in France, technology and business trends as well as machine vision markets. Attendees received first-hand information on vision markets in France, Japan, China and Europe - all of it novel and previously unpublished. EMVA continues its dynamic growth course and currently has 97 members from 19 nations. Two new countries - Israel and Turkey - are now additionally represented in the EMVA. The EMVA welcomed three new members during the conference: Infaimon S.L. (Spain), Univision s.r.l. (Italy) and EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH (Germany).
The next EMVA Conference will be held on April 11th and 12th, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Another major EMVA networking event will take place in Stuttgart on the night before the start of the VISION 2007: The 4th International Vision Night on 5th November, 2007. More information will be available soon at: www.emva.org.
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This is what attendees said about the EMVA Conference 2007:
"It was my first visit to the annual EMVA Conference and I am pleased to have such a great
take-home value. The talks were more than worthwhile to listen to and networking was just
excellent. I will come again!"
Dr. Olaf Munkelt, CEO of MVTec Software GmbH, Germany
"It is very worthwhile attending the EMVA Conference, since the topics of the Conference are
always very interesting. We are very eager to spend so much effort for further
standardization by cooperating with EMVA."
Shigeo Oka, Chairman of the Japanese Industrial Imaging Association (JIIA), Japan
"Nearly the only chance to meet colleagues from all over Europe and even some world key players in a private atmosphere together with high value information about the European and world market and research."
Dr. Norbert Stein, General Manager & Sole Shareholder of VITRONIC GmbH, Germany
"We are a new member of EMVA. This was my first attendance to the EMVA Business Conference. I found it extremely useful, made many contacts and I'm leaving the conference with a lot of homework to do..."
Prof. Aytul Ercil, Vistek A.S., Turkey
"The EMVA Business Conference provides a great opportunity to meet people and to bridge the gap between academia and industry."
Prof. Tieniu Tan, Acting President of China Society of Image and Graphics (CSIG); Director of CAS Institute of Automation, China
"The EMVA Business Conference was perfect for meeting new contacts as well as existing colleagues in the MV market."
Peter Bhagat, Managing Director, Gardasoft Vision Ltd., UK
"This time we were so impressed by the enthusiastic atmosphere with many more attendees than the previous year. The contents of the conference was very informative and interesting. We expect you to organize another successful conference in Berlin next year.
Hiroshi Takaoka, President & CEO of Toshiba Teli Corporation, Japan
