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Young Professional Award ’26 | Call for Application

The EMVA Young Professional Award is an annual award endowed with 1500 Euros to honor the outstanding and innovative work of a student or a young professional in the field of machine vision or image processing.

It is the goal of the European Machine Vision Association EMVA to support further innovation in our industry, to contribute to the important aspect of dedicated machine vision education, and to provide a bridge between research and industry.

 


The winner of the award will be announced at the flagship 24. EMVA Business Conference 2026 taking place June 18-20, 2026 in Stockholm, Sweden, and will have the opportunity to present the awarded work to the machine vision industry leaders from Europe and abroad. The presentation will then be published by the international machine vision press.
In addition to the honor of the EMVA Young Professional Award endowed with 1500 Euros and the publicity for the research work is a free conference pass for the EMVA Business Conference as well as the coverage of all travel cost to Stockholm and a free pass for the 2026 European Machine Vision Forum.

 


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2025 Autumn IVSM Meeting Concludes Successfully in Haikou, China

Barcelona, December 3rd, 2025. The 2025 Autumn International Vision Standards Meeting (IVSM) was successfully held in Haikou, Hainan Province from November 3 to 7. Co-hosted by the China Machine Vision Union (CMVU) and Hainan University, the meeting emerged as a pivotal platform for global exchanges in the machine vision standards field, attracting over 120 R&D engineers from around the world.

The meeting featured nine sessions, including regular G3 standard meetings such as CoaXPress, USB3 VISION, GigE VISION, OPC Machine Vision and GenICam, as well as additional sessions on Cable and Connector Working Group Meeting and China Machine Vision Standards Meeting. The Plugfest (Standard Compliance and Interoperability Testing) session on Wednesday drew 55 categories of products from 28 domestic and foreign machine vision companies to participate in the testing.

During the meeting, the CoaXPress Working Group updated the technical part of CXP3.0 version. Currently, the maximum speed of copper transmission can reach to 25Gbps, and to be compatible with optical fiber transmission, part of the nGMII protocol content in the link layer integration has been added to the CXP3.0 protocol as well. The USB3 VISION Working Group released the official compliance test plan for USB cable extenders and will further refine and update the verification software tools for U3V products. The GigE VISION Working Group plans to officially release the GEV3.0 version by the end of 2025. The new standard introduces the GenDC over RoCEv2 serial transmission protocol, which enables direct transmission of image data from the NIC to the application buffer, significantly reducing CPU usage and being particularly suitable for lossless transmission of high-throughput data above 25G. The GenICam Working Group has released the GenICam package 2025.10, containing GenApi version 3.5, this fall, and the working group plans to release SFNC Ver. 2.8 and GenDC Ver. 1.2 by the end of 2025. A new standard for a generic feature access API (working title: GenFeA) is under development. The OPC Machine Vision Working Group introduced the latest progress of the OPC MV Part 2 and demonstrated the demo system. Meanwhile, company from China shared successful stories of OPC UA and OPC MV in China’s new energy industry. The Cable and Connector Working Group hosted by JIIA introduced the electrical compliance test for HD-BNC (Micro BNC) connector and CXP cables and the evaluation test for moveable MV cables. The concurrent China Machine Vision Standard Meeting also invited international technical experts to participate in discussions, focusing on new test requirements for 2D cameras, characterization for 3D cameras, and performance evaluation standards for industrial AI detection algorithms.

At the gala dinner, the standard managers of A3, JIIA and VDMA delivered speeches to congratulate the successful holding of the meeting. Ms. Isabel YANG, Vice President of Luster and Vice Chairman of CMVU, stated that we have witnessed the complete process of machine vision technology from germination to evolution and the market pattern from fluctuations to growth. As a witness who has worked within this industry for nearly 30 years, we deeply understand that building and unifying technical standards globally is not only an inevitable choice for the industry to mature but also a solid foundation for promoting global collaboration and achieving common technological progress. Pan JIN, Chairman of CMVU, emphasized that CMVU will continue to advance the process of machine vision standardization and encourage Chinese member enterprises to actively participate in G3 standardization activities.

The next IVSM meeting will be organized by the European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) and held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, from April 13 to 17, 2026. Registration is already open and technical experts in the relevant machine vision field are welcome to register actively.


About IVSM and G3

The machine vision standards community meets at the International Vision Standards Meeting (IVSM) held in both spring and fall each year, rotating across America, Europe, and Asia, and hosted by a different member company. During each week-long event, committees representing each of the standards discuss progress, road maps and collaboration.

Under the so-called ‘G3 agreement’ the leading machine vision associations cooperate in the development and dissemination of machine vision standards. Through this cooperation between A3 – Association For Advancing Automation (North America), CMVU – China Machine Vision Union, EMVA – European Machine Vision Association, JIIA – Japan Industrial Imaging Association and VDMA – German Mechanical and Plant Engineering Association, the members of all mentioned associations have access to the various technical working groups of standards hosted by any of the G3 organizations. Continued cooperation is established through the G3 committee which consists equally of representatives from all five industry associations. The G3 cooperation agreement enshrines the principles of openness, transparency, and consensus in standards development.

About EMVA

Founded in 2003, the European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) is a not-for-profit and non-commercial association representing the Machine Vision industry in Europe that is open for all types of organizations having a stake in machine vision, computer vision, embedded vision or imaging technologies: manufacturers, system and machine builders, integrators, distributors, consultancies, research organizations and academia. The EMVA hosts four international vision standards, and all members – as the 100% owners of the association – benefit from the dedicated networking, standardization, and cooperation activities of the EMVA. www.emva.org

GenICam standard group elects Chairs

The GenICam standard working group has elected its Chairs for the upcoming two-year term. During the International Vision Standards Meeting – Fall ’25 in Haikou, China, Michael Schmidt (Basler) was re-elected as Chair. Also the long-serving Vice-chair Christoph Zierl (MvTec) was re-elected, along with the two additional Vice-chairs James Falconer (Pleora Technologies) and Marcel Naggatz (Baumer Optronic). The election guarantees continuity and provides the option of a smooth handover in the event of future changes in Chairship. It is pending approval of the EMVA board representing the hosting association EMVA.

 

Caption: Group photo of the new GenICam Chairs team. Left to right: James Falconer Michael Schmidt, Marcel Naggatz, Christoph Zierl.

October meeting of TC42 WG28 (former EMVA 1288)

The latest meeting of the ISO working group TC42 WG28 took place on October 14th at Apple in Cupertino, California. During the meeting the current standard draft was revised and commented on. The following things were discussed:

  • The document still needs to be reviewed for ISO terminology
  • The scope of the current document is inconsistent with the scope in form 4 (document N6). The scope of form 4 should be used. Especially mentioning the machine vision application in the scope is important.
  • Exporting the document in word format seems to lead to strange looking formulae and the group hopes that ISO fixes that in the final publication.

After the discussion the draft was transferred to a working draft study (Stage 20.20) and was open for comments until November 3rd.  Addressing the comments is now possible until end of 2025. A second commenting period will last from beginning of January until end of January. Addressing these comments will then be possible until the next meeting of the group which is scheduled at CIPA in Tokyo February 24th to 27th with WG28 most likely meeting in the afternoon of Feb. 24th Tokyo time. The meeting thereafter will be in Boulder, Colorado USA, June 1st to 4th, 2026.

8th European Machine Vision Forum – Research meets Application in Fürth/Germany

Focal topic „Imaging the Invisible“ with the latest findings from sensor technology beyond human perception

At the European Machine Vision Forum 2025 organized by EMVA, which will take place this year on October 16th and 17th in Fürth, Germany, machine vision experts from science and industry will once again meet in a unique setting to exchange ideas. The event will be hosted by the Fraunhofer Development Center for X-ray Technology at Fraunhofer IIS.

Regarding the forum’s focal topic, “Imaging the Invisible,” the forum chair Professor Michael Heizmann explains: “Our headline in 2025 addresses new capabilities and research findings in the field of sensor technology. A lot has happened in this area in recent years. We can see this, for example, at the host Development Center for X-ray Technology at Fraunhofer IIS, where another high-energy hall for X-ray inspection of very large objects is nearing completion. The fact that we will be able to experience these latest facilities live on site will certainly make the European Machine Vision Forum 2025 an unforgettable experience for participants.” In addition, other sensor principles presented in this year’s program also open up possibilities for obtaining more information than is visible to the human eye. These include terahertz, multi- and hyperspectral data, radar, thermography, and single photon imaging. In most cases, the aim is to learn something about the material or internal structure of objects that humans cannot perceive.

The host institute will deliver the opening keynote “X-ray Technology – Key for Overcoming Technological and Economic Challenges,” given by Michael Salamon, group manager for high-energy X-ray systems at the Fraunhofer IIS Development Center for X-ray Technology. Jeroen Kalkman, Associate Professor at TU Delft, will focus on 3D imaging in his keynote speech on the afternoon of the first conference day with his presentation “Advancements in 3D Imaging Using Optical Coherence Tomography.” Marco Beijersbergen, CEO of Cosine, a company specializing in optical space instruments, will address the topic of multispectral imaging in his keynote speech “Multispectral Sensors for Space Applications” on the morning of the second day. The other presentations will showcase a wide variety of sensor principles in their latest state of development.

The program is complemented by poster presentations, an exhibition area, and ample space for networking among participants. “Meaningful collaborations usually arise at the interfaces between technologies and applications,” emphasizes forum chair Prof. Heizmann in this context. “It is therefore extremely important that user companies are informed about new technologies and, on the other hand, that research institutions learn about the specific problems faced by users. This exchange is the main purpose of the forum.”

The host institute is eagerly anticipating the event, as Dr. Norman Uhlmann, Division Director the Development Center for X-ray Technology of the Fraunhofer IIS, Fürth, confirms: “We are thrilled to host the 2025 European Machine Vision Forum and will contribute to the event by presenting some of the latest developments of its x-ray technologies, such as the XXL computer tomography where high x-ray energies enable the full 3d examination of very large objects such as, for example, assembled vehicles.”

More information about the 8th European Machine Vision Forum and registration at www.european-forum-emva.org.

EMVA Member Booth at LogiMAT 2026

Following the successful participation at LogiMAT in 2024 and 2025, the EMVA again offers its members the opportunity of being present at LogiMAT by joining the EMVA Member Booth.

 

Basics:

  • total booth area of 88 sqm
  • common area for socialising and catering
  • co-exhibitor areas sized 6.25 sqm, 7.5 sqm and 10 sqm available
  • ready-to-use packages including area/furniture/branding …
  • specials like flat screens or additional furniture possible
  • package prices within the range of € 5,000 to € 10,000

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Results of ISO-TC42-WG28 meeting in Berlin

The ISO working group TC42-WG28 (formerly EMVA 1288) met on June 26th in Berlin.

Main topic for the 31 in person as well as virtual attendees was the transfer of the EMVA 1288 text to the ISO online standards development (OSD) platform. In a next step, the document will be opened for comments by all experts until the next meeting, whereas the working group experts are asked to specifically comment on the text where the original document does not follow ISO directives.
The working group aims to get the standards document to a publication quickly while changes and additions would then be made in a future revision.

In addition, during the meeting Prof. Dr. Bernd Jähne (Chair of the EMVA1288 working group hosted by the EMVA) presented an example report for a camera and described the different elements that are measured according to the upcoming standard.

The next meeting is scheduled to take place at Apple in Cupertino in the morning of October 14th Pacific Time.

EMVA market data outlook slightly improved

When viewed over the long term, the quarterly EMVA market data shows that image processing sales figures in Europe are still well below the peak values recorded in 2022. The analysis of the second quarter of 2025 also displays a decline in revenue compared to the previous quarter. On the other hand, companies’ expectations for the coming six months have brightened considerably, with a majority of respondents expecting sales to rise again in the coming future.

The full report on Quarterly Machine Vision Sales in Europe plus the report on North America is distributed among the data providing companies.