Today we proudly present our two extraordinary keynote presenters at this year’s EMVA Business Conference taking place as Special Edition 10-11 June 2021 in an online format.

With the CTO of IBM BeLux, Mr. WOUTER DENAYER, we could win a TED speaker to share his thoughts on Artificial Intelligence with us. Wouter is a technology optimist. He is on a mission to strip away both hype and fear surrounding Artificial Intelligence, so that its true potential for society and business can be realized.

With a degree in linguistics & literature to balance his inner geek, Wouter Denayer architects IT solutions that actually deliver their promised value. He feels privileged every day to work with a diverse and global team of wonderful colleagues.

In his conference opening keynote Mr. LIAM HALLIGAN will cover, in a concise and accessible manner, the main trends and dangers as the world economy emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Besides the two excellent keynote talks the afternoon conference tracks offer panel discussions, fireside-chats and further informative presentations addressing various Vision Tech topics that matter. Reserve your seat right now and register by clicking below button.

Artificial Intelligence – a Blessing and a Curse

Wouter Denayer | CTO at IBM BeLux

When reading the press, you might get the impression that Artificial Intelligence is either the largest possible evil or the best invention ever. So, which is it?

On the one hand we depend on AI to create new medicine and on the other we have seen some painful failures pointing to a lack of ‘common sense’.
Join Wouter to get a balanced view of what the future will bring and what your role is in this unfolding story.

The Big Picture: Global Economic Outlook

Liam Halligan | Presenter, Economics & Business Editor at The Telegraph

Liam Halligan is an economist, author and broadcaster – who also has extensive business experience. He is best known for his long-standing weekly “Economics Agenda” column in The Sunday Telegraph – which enjoys a large international following and has been recognized with a British Press Award.

Along with his Telegraph role, Liam writes regularly for The Spectator and The Sun and has previously worked for The Financial Times (as Political Correspondent), The Economist (reporting from Moscow) and between 1999 and 2006 was Economics Correspondent at Channel 4 News. He continues to research, write and present Dispatches documentaries for Channel 4 – and has won Wincott Business Broadcasting Award an unprecedented four times.

Liam has also held research posts at the International Monetary Fund and the London School of Economics. He holds degrees in economics from the University of Oxford and Warwick University.

Traditionally the annual EMVA General Assembly takes place connected to the Business Conference and therefore each year in a different European city.
With postponing this year’s physical conference and announcing the EMVA Business Conference Special Edition 2021 also the General Assembly 2021 is shifted into the virtual space.

During the EMVA General Assembly taking place June 1st, 2021, 3-5 pm. CEST, EMVA members will be asked to elect the new Board of Directors for the next period of three years.
Representatives of EMVA member entities have already received their invitation to volunteer and candidate.

Meet the current Board of Directors.

The EMVA welcomes Imalligent Technology from China.

Imalligent Technology, founded in 2015, is a well-known domestic manufacturer of machine vision products, specializing in the production, R & D and sales of machine vision products. Since the establishment of the enterprise, it has deeply cultivated the practical problems encountered by users at the application level, combined with 3D machine vision innovation technology, to provide users with the most landing visual solutions.

Be among the first to learn about the exiting extensions that have been added to the new EMVA 1288 Standard, Release 4.0.

The Online Training in Cooperation with the EMVA will take place 19 – 20 May 2021, 10.00 -17.00 CEST.

The EMVA 1288 standard, release 4.0 takes the rapid development of the camera and image sensor technology into account. In fact, until Release 3.1, the application of the EMVA 1288 standard with a simple linear model was limited to cameras with a linear curve and without any pre-processing.

With Release 4.0, the characterization of a non-linear camera or a camera with unknown pre-processing is possible even without any model due to the universal system-theoretical approach of the EMVA 1288 standard. Depending on the camera characteristics, the evaluation can now be applied according to the linear or general model.

In addition, Release 4.0 includes numerous expansions to characterize the latest generation of image sensors and cameras according to the application.

JAI appoints Michael Lisby Jensen as new CEO. Jorgen Andersen takes over the role as Chairman of the Board.

The appointment of Michael Lisby Jensen marks a further step in JAI’s growth strategy, centered around the tremendous opportunities of the fast-developing Machine Vision market and JAI’s unique capabilities built up over more than half a century.

Unique experience in driving growth and leading global organizations
Besides holding a Bachelor of Engineering and an executive MBA, Michael brings many years of experience from several global leading technology companies, lately acting as CEO/GM of CAPRES and MicroSense, under KLA Inc.

A high degree of creativity and technical skills attracts the new CEO
A major focus across Michael’s positions has been to drive commercial growth and excellence across deep technical organizations globally, and he is truly impressed by JAI’s organizational competencies and the long-established customer relations that are second to none in the industry.

According to Michael Lisby Jensen the machine vision market provides tremendous opportunity for growth, and he is absolutely thrilled to become part of the drive to release all of JAI’s potential.

JAI’s press release

California based Light Labs Inc. joins EMVA.

Light is a provider of depth perception software and semiconductor IP intended for automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers for ADAS/AV applications.

The company has developed an advanced computer vision platform that uses software and semiconductor IP to detect, position, and track where objects are in the world, with range and accuracy, thereby, providing automotive and other markets with an unmatched range and resolution in real-time.

EMVA’s Forum for Machine Vision & Optical Metrology – the Control Vision Talks – consequently will not take place at Stuttgart fair ground this year.

The decision is made: once again this year, it will not be possible to hold the 34th Control international trade fair for quality assurance as an on-site, live event. After in-depth consultation with the exhibitors and the trade fair advisory board, trade fair promoters P. E. Schall GmbH & Co. had no choice but to cancel the trade fair highlight which was scheduled for the 4th through the 7th of May, 2021.

The EMVA and its media partner inVision magazine well understand and support this difficult decision.
The running preparations on the forum’s program and speakers list have been stopped immediately.

The world’s leading trade fair for photonics components, systems and applications enables advance planning for exhibitors and visitors with new trade fair dates for spring 2022. In close coordination with the industry, partners and advisory boards, Messe München has decided to postpone LASER World of PHOTONICS to April 26 to 29, 2022. World of Photonics Congress will be held in a digital format on the original dates of June 20-24, 2021.

Due to the existing travel restrictions and the currently unclear Covid-19 situation, Messe München has decided to postpone LASER World of PHOTONICS by ten months. One of the main grounds for this decision is the large share of international exhibitors and visitors, accounting for more than half of the total number of participants, a high proportion of whom come from other continents. Under the current conditions, holding LASER World of PHOTONICS in June would make it impossible for the trade fair to live up to its standard of being the world’s leading
trade fair and to provide the on-site platform for innovations and products with indepth technical discussions that is so highly valued by the industry.

“With the new date, we can offer our customers planning certainty in a timely manner,” says Dr. Reinhard Pfeiffer, Deputy Chairman of the Board, Messe München, and adds: “With this postponement of the trade fair event, we are creating the basis for a successful in-person international trade fair and following the wishes of our exhibitors and visitors.”