VISION 2011: More end users, education, embedded vision

Stuttgart, Germany--VISION 2011, an international trade fair for machine vision, will take place at the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre from November 8–10, 2011, with indications that this year's show will surpass the record from 2010 due to 50% more exhibitors, according to Florian Niethammer, VISION project manager at Messe Stuttgart. Geared more than ever before towards end users, VISION 2011's Integration Area, an exhibition platform specifically for systems integrators, will be considerably larger this year. And end users will have access to practical live demonstrations in the Application Park and the VISION ACADEMY, a user-oriented training forum.

The machine vision industry is also opening up more and more application areas in the non-industrial sector. VISION 2011 will examine this trend and focus for the first time on medical technology as an upcoming application area. A Medical Discovery Tour will indicate, by means of a special logo, exhibitors’ stands that are offering machine vision products, solution, or services for medical technology. To date, 42 companies have signed up to take part in the tour.

VISION 2011 will also again feature an International Pavilion for first-time exhibitors from abroad, a group stand funded by the German Ministry of Economics (BMWi) for innovative young enterprises from Germany, and the presentation of the 19th VISION Award for outstanding achievements in machine vision.

Attendees can also look forward to an extensive advanced training program on all three days. The Industrial Vision Days program, organized by the VDMA (German Engineering Federation) Machine Vision Group, will feature exciting topics such as 3-D in medical technology, parallel computing in machine vision, and the advantages of the latest data interfaces (USB 3.0, CameraLink HS, and 10 GigE vision). During a special show entitled "Interface Standards Brought to Life," attendees will also have the opportunity to talk directly to developers and see standards being used. This special show has been initiated in cooperation with the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), the European Machine Vision Association (EMVA), and the Japan Industrial Imaging Association (JIIA). An Expert Panel discussion will take place on the second day of the trade fair, titled "The Future of Machine Vision: Going Embedded," when experts will explain machine vision from the aspect of embedded applications.

VISION Academy will be a superlative training forum this year. For the first time the seminars will not just be aimed at machine vision beginners, but also maintenance staff, systems companies, systems integrators, engineering offices, and mechanical engineering firms. Four free seminars will take place every day, with the following key topics: Questions and answers for machine vision beginners, know-how for maintaining machine vision systems, professional machine vision solutions for systems companies, and how machine vision makes mechanical engineering companies competitive.

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