DEADLINE EXTENDED: Get recognized by the 2017 Vision Systems Design Innovators Awards

Editor's note: We've extended the initial deadline of December 6 to December 13 for companies to submit their product or technology for consideration. Additionally, a discount for submission for friends of Vision Systems Design has been made available. Details here.

Vision Systems Design’s Innovators Awards Program—which recognize companies that demonstrate excellence in a product or technology, an application, or in research and development—are officially open for 2017.

At Automate 2017, which will be held in Chicago from April 3-6, we will announce our 2017 Innovators Awards honorees live on the show floor.

In addition to systems integrators, manufacturers of industrial cameras, camera components, image sensors, machine vision lighting, and more, are encouraged to submit their product, service, or technology for review.

Our panel of expert judges consisted of systems integrators, consultants, and academics with years of experience in specifying, designing and configuring image processing and machine vision systems. Last year’s judges included:

• William Schramm, President, PVI Systems, Inc
• Robert Tait, Optical Metrologist / Machine Vision at General Electric Global Research
• Earl Yardley, Director, Industrial Vision Systems Ltd
• Adam Phillip, MDA Corporation
• Wes Henderson, Director of Business Development, Hermary 3D Machine Vision
• Steve Varga, Imaging and Instrumentation R&D, Procter & Gamble USA
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Werling, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Mannheim
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• Rick van de Zedde, Senior researcher / business developer Computer Vision, Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research

Submissions were evaluated for:

• Originality
• Innovation
• Impact on designers, systems integrators, end users
• Fulfilling a need in the market that hasn’t been addressed
• Leveraging a novel technology
• Increasing productivity

Last year’s program saw multiple companies in the imaging and machine vision community recognized for their achievement, highlighting the innovation and advancements in the industry. Regarding 2016’s honorees, Alan Bergstein, Publisher of Vision Systems Design, lauded the innovations highlighted by the program.

"Recognizing cutting edge technologies and products in the vision industry is the aim of our Innovators Awards program," said Bergstein. "This year, I am pleased to note that the Second Annual Awards saw even more companies being recognized for their innovative technologies, products, and systems."

This year, we look forward to being able to highlight a number of exciting new products in the industry.

In addition to announcing them live at the show, we will also publish an article detailing all of our 2017 honorees. Keep an eye out for this article, which will be published on the website on April 3, and during the show, be on the watch for images taken from the show floor with companies holding their new awards. Will your company be one of them?

Editor's notes:

• The early-bird discount deadline is November 18.
• Submission deadline is December 6.
• For information on discounts for multiple entries, early-bird discounts, or if you are a distributor,click here.

View more information on the 2017 Innovators Awards Program.

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