Editorial

Vision Club of Finland (VCF) was established in 1995. It is a section of the Finnish Society of Automation (FSA).

The aim of VCF is to promote MV theory, technological development and diffusion to industrial applications, be a forum for members and all machine vision users to disseminate technological experience and to advance professional skills, and enhance exchange of information between domestic and international organizations.

is to promote MV theory, technological development and diffusion to industrial applications, be a forum for members and all machine vision users to disseminate technological experience and to advance professional skills, and enhance exchange of information between domestic and international organizations.

VCF has been active in collecting information and publishing this annual newspaper for the past ten years.

During two past years, in go-operation with VCF, Technology Centre Hermia Ltd. has been organizing popular Finnish Machine Vision Conferences in Tampere.

This year VCF is helping European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) to organize the 4th EUROPEAN MACHINE VISION Business Conference that will be held in Tampere, Finland. VCF is a member of EMVA.

Members of VCF. The membership of the Club consists of ordinary individual members and patrons. The members represent machine vision providers, users, researchers and students.

Vision Boulevard is a concept by which machine vision vendors and research institutes present together recent advances in machine vision. The concept consists of a boulevard like coherent decorations, joint advertising and public relations. The key idea behind Vision Boulevard is to attract larger public visibility than each individual exhibitor could achieve.

The latest Vision Boulevard was organized again September 6–8, 2005 at Automaatio 05 fair in Helsinki, from which event are the two pictures shown within this editorial.

The Finnish Society of Automation (FSA) was founded in 1953, is a professional association for specialists within the field of automation technology. The FSA operations cover all branches of the industry. The members represent various fields of automation, including trade, research, manufacturing, education, design and use.

The Aim of the Society is to promote control theory, technological development and industrial applications, be a forum for members and all users of automation to disseminate technological experience and to advance professional skills, enhance exchange of information between domestic and international organizations.

Members of the FSA. The membership of the society consists of ordinary, young, permanent and honorary members and patrons. Any person willing to promote the goals of the society may apply for membership. Any legal body may register with the council as a patron of the society.

Automation Foundation. The society has established a foundation to give financial support to publishing in the automation field, Finnish professional literature, in particular

Finnish Automation Support Ltd provides the society with necessary office services. It also makes practical arrangements of scientific events, excursions, society meetings, exhibitions etc.

The Automaatioväylä (Automation Bus) is the leading periodical Finnish professional publication in the automation field. The members of the society receive seven annual volumes included in the membership fee.

Mauno Kemppainen