Association for Advancing Automation (A3)
A3's Advanced Vision & AI Conference will take place September 23-24 in Santa Clara, Calif.
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Association for Advancing Automation (A3)
A3's Advanced Vision & AI Conference will take place September 23-24 in Santa Clara, Calif.
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) announced the speaker lineup and agenda for the 2026 Advanced Vision & AI Conference, September 23-24, in Santa Clara, Calif.
A3 said that the event will feature experts from Waymo, NVIDIA, Tesla, Intrinsic, GE Vernova, Intel, FANUC, Cognex, Siemens Digital Industries and more.
The two-day conference will focus on how vision and AI technologies are being deployed across manufacturing and other industrial environments.
Event registration is open.
A3 said that the conference comes as demand for advanced vision technologies continues to grow. North American machine vision transactions reached $789 million in the first quarter of 2026, up 6.8% year over year, according to A3 Market Intelligence.
“Companies are moving quickly to figure out where vision and AI can improve quality, flexibility, and productivity,” said Jeff Burnstein, president of A3. “This conference brings together people who are actively building and deploying these systems so attendees can learn from real applications, technical challenges, and results.”
The association said that its Advanced Vision & AI Conference features dedicated business and technical tracks covering AI strategy and ROI, machine vision deployment, AI-enabled inspection, edge AI and security, robotics perception, foundation models, governance, autonomy and more.
A3 highlighted the following featured speakers and sessions:
A3 said that additional sessions from Intel, FANUC, Cognex, Teledyne, Omron Automation Americas, MathWorks, 3M and others will examine applications ranging from self-learning inspection and vision-guided robotics to edge AI security and scalable factory automation.
The association added that attendees will also have opportunities to connect with speakers, technology providers and peers through exhibits, networking and a reception.
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