Events 2026

On this page you will find a list of upcoming or ongoing events in which Fraunhofer IOSB's Department Visual Inspection Systems (SPR) is involved or which we organize ourselves.

You can access past events via the links in the blue box, right.

We invite you to join us - we would be delighted to meet you at one of these events!

BEW – The Training Center for the Water and Waste Management Industry: They offer continuing education programs ranging from inter-company training in environmental technology professions to seminars covering the entire value chain in the areas of (waste)water, soil protection, industrial environmental protection, air pollution control, circular economy, energy, climate protection and adaptation, as well as topics related to procurement, management, and organization.

➡️ Felix Kronenwett is being asked to give a presentation as a lecturer:

Sensor-Based Sorting and Automated Asbestos Detection

Read more about construction waste recycling on our project page. The goal of BauCycle is to sort and process demolition waste to produce recycled building materials, which are then returned to the original construction cycle.

A new, multimodal approach with promising results

AI and modern sensor technology can help recover wood from bulky waste more efficiently, at lower cost, and in larger quantities, thereby strengthening the principles of the circular economy. A research consortium coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technologies, and Image Processing IOSB developed a corresponding method based on four different sensor types and AI as part of the ASKIVIT project. In practical measurement series, the approach achieved a sorting accuracy of over 95 percent.

The ASKIVIT project was funded by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Home Affairs (BMLEH). The final report is available at projekte.fnr.de under grant number 2220HV048.

Read the full press release and learn more about our ASKIVIT project; see the links in the tiles on the right.

Identifying Asbestos – Demolishing Concrete – Conserving Resources: Buildings in the Circular Economy ♻️ 

Our project partner, the Technical University of Darmstadt, cordially invites you to attend. The focus will be on urban mining and the circular management of mineral building materials. The event will bring together experts from research and industry who will present current developments, challenges, and potential solutions related to demolition, hazardous substance assessment, and recycling. Participants will gain in-depth insights into innovative approaches, practical solutions, and the latest developments in this field.

👋 We are involved in:

Felix Kronenwett with a presentation on the topic of:

Sensor-Based Sorting and Automated Asbestos Detection

Read more about construction waste recycling on our project page. The goal of BauCycle is to sort and process demolition waste to produce recycled building materials, which are then returned to the original construction cycle.

This conference is a leading event organized by the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), with the goal of bringing together the international professional community to present the latest research findings, exchange new ideas and technical breakthroughs, and discuss current challenges and future developments in the fields of technology and innovation.

Felix Kronenwett is on the scene with a report:

Line-Scan Sensors and Convolutional Neural Networks: Unified Modelling, Parameter Selection and Row-Wise Inference

He presents a mathematically consistent system model for the real-time processing of line-scan camera data using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in industrial image processing, including precise latency and stability limits. By shifting line by line and reusing feature maps, only the image lines that have actually just arrived are recalculated. This efficient inference strategy yields mathematically identical results to those of classical batch processing.

Image processing plays a key role in many areas of technology for fast and contactless data acquisition. For example, in the quality assurance of industrial production processes, in robotics and for driver assistance, image processing systems have gained an indispensable place. This development is supported by the availability of high-quality and inexpensive sensor systems, by the increase in the performance of computer systems, and by advances in the methodology for evaluating image data.

The "Image Processing forum" aims to report on current trends towards solutions in image processing and to contribute to the professional exchange between the participants.

Image Processing for Surfaces - Advances in technology not only enable ever higher inspection speeds and more compact systems, but also, in addition to the evaluation of two-dimensionally recorded textures, the complete recording of complex 3D surface structures down to the nanometer range. Furthermore, the rapid evaluation of colored, patterned, transparent, highly reflective or mirroring surfaces is possible. In the seminar, different inspection and analysis methods will be presented for this purpose.

This year, we are once again involved in the success of the event as co-organizers with lectures and workshops.