For the third consecutive year, the Business Conference will be co-located with the RIA Robotics Industry Forum and the MCA Business Conference. Combined, these events will attract some 250 industry leaders from the robotics, machine vision, and motion control industries. Among the featured topics and speakers already confirmed are:

• Alan Beaulieu
  Senior Analyst, Economist and Principal, Institute for Trend Research
  "The Outlook for the Global Economy"
  
• Neal Petersen
  Adventurer, Solo Around-the-World Racing Yachtsman, Global Investor and International Speaker
  "No Barriers – Only Solutions"
  
• Terrence Southern
  Supply Chain Sr. Project Engineer, Frito-Lay North America
  "Automation Opportunities at Frito Lay"
  
• James Spellos
  President, Meeting U
  "Essentials of Digital Marketing: Social Media & Hot Technologies: Business as Normal"
  
• Janine Driver
  Founder, President, and Lead Instructor, Body Language Institute
  "Understanding Body Language to Increase Sales"
  
• Bahram Jalali
  Northrop Grumman Endowed Optoelectronics Chair, Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  "Ultrafast Time Stretched Imaging and Vibrometry"
  
• Paul Kellett
  Director of Market Analysis, Automation Technologies Council (ATC)
  "Automation Market Trends and Forecasts"