Gold Partners
The 22nd edition of the Surface Inspection Summit will take place from 20 - 21 November 2025 in Aachen, Germany.
SIS is a unique platform which brings together experts from all over the world to exchange knowledge and insights on the latest research, development, and manufacturing of flat, long, steel, aluminium, and all non-ferrous materials.
The conference will feature a world class technical programme of panel discussions, keynote lectures, vendor sessions and workshops held by industry leaders. Besides the technical conference, an exhibition area will be offered to showcase latest trends and developments within the industry.
Conference topics:
Trends in Surface Inspection
- Application of 3D imaging
- State-of-the-art for cameras and lighting
- Alternative capturing technologies and multiview concepts
- State-of-the-art for machine vision and pattern recognition
- Detection and classification improvement methods, incl. voting, alternative data fusion
ASIS and Digital Transformation
- Through process defect tracking
- ASIS governance and orchestration
- Digital quality management
- ASIS data analytics and AI
- Predictive quality and maintenance
ASIS Accuracy, Robustness and Trustworthiness
- ASIS usability and AI assist*
- Advanced ASIS training concepts (like ensemble methods and semi-supervised learning)
- ASIS data augmentation and generative AI application
- Classification lifecycle management, usability improvements
- ASIS assessment and monitoring
- ASIS revamping strategies, methods, experiences
ASIS Applications
- ASIS on flat metal products
- ASIS on long products*
- ASIS slabs and heavy plate
- ASIS on aluminum, copper and mixed metals production lines (e.g. battery production)
*Focus topics
