Internationally Located Automation and Robotics Associations

Australian Robotics & Automation Association Inc.
The Australian Robotics and Automation Association Inc. (formerly the Australian Robot Association Inc.) is a professional society in Australia and New Zealand that is concerned with robots, their applications and their implications, and related automation technologies. The Association organizes conferences and other meetings, and serves as a focal point for Australian industry and researchers concerned with robotics and automation.

British Automation & Robot Association (BARA)
The British Automation and Robotics Association) provides a voice for the Robotics and Automation Industries, when dealing with government, industry, financial and academic institutions. The aim of the BARA is to promote the use of, and assist in the development of Automation in British industry. In 2009 BARA joined forces with the PPMA (Processing & Packaging Machinery Association) to become a special interest focus group and has gathered more influence, members and provide more support to the end-user community.

Canadian Tooling & Machining Association (CTMA)
The CTMA represents and promotes the interests of the Canadian tooling and machining industry nationally and internationally. Membership is restricted to manufacturers in the tooling industry encompasses all involved in the design, manufacture, repair, or assembly of tools, dies, moulds, models, patterns, jigs, fixtures, gauges, machinery, machining systems, robotics, automation equipment, machine shop products, cutting tools and all related industries and service providers including general jobbing.

European Design and Automation Association (EDAA)
The Association is a non-profit association. Its purpose is to operate for educational, scientific and technical purposes for the benefit of the international electronics design and design automation community. The EDAA will, in the field of design and design automation of electronic circuits and systems, promote a series of high quality technical international conferences and workshops across Europe and will cooperate actively to maintain harmonious relationships with other national and international technical societies and groups promoting the purpose of the Association.

Finnish Society of Automation (FSA)
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.

IEEE Control Systems Society
An international scientific, engineering, and professional organization that was founded in 1954 and is dedicated to the advancement of research, development, and practice in automation and control systems. The society and its members are involved in a number of activities, including publishing journals and a magazine, holding a number of conferences, and sponsoring committees in various areas of technical specialization.

VDI/VDE-GMA Society for Measurement and Automatic Control
The Society for Measurement and Automatic Control (GMA), a joint organization of the VDE and the VDI, gives users orientation about the current trends in automation being supported by innovations in information technology, microelectronics, optics and sensorics. The Society organizes meetings, conferences, seminars and other events to promote the transfer of know-how. The Society is located in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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