What is SightCity?
SightCity Frankfurt, held at the Sheraton Airport Hotel, is an annual exhibition for aids for the blind and the visually impaired.
We invite you to come to the biggest exhibition in the field of aids for the blind and the visually impaired in Germany.
The Special Thing about SightCity
- Free entrance
- Half- hourly pick-up-service for visually impaired visitors from the train platforms or airport
- Manufacturers from all over the world present novelties and well-established products of their product range – especially for the blind and the visually impaired people.
- You can reach SightCity easily and fast by airplane, train or car, and within a few minutes walking distance you are directly at the exhibition grounds.
Statistics
| SightCity year | 2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
Exhibitors |
36 |
63 |
90 |
94 |
93 |
98 |
110 |
Visitors |
2000 |
2600 |
2800 |
3000 |
3200 |
3560 |
3840 |
Organization
SightCity Frankfurt was brought into being in 2003 by the following companies:
- AUDIODATA
- BAUM Retec
- Brailletec
- Handy Tech GmbH
- Metec AG
- Tieman
In 2010, the SightCity organization team consists of the following companies:
Blind and Visually Impaired
Approximately 500 000 visually impaired and 150 000 blind persons are living in Germany. For these persons, a highly specialized market niche was established in the field "Aids for the blind and the visually impaired".
Unfortunately, many sighted persons cannot imagine how blind and visually impaired people are able to work at a PC and how they can be integrated into the work environment - despite the engaged educational work of many associations and organizations.
One reason is that visual impairment is not part of the own experience of sighted persons. This fact is even more dramatic since many visually impaired persons loose their eye-sight at high age and need help and information by their sighted fellow creatures at this point.
SightCity Frankfurt provides detailed information on the different aspects of this topic and the variety of aids. The exhibitors show "classic aids" such as mobility aids, high-tech aids, electronic aids, aids for daily life as well as online banking for blind and visually impaired and touristic offers with special care for blind and visually impaired guests.