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+  Hi, I'm [Glenn Jocher](https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-jocher/), author of [YOLOv5](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5) 🚀.
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+  I'd like to invite you to attend the world's first-ever YOLO conference: [#YOLOVISION22](https://ultralytics.com/yolo-vision)!
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+  This virtual event takes place on **September 27th, 2022** with talks from the world's leading vision AI experts from Google, SenseTime's MMLabs, Baidu's PaddlePaddle, Meituan's YOLOv6, Weight & Biases, Roboflow, Neural Magic, OctoML and of course Ultralytics YOLOv5 and many others.
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+  Save your spot at https://ultralytics.com/yolo-vision!
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+  <a align="center" href="https://ultralytics.com/yolo-vision" target="_blank">
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+## <div align="center"></div>
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 ## <div align="center">Why YOLOv5</div>
 
+YOLOv5 has been designed to be super easy to get started and simple to learn. We prioritize real-world results.
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