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Opti on tour to promote 2024 edition
The Munich-based opti trade fair has embarked on an intensive tour that will see its teams participate in person to over fifteen eyewear industry trade shows and congresses, both in Germany and internationally, to promote the 2024 edition of the show. The opti tour kicked off at the last Vision ...
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News briefsOverview of Silmo Singapore first edition
Silmo Singapore – ASEAN Optical Fair, held for the first time on April 12-14 at the Suntec Singapore Exhibition and Convention Centre, drew some 250 international and local brands from 15 countries and 2,175 professionals, optometrists, dispensing opticians and buying groups from 44 countries. About half of the attendees were ...
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News briefsSilmo meets Singapore, IOA gets new president
The International Opticians Association (IOA) held its Silmo Academy on April 12-14 in Singapore. There it transferred its presidency from Fiona Anderson to Donald Crichton, a dispensing optician who began his career in Scotland before moving to New Zealand. He is now a supervisor to final-year students at the University ...
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Myopia management events thrive
Myopia Profile, an Australian-based “information center” in clinical myopia management, has announced the launch of Myopia Action Month, a series of events for eye care professionals. Slated for September 2023 and sponsored by CooperVision, EssilorLuxottica and Johnson & Johnson, the digital event will include a number of new video resources, ...
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A report on Vision Expo East 2023
The organizers of Vision Expo East, the Vision Council and RX, have expressed their satisfaction about the last edition of the show that just closed its doors on March 19 in New York, after three days of what was described as “the largest gathering of ophthalmic professionals in the U.S. ...
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100% Optical announces record participation
The organizers of 100% Optical have announced that the last edition of the trade show, which took place from Feb. 25 to 27, was attended by a record-breaking 10,657 attendees or 10 percent more than in 2022. Over 250 eyewear companies were exhibiting their products and services. The U.K. show ...
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IOA summit to be held at Silmo Singapore
The International Opticians Association will be holding a clinical conference alongside the first edition of Silmo Singapore, slated for next April 12 to 14 at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Center. The association said that one full day will be devoted to myopia management. Sustainability and practice improvement, among ...
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WCO holds second edition of online myopia management event
The World Council of Optometry (WCO) and its partner CooperVision are holding its second global virtual event dedicated to myopia management on Feb. 16. Called ”Advancing the Global Standard of Care”, the online conference will include five presentations by eye care professionals (ECPs) on different myopia management issues and a ...
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Over 1,000 exhibitors to participate in MIDO 2023
The organizers of MIDO have announced that over 1,000 exhibitors from around the world would take part in the next edition of the show scheduled from Feb. 4 to 6 in Milan, a strong increase from last year’s 660 companies. Beyond the presence of most eyewear industry players from Europe ...
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SILMO ACADEMY announces 2022 winner
SILMO PARIS has announced that Denis Sheynikhovich of the Institut de la Vision was the winner of the 2022 edition of SILMO ACADEMY’s scholarship, its educational program aimed at supporting ophthalmic professionals in their research. Sheynikhovich’s project looks at the improvement of visual information supporting elderly people in train stations. ...
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MIDO launches new sustainable awards
International eyewear trade show MIDO is launching Certified Sustainable Eyewear (CSE) Award, a new award category to debut at the next edition of the trade fair from Feb. 6 in Milano, Italy. The new award program is established in partnership with ANFAO, the Italian industry eyewear association, and Certottica, the ...
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Silmo Istanbul announces record attendance for its 2022 edition
Silmo Istanbul organizers have announced that the last edition of the show, which was held from Nov. 17 to 20, attracted a total of 700 exhibiting brands and 11,912 vistors, a record attendance with 14 percent more participants than in 2021. International visitors represented approximately 20 percent of the total, ...
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SILMO Paris details last edition’s international attendance
Organizers of SILMO PARIS have shared mode details on the number of visitors for the last edition of the show that was held at the end of last September. The 66 percent year-on-year increase in attendance to a total of 36,964 participants was driven by the doubling in the number ...
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News briefsMIDO launches new communication campaign
MIDO has announced that it was launching a new communication campaign, called FRAMES, developed with designer and artist Max Gally and the Mixer Group, and said to convey the show’s principles of contemporaneity, culture, fashion and beauty. The campaign comes with a new claim, “The Eyewear State of the Art” ...
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DaTE attracts 1,500 visitors
Organizers of the DaTE trade show in Florence, Italy, have announced that this year’s edition gathered 1,500 eyewear professionals between last Sept. 10 and 12, in line with the attendance registered in 2021. Giovanni Vitaloni, president of the show and of the Italian eyewear industry association ANFAO, stressed the good ...
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Jason Kirk hosts a series of podcasts for Silmo
Jason Kirk, Kirk & Kirk co-founder, is hosting a series of podcast interviews, with eyewear industry and outsiders, for Silmo. Named The Right Optics by Silmo, the podcasts will be broadcast this week at https://shows.acast.com/the-right-opti.Interviewees are Nada Vuksic of Bruce Eyewear, a Vancouver-based optical retailer, Daniel Feldman, executive editor of ...
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Silmo announces 750 exhibitors for its next edition
The organizers of Silmo have announced that 750 companies, including 70 percent from outside France, have confirmed their participation to the next edition of the show from Sept. 23 to 26 in Paris. This represents a significant uptick from the first post-pandemic show last year that had gathered 450 exhibitors ...
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DaTE prepares for its 10th anniversary edition
The organizers of DaTE, the Italian trade show focusing on international designer eyewear, have announced that 90 exhibitors representing more than 150 brands have confirmed their participation to the 10th edition of the show slated for Sept. 10 to 12 in Florence. The list of exhibiting companies, which is not ...
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Silmo Paris announces optical design contest nominees
The organizers of Silmo Paris have unveiled a list of seven projects that have been selected for the show’s first international optical design contests. The chosen candidates will have a prototype of their eyewear design produced and presented at the next edition of Silmo Paris from Sept. 23 to 26 ...
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Vision Expo upgrades its digital sourcing platform
The Vision Council and RX, co-organizers of Vision Expo, recently hosted a webinar to review the first year and future of ShopVISION, Vision Expo’s global digital sourcing platform for players in the optical and optometric market. Launched last July, ShopVISION so far lists some 7,000 products in 80 categories and ...
