All Trade fairs & Events articles – Page 17

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    Eyezone, the optical magazine from Kuwait, opened a school for...

    2016-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Eyezone, the optical magazine from Kuwait, opened a school for optometrists in Kuwait three months ago. More than 50 students have already registered for the Eyezone Institute of Opticionary. A total of about 200 students are expected to have registered by the end of the year. Ali Banddor, founder of ...

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    The organizers of Silmo have signed a partnership with Premiere...

    2016-01-31T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of Silmo have signed a partnership with Premiere Classe, the international trade show for fashion accessories that takes place twice a year in Paris and which is also organized by Comexposium. Under the terms of this agreement, Premiere Classe will feature a dedicated 300-square meter Silmo-branded space for ...

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    The 100% Optical show, taking place in London on Feb....

    2015-12-28T00:00:00Z

    The 100% Optical show, taking place in London on Feb. 6-8 for the third year in a row, will feature a new Contact Lens hub, fashion shows and conferences. It will also showcase the prototypes of three young designers picked from the Royal College of Art in a dedicated ...

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    The organizers of Mido have announced the addition of a...

    2015-12-28T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of Mido have announced the addition of a new satellite area to showcase creators of artisan eyewear, creative technology and innovation at the Feb. 27-29 edition of the Milan trade show. Called “More!” it will be located inside the Mido Design Lab. The initiative was presented by Mido's ...

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    Vision Monday is opening registration for next year's 10th Global...

    2015-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Vision Monday is opening registration for next year's 10th Global Leadership Summit, which will take place on April 13 at the Times Center in New York. Experts from the fields of neuroscience, telemedicine, artificial intelligence, wearable technology, retailing, economics and eye care will participate in an interactive program called “BrainStorm.” ...

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    More than 100 companies representing about 500 brands are due...

    2015-11-25T00:00:00Z

    More than 100 companies representing about 500 brands are due to show at Silmo Istanbul on Dec. 13-15. Exhibiting on 16,000 square meters in the Istanbul Expo Center, they are addressing buyers from Turkey as well as the Balkans, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Silmo Paris is ...

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    Works by the finalists and winners of the Autofocus art...

    2015-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Works by the finalists and winners of the Autofocus art competition, sponsored by Vanni, were on display on Nov. 5-8 in Turin during The Others, a fair dedicated to emerging art and research. Vanni's initiative is aimed to promote young artists of any nationality and language area and to reward ...

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    The organizers of the Opti show, which is scheduled to...

    2015-11-25T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of the Opti show, which is scheduled to be held in Munich on Jan. 5-17, are proposing that prospective visitors should register online, saving money in the process, and go through the online catalog of the fair to prepare their itinerary through the stands. Lucrative deals are available ...

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    The next Opti show, due to take place in Munich...

    2015-10-26T00:00:00Z

    The next Opti show, due to take place in Munich on Jan. 15-17, will feature a new area in Hall C1 to accommodate independent fashion labels, called !HOT for Home of Optic Talent. Also in Hall C1, the number of “opti boxes” for newcomers to the sector will be increased ...

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    More than 3,000 optometric professionals and other specialists from all...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    More than 3,000 optometric professionals and other specialists from all over the world converged on Medellin, Colombia on Aug. 14-16 to attend the first World Congress of Optometry, organized by the WCO in collaboration with the local federation of optometrists. The program included a product exhibition and a series of ...

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    Flye celebrated the company's the company's 14th anniversary with a...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Flye celebrated the company's the company's 14th anniversary with a ride on a hot-air balloon for its chief executive, Annette Estø, who likes heights, and her two partners in the Danish designer eyewear company

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    Carl Zeiss plans to organize many activities and events to...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Carl Zeiss plans to organize many activities and events to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the company's founder, Carl Friedrich Zeiss, on Sept. 11, 2016 in downtown Jena

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    International Vision Expo & Conference has launched VisionariesCommunity.com, a new...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    International Vision Expo & Conference has launched VisionariesCommunity.com, a new social sharing, networking and information portal for the Vision Expo community of eyecare professionals. Users can also use it to post unique or sourced content, audio, video and images, share content to Twitter, Facebook and Google+, and post questions about ...

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    The Vision Council will hold its new annual Executive Summit...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    The Vision Council will hold its new annual Executive Summit on Jan. 27-29, 2016 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Orlando, Florida

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    DaTE, the avantgarde eyewear fair, will return to Milan on...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    DaTE, the avantgarde eyewear fair, will return to Milan on Oct. 10-12, hosting more than 100 brands in a space in the Mall, located in the futuristic new district of Porta Nuova

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    Silmo is celebrating its new brand identity with the return...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Silmo is celebrating its new brand identity with the return of three big players - Safilo (Hall 6-J 072), Charmant (Hall 6-J 088) and Johnson & Johnson (Hall 5a-L 007) - to the big international eyewear show starting in Paris' Villepinte fairgrounds tomorrow. More than 1,350 brands are going to ...

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    IOFT, the international eyewear show organized by Reed Exhibitions...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    IOFT, the international eyewear show organized by Reed Exhibitions in Tokyo, will feature an enlarge dedicated area for sunglasses, with more than 160 brands from all over the world, at its upcoming Oct. 6-8 edition

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    Vision X, the international eyewear show planned to take place...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Vision X, the international eyewear show planned to take place in Dubai on Dec. 6-8, will feature an expanded Style Atelier area for designer brands. Last December, 4,268 unique visitors attended the exhibition, which hosted more than 250 brands. It will also have conferences on retailing. According to the organizers, ...

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    A total of 11,816 people registered to visit Abióptica, the...

    2015-06-11T00:00:00Z

    A total of 11,816 people registered to visit Abióptica, the Brazilian optical trade show in the Transamérica Expo Center of São Paulo, on April 15-18, down from 12,330 a year ago. They were mostly Brazilian professionals, but there were also foreign visitors coming from 20 foreign countries. Including repeat visits, ...

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    The 7th annual European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO)...

    2015-06-11T00:00:00Z

    The 7th annual European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO) conference, held in Budapest on May 14-17, welcomed a record of more than 300 delegates from 44 countries. The extensive three day program featured 36 conference sessions on a number of topics, including: treating patients with glaucoma, therapeutic contact lenses ...