All Trade fairs & Events articles – Page 17
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The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) has announced that its...
The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) has announced that its Clinical Conference and Exhibition will become a biennial event with a three-day format from 2015. The association said the decision to host the event every two years instead of annually was made after listening to members and partners and after ...
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The Vision Council has announced the agenda and featured speakers'...
The Vision Council has announced the agenda and featured speakers' line-up for the 2015 Executive Summit, which will be held on Jan. 21-23, 2015 at the PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. More than 20 business experts, entrepreneurs and opinion leaders will take the stage to ...
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Gianpiero Masciadri, 65, is leaving as general manager of Mido,...
Gianpiero Masciadri, 65, is leaving as general manager of Mido, the international eyewear exhibition in Milan owned by Anfao, the Italian eyewear industry association. His functions are being taken over by Francesco Gili, vice president of Afao in charge of internationalization. Masciadri has been connected with Mido since 36 years ...
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The organizers of the Opti show in Munich are offering...
The organizers of the Opti show in Munich are offering exhibitors free seminars, courses and workshops on how to prepare for the show, due to be held next Jan. 9-11. They will be able to book for the sessions on Opti's website, which also lists the available dates. Foreign companies ...
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The Vision Council held an educational briefing on Capitol Hill...
The Vision Council held an educational briefing on Capitol Hill on Aug. 14 about the impact of UV exposure on vision health. Justin Bazan, owner of Park Slope Eye in Brooklyn, NY, and a member of the Council's medical advisory team, told attendees about the long-term and short-term concerns related ...
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Bernard Maitenaz, inventor of the progressive lens and chairman and...
Bernard Maitenaz, inventor of the progressive lens and chairman and chief executive of Essilor from 1980 to 1991, received the prestigious Apollo Award at this year's 117th Annual American Optometric Association Congress. The Apollo Award honors individuals or organizations for distinguished service to the visual welfare of the public. In 1959, ...
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An American professor, Sarita Soni, will be one of the...
An American professor, Sarita Soni, will be one of the speakers at the Silmo Academy during the Silmo fair in Paris on Sept. 28 and 29. Together with other leading specialists in the field, she will coordinate a scientific symposium on “eye strain,” particularly among children and young adults. In ...
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Silhouette, the long-time eyewear licensee of Adidas, organized a special...
Silhouette, the long-time eyewear licensee of Adidas, organized a special event for its clients, called “Herzo Days,” at the headquarters of the German sports company in Herzogenaurach in June, inviting 400 clients to experience the Adidas brand and to take a look at the latest product innovation, which will be ...
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The Glasses.com 3-D virtual try-on app has won a Bronze...
The Glasses.com 3-D virtual try-on app has won a Bronze Award for “Creative Use of Technology” and made the shortlist in the “User Experience” category at the 2014 Cannes Lions Festival. The Glasses.com app recently won a Webby Award for “Best Use of Device Camera” at the 18th Annual Webby ...
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The first congress for contact lenses in Germany, named DCC,...
The first congress for contact lenses in Germany, named DCC, welcomed a total of 542 participants from Austria, Switzerland and Germany. The event was organized by Spectaris, the German optical industry association, in cooperation with ten companies from the German contact lens industry on May 25-26 in Munich. It was ...
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The organizers of Mido are launching a new project, called...
The organizers of Mido are launching a new project, called Pop-Eye, in connection with the Pitti Uomo show in Florence on June 17-20. It will be a dedicated eyewear section of the menswear fair, intended to persuade the more sophisticated buyers to add eyewear to their lifestyle offerings. Carolin Abram, ...
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More than 50 vision industry professionals from 11 countries attended...
More than 50 vision industry professionals from 11 countries attended the first convention of the new European Sunglass Committee of the Vision Council in Budapest last month. The convention had been previously organized directly by the former European Sunglass Association, which merged into the Vision Council in October 2012. Besides ...
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The organizers of Out of Mido described its second edition...
The organizers of Out of Mido described its second edition last April 8-13 as an enormous success. Almost 18,000 consumers and retailers visited a showroom in downtown Milan where 15 companies displayed highly creative eyewear styles during the big International Furniture Fair in the city. The exhibitors included companies such ...
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The British Contact Lens Association will hold a clinical conference...
The British Contact Lens Association will hold a clinical conference and an exhibition in Birmingham on June 6-9. The exhibition will feature more than 40 stands. An exhibition-only preview and a drinks reception will be held on the first day.
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The recent edition of International Vision Expo & Conference East...
The recent edition of International Vision Expo & Conference East in New York attracted at least 6 percent more visitors than a year ago, according to preliminary data. Reed says that attendance was driven at Vision Expo by exclusive programs developed for specific segments of the ophthalmic profession such as ...
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More than 4,600 people showed up at the first edition...
More than 4,600 people showed up at the first edition of Optrafair London on April 11-13. More than 160 firms participated in the event, presenting some 500 brands, and many of them expressed satisfaction, including some that had already exhibited at the new 100% Optical fair in February. Officials of ...
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The organizers of the Mido fair in Milan have reported...
The organizers of the Mido fair in Milan have reported an increase of 5.4 percent in the total number of visitors at its latest edition at the beginning of this month as compared to one year ago. More than 45,000 people visited the trade show and about 25,000 came from ...
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The Vision Council and its recently formed European Sunglass Committee...
The Vision Council and its recently formed European Sunglass Committee (ex European Sunglass Association) have opened registrations for their annual spring conference. After the successful event in Portugal in May 2013, this year's convention will be held in Budapest on May 15-16. The presentations and debates will cover topics such ...
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The Silmo trade show in Paris is changing its four-day...
The Silmo trade show in Paris is changing its four-day schedule to start on a Friday rather than on a Thursday, hoping to attract more professional visitors on Monday, when stores are closed in France. It will run from Sept. 26 to Sept. 29. The location of various industry segments ...
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More than 60 companies are going to participate in the...
More than 60 companies are going to participate in the Expoóptica fair in Madrid on Apr. 4-6, which will coincide with an international scientific convention on optometry, contact lenses and ophthalmic optics
