All Trade fairs & Events articles – Page 2
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DaTE designer eyewear show gathers 1,000 industry professionals in Florence
The organizers of DaTE, the eyewear trade show focusing on the designer eyewear segment, have announced that approximately 1,000 industry professionals and buyers took part in the 11th edition of the show that just closed its doors in Florence, Italy. This marks a decline from the previous edition when 1,500 ...
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News briefsNew segments at Vision Expo West
Vision Expo West – scheduled for Sept. 27-30 at the Venetian Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas – has added two exhibition segments: ocular aesthetics and audiology. The exhibitors that have signed up for these include MAICO Diagnostics, BlephEx, Dejavi Innovation, MDelite Laser, Avologi and Optometric Aesthetics. In all, ...
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Opti launches industry trends’ analysis program
Organizers of opti have announced the launch of a new initiative aimed at “providing ophthalmic optics with a basis for identifying relevant trends at an early stage and working towards a succesful future (…).” The Trend Radar, as it has been called, is developed in cooperation with Trendone, an innovation ...
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ArticleSilmo Paris adds CSR prize to events portfolio
The organizers of the Silmo trade show have announced the launch of a Responsible Company Prize, that will take place for the first time at the next edition of the show slated to take place at the usual fairgrounds in the north of Paris from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. ...
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Opti gathers industry players for a roundtable discussion on the event’s concept
The organizers of the opti trade show have announced that they gathered 40 selected industry representatives for one day in Frankfurt at the beginning of July for an open discussion around their expectations for the international trade show. The opti ROUNDTABLE, as the event was named, was organized for the ...
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Dutch eyewear trade shows unite
Three Dutch trade shows, Hall of Frames, Centrop Sales and Bold Optical Fair have joined forces and regrouped under the latter’s banner. Launched seven years ago as a small and exclusive event, the next edition of Bold Optical Fair will showcase a diverse range of 380 brands from different parts ...
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Opti launches sustainability award for opticians
The organizers of the opti trade show have announced the launch of a new sustainability award aimed at German and international opticians at the next edition of the show, from Jan. 12 to 14 next year. The opti Sustainability Award competition will take into consideration a number of criteria such ...
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ANFAO and ICA to showcase independent Italian eyewear in the U.S.
With the support of the Italian Trade Agency, Italian eyewear industry association ANFAO will organize two networking events to promote 20 of the country’s indepedent eyewear brands in the U.S. The events will take place in Seattle and Chicago on next October 10th and 12th, respectively. The organizing partners said ...
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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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ArticleChange of leadership at opti
Gesellschaft für Handwerkmessen (GmbH), the organizer of opti, has announced the appointment of Cathleen Kabashi as the new director for its Munich-based optical trade show. Kabashi joined GHM in 2007 and worked as trade fair advisor and later director of iba, which the group describes as the world’s leading trade ...
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ArticleA look at MIDO CSE Awards’ RoW winners
During the last edition of the Mido trade show last month, organizers premiered their Certified Sustainable Eyewear Awards (CSE) which were divided in two categories: Europe and the Rest of the World (RoW). As awards winners from Europe are better known to our readers – Neubau Eyewear, Marchon, Modo Eyewear ...
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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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ArticleMIDO bounces back strongly
MIDO officials expressed their strong satisfaction, tainted with a sense of relief, after the 51st edition of the international eyewear show closed its doors on Feb. 6 with all key metrics on green. The event organizers have announced that 35,000 industry professionals from over 140 countries visited the show this ...
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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 ...
