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Giovanni Vitaloni Named New MIDO and ANFAO President

The Associazione Nazionale Fabbricanti Articoli Ottici (ANFAO) has elected the senior figures who will lead the Confindustria association for the next four years:  at the General Meeting held in Belluno, Giovanni Vitaloni was chosen as the new President, also taking on the Presidency of MIDO. The new Presidency Board, which will support him in his role, was also chosen: Paolo Pettazzoni, Renato Sopracolle, Lorraine Berton, Nicola Del Din (Vice Presidents) and Cirillo Marcolin (Past President). The new Vice Presidents will be supported by delegates for specific activities: Callisto Fedon for relationships with Certottica, Enrico Tormen for the Technical Commission and Nadia Zampol for internationalisation.

Giovanni Vitaloni, formerly Vice President of the association and delegate for MIDO, comes from a family of Turin industrialists and is the founder and director of Nico-design. He boasts over thirty years’ experience in the industry. The new President takes over from Cirillo Marcolin.

The new President’s first challenge will be the debut in Florence (September 23-25) of DaTe, the event dedicated to the most innovative eyewear, which in 2016 at The Mall (Milan) attracted over 2,300 individual visitors and over 100 exhibitors from across the whole world. There will then be the 2018 edition of MIDO (Milan, February 24-26).

 

Click HERE for the full press release.

 

Celebrate the Maple Leaf with Nasia

This German-made stainless steel frame from Spectacle Eyeworks is the perfect union of materials that bring quality and comfort into the equation, a rare find in fashion. This new design was first unveiled at New York Vision Expo. It is an eccentric angular cat eye and the colour represents the Canadian maple leaf!

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American Academy of Optometry Announces 2017 Award Recipients

Each year the American Academy of Optometry recognizes distinguished individuals who have made countless contributions to advancing the profession of optometry. Award winners will be recognized at the Academy 2017 Chicago Awards Ceremony on Friday, October 13.

The Award recipients for 2017 are:

Eli Peli, MSc, OD, FAAO
Charles F. Prentice Medal and Lecture Award

Mitchell Scheiman, OD, PhD, FAAO
Glenn A. Fry Award and Lecture
(American Academy of Optometry Foundation Award)

Ava K. Bittner, OD, PhD, FAAO
Irvin M. and Beatrice Borish Award

Luigi Bilotto, MS, OD, FAAO
AAO-Essilor Award for Outstanding
International Contributions to Optometry

C. Ellis Potter, OD, FAAO
Brien Holden Humanitarian Award

Joseph Fontenot, MD, CLVT
Carel C. Koch Memorial Medal Award

Laura Goldberg, OD, MS
Celia R. Gong
Julius F. Neumueller Award in Optics
(American Academy of Optometry Foundation Award)

Richard Madonna, MA, OD, FAAO
Vincent Ellerbrock Clinician Educator Award

Harue J. Marsden, OD, MS, FAAO
(posthumously)
Eminent Service Award

Bert C. Corwin, OD, FAAO
Avrum Richler, OD, PhD, FAAO
Life Fellow Award

Jeffrey J. Walline, OD, PhD, FAAO, Katie L. Greiner, OD, MS, FAAO, Mary Elizabeth McVey,
OD, MS, Lisa A. Jones-Jordan, PhD, FAAO
Garland W. Clay Award

Lorraine Lombardi, PhD
Michael G. Harris Award for Excellence in Optometric Education
(American Academy of Optometry Foundation Award)
Awards of the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses & Refractive Technologies

Suzanne M.J. Fleiszig, OD, PhD, FAAO

Max Schapero Memorial Lecture Award

Lynette Johns, OD, FAAO, FSLS

Founders’ Award

 

Click HERE for full press release.

 

CEO Ken Barbet Leaving Eye Recommend

Kenneth Barbet will be leaving his current position as CEO of Eye Recommend (Doctors Eye Co Op Ltd.) by the end of July, and will be appointed President and CEO of Liquor Stores N.A., which operates liquor stores in western Canada and the USA. He has served as Eye Recommend’s CEO since 2009.

“Working to protect independent optometry and helping OD’s fulfill their business and personal goals has been one of the best experiences of my career,” said Ken in a email to Eye Recommend members.  “I thank our Board of Directors, Members and partner suppliers for the opportunity to work in this amazing industry.”

Board director Dr. Howard Dolman wished Ken well in his new role and thanked him for his contributions to the organization.

Barbet has previous experience in the alcohol beverage industry as the CEO of Big Rock Brewery and VP of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation.

Click here to learn more.

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