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IN-PERSON
SILMO PARIS
BACK THIS YEAR
SILMO will never replace the power and emotion of a
physical event... ”
PARIS The response has been quite good so far as
24 - 27 nearly 500 companies from 32 countries have
registered and more are likely to do so. Opticians
SEPT. 2021 can look forward to discussing business,
PARIS NORD discovering new designs, touching the products,
VILLEPINTE enjoying the benefits of real-life encounters, and
projecting themselves into the profession of the
future.
The Silmo Next space will be back to
showcase the trends in eyewear along with
ith the French government having the digital magazine Trends by Silmo. Also
announced plans to progressively on display will be eco-responsible products,
Wrelease the country’s lock-down smart products, a library of materials, and a
measures, trade fairs, conferences and marketplace. Equally important segments are
exhibitions are now being planned. Since the the lectures and workshops that address the
end of June there is no maximal capacity for industry’s future issues with interactive, forward-
such events, as long as the health measures still looking points of view from experts.
in force are observed.
The prestigious Silmo d’Or awards will once
The optics and eyewear world can look again reveal the ingenuity and inventiveness
forward to a physical reunion with Silmo Paris of the sector. Another important feature is the
back as an in-person event at the Paris Nord grant for a research project in the field of optics
Villepinte from 24 to 27 September 2021. and vision science – an amount of €10,000 will
be awarded by the Silmo Academy.
“After two years without any major
international assemblies, the reunion of optical There’s always a buzz at Silmo as visitors and
and eyewear industry professionals will only participants look forward with excitement to all
be more intense, I’m sure,” says Amélie Morel, the new products and pointers to future trends
chairwoman of Silmo Paris. “The whole team in an ambience that is festive. Considering
of Silmo Paris is hard at work to prepare this the challenging times we are now faced with,
recovery edition . . . We can’t wait to enjoy comfort and safety of a new level are of utmost
the delight of discovery, the opportunity for importance, so all health protocols will be
encounters and the conviviality of discussions. observed and reinforced if the administrative
It is clear that all the technology in the world authorities require it.
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