NEED TO KEEP track of the optical industry’s trade events and conferences? Here’s your resource. See our list of industry events, including links to each event website. The list will be updated through the year, so check in frequently.
Does your event need to be added? Email Dee Carroll at dee@invisionmag.com.
2025
April
4/5/25 – 4/6/25: North East Optical Show (N.E.O.S.) Spring in Worcester, MA
4/5/25: 10,000 Frames in Minneapolis, MN
4/9/25 – 4/11/25: PECAA Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL
May
5/3/25: Southern Independent Optical Show in Frisco, TX
June
Cataract Awareness Month
6/25/25 – 6/28/25: Optometry’s Meeting / 5ᵗʰ World Congress of Optometry in Minneapolis, MN
July
Dry Eye Awareness Month
7/26/25 – 7/27/25: Optometry Divas Educational Retreat in Orlando, FL
August
Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
September
Sports Eye Safety Month
9/17/25 – 9/20/25: Vision Expo West in Las Vegas, NV
October
Contact Lens Safety Month
LOFT San Francisco 2024 in Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
10/18/25 – 10/21/25: AAO Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL
10/19/25: North East Optical Show (N.E.O.S.) Fall in Washington D.C.
November
Diabetes-related Eye Disease Month
December
Give the Gift of Sight Month
2026
January
National Opticians Month
1/26/26 – 1/28/26: Vision Council’s 2025 Executive Summit in Amelia Island, FL
1/29/26 – 1/31/26: Glaucoma 360 in San Francisco, CA
1/31/26 – 2/2/26: MIDO in Milan, Italy
February
1/31/26 – 2/2/26: MIDO in Milan, Italy
Transitions Academy in Orlando, FL
2/20/26 – 2/22/26: Heart of America Eyecare Congress in Kansas City, MO
1/20/26 – 1/22/26: Eyeball in Palm Springs, CA
2/25/26 – 3/1/26: SECO in Atlanta, GA
March
2/25/26 – 3/1/26: SECO in Atlanta, GA
3/11/26 – 3/14/26: Vision Expo East in Orlando, FL
Eyewear Design Week in New York, NY
LOFT NYC 2025 in New York, NY
Vision Week in New York, NY
EYECON Show in New York, NY
April
North East Optical Show (N.E.O.S.) Spring in Worcester, MA
10,000 Frames in Minneapolis, MN
PECAA Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL
4/17/26 – 4/18/26: Empowerment ’26 by Acquios Alliance and Advisors in Kansas City, MO
